Regional Innovation Hubs: A Model for Scaling Community Possibility

This session presents findings from a regional innovation hub strategy that turns community imagination into funded, locally-built solutions. By integrating community-sourced ideas, early validation and local education entrepreneur cohorts, regions develop a pipeline for local incubators and investors. This model has supported over 2,500 entrepreneurs, moves hundreds of pilots into the field annually, while prioritizing leaders closest to local challenges. Join 4.0 CEO Nicole Jarbo and innovators Jessica Santana and Jonathan Johnson to see how this possibility-based model has reached 18.7M students and generated $2B+ in downstream revenue.