Todd recently had an opportunity to write an article for The Conversation on innovators. The article explored what if anything makes entrepreneurs and innovators different from other people. Madam C.J. Walker is featured as an exemplar of some of the important attributes and behaviors of innovators. Based on decades of research, the basic thesis is that there are no specific personality traits or DNA that entrepreneurs are born with; however, there are some abilities and behaviors that can be learned and practiced.