In this episode, 12-year-old host Siddharth “Sid” Vikram talks with veteran innovator and entrepreneur Jim DeBetta, who has founded multiple million-dollar companies and helped place over $250 million in products into major retail stores.

Jim has worked with Kevin Harrington from Shark Tank and is widely known for mentoring and supporting aspiring innovators.

Together, Sid and Jim discuss turning ideas into real products, lessons learned from scaling businesses, and why giving back to the next generation of innovators matters.

This episode offers inspiration and real-world insight for students, educators, and innovators at any stage.

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Young Innovator with limitless potential - Nirbhuy Arun, a 10-year-old gifted Davidson’s Young Scholar, a MENSAn who lives in Richland, Washington, USA. He is interested in solving complex problems and has a deep passion in understanding the role of AI in medicine. He loves to work on embedded systems and spends his time researching math and loves to explore maps. I have met him numerous times during GIFT sessions and, in these few years, have watched as he created more and more complex innovations and it has really been an honor to watch this growth. For more information, click here - https://www.trees4you.org/kids-for-urban-trees

About the Host: Siddharth Vikram (also known as "Sid") is an young innovator, inventor, speaker, and podcaster and a multi-event presenter and co-host of the Global Innovation Field Trip (GIFT). Sid is passionate about public speaking and has been involved in various fundraising initiatives. For more information, click here - https://innovationworld.org/siddharth-vikram/

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The Innovation World Young Collaborators Podcast Series welcomes Samriddhi Tiwari.

Discover how a simple, everyday material inspired a groundbreaking idea in sustainability. Explore how Samriddhi Tiwari turned discarded human hair into an effective natural fertilizer.

“I remember visiting salons and noticing these huge piles of discarded hair on the floor. It honestly shocked me, I had never realized how much waste a single salon produces in just one day.”

“I had just cut my own hair and it had always been very close to my heart, so the thought of it just being swept away felt wrong. I really wanted to use it in a meaningful, unusual way instead of letting it go to waste. That moment stayed with me, and it inspired the entire idea behind my research.”

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More about the host: Jiya Nagpal is a 14-year-old high school freshman from Gurgaon, India who is passionate about creativity, technology, and innovation. She is an aspiring software engineer. She has been a co-host and presenter on the Global Innovation Field Trip since the beginning (May 2020) and loves hosting panel discussions on a wide range of topics, from emerging technologies to AI, and even navigating choices between passion-driven and practical career paths. She is currently studying the IGCSE curriculum including a diverse range of subjects that fuel her curiosity and love for learning. Jiya Nagpal's LinkedIn

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