{"podcast":{"title":"Agents of Innovation","slug":"agents-of-innovation-392804","podcast_index_feed_id":392804,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:128886148/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.agentsofinnovation.org","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-4YBz41H5Zn5bV71z-W8Lnaw-original.jpg","author":"Francisco Gonzalez","episode_count":168,"summary":"The Agents of Innovation podcast features intervi…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agents-of-innovation-392804"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 153: Nick Bourdon, Reef Arches, Miami, Florida","slug":"episode-153-nick-bourdon-reef-arches-miami-florida","published_at":"2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agents-of-innovation-392804/episode-153-nick-bourdon-reef-arches-miami-florida","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agents-of-innovation-392804","url":"https://soundcloud.com/fgonzalez1978/episode-153-nick-bourdon-reef-arches-miami-florida","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2005350239-fgonzalez1978-episode-153-nick-bourdon-reef-arches-miami-florida.mp3","summary":"Nick was our guest on Episode 153 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. You can find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbourdon You can learn more about Reef Arches at: https://reefarches.com Follow the Agents of Innovation podcast on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innovationradio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/agentinnovation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgentsOfInnovationPodcast Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/lteqI8n6yu8 You can support this podcast and our Fearless Journeys community on our Patreon account: www.patreon.com/fearlessjourneys You can also join our network through the Fearless Journeys community at: https://www.fearlessjourneys.org/ 0:00 Episode Intro 2:25 Intro to Nick Bourdon and Reef Arches 3:40 How Reef Arches solves the problem of beach erosion 5:55 How humans reacted to beach erosion before Reef Arches 7:18 How Reef Arches was conceived and patent achieved 9:19 Being an entrepreneur within a larger company, Hedrick Brothers Construction 15:35 Partnering with local governments in Florida 19:45 Ripple effects across the economy 24:51 Reef Arch construction material and design 29:05 Nick Bourdon's early life and education 32:00 Nick's habits and daily routine 34:02 Transporting Reef Arches 35:00 Nick's first job 36:30 The freedom of being an entrepreneur 37:30 Innovating within a company 48:12 Mentorship 49:20 The ideal customers and products 51:40 Facing the competition 52:43 Global economic solutions 54:10 Last words","meta_description":"Nick was our guest on Episode 153 of the Agents of Innovation podcast. You can find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasbourdon You ca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agents-of-innovation-392804/episodes/episode-153-nick-bourdon-reef-arches-miami-florida/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agents-of-innovation-392804/episode-153-nick-bourdon-reef-arches-miami-florida.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}