In this episode of Ecosystem, Scale!, Aaron Taylor is joined by Antoine Woods, Senior Lead on Chick-fil-A’s external R&D and innovation team, and Terrance Orr, founder of Next Anomaly Group and entrepreneur-in-residence.

Together, they lift the corporate veil to explore how large organizations actually engage with innovation ecosystems — and what must be true before community-corporate partnerships and founder–corporate partnerships can succeed. The conversation reveals strategic insights like how innovation functions inside corporates, the structure and constraints of corporate innovation teams, why readiness matters more than access or logos, and why founders should always be compensated for pilots and proofs of concept.

This episode is essential for founders, ecosystem builders, and c ...