Carie Davis is the Global Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Coca-Cola Company. Her focus is making Coke a resource to startup ecosystems, fostering entrepreneurship inside the company, and leading Coca-Cola’s partnership with UP Global (Startup Weekend + Startup America). Can’t beat the real thing! (as Coke’s 1991 slogan sings)
Name: Carie Davis
Twitter Handle: @cariedavis2
Twitter Bio: Entrepreneurship, Coca-Cola, Innovation, Industrial Design, O4W + ATL, Gastronomy.
What to Expect: Startup updates, community knowledge, and workplace shenanigans
1) Anything but average
"Average loses every single time." #openwork @tavani
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) August 19, 2013
2) Makin’ trouble and proud of it
@Pv "you have to hack your internal political system. Be subversive. Go get into trouble" #leanstartup
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) October 8, 2013
3) Not too shabby at math
"-1+3=2" @jamesommerville. My favorite quote from our first ever failure conference @CocaColaCo today!
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) September 26, 2013
4) Showing off those math skills again…
Counting passersby on the #beltline while drinking #dancinggoats…109 people crossed the ponce bridge in 10 mins! #o4w
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) July 21, 2013
5) Giving Rick Stevens a run for his money
Checking out #saigonhub with @peignoir. So inspired by the people we've met in Vietnam! pic.twitter.com/G0gmw5Mor5
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) September 17, 2013
6) Do, doing, done
"You'll have to do a lot of unscalable things in the early days. Work with doers" @tavani #openwork
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) August 19, 2013
7) Helping us to prioritize
"the most successful entrepreneurs will be the ones who know how to engage with their local communities first" @tobyd #UPglobalLIVE #sxswv2v
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) August 13, 2013
8) Sipping on the “connected awesomeness” Kool-Aid
Love this: communities ARE the accelerators! they have everything you need. Figure out how to get everyone connected. #UPglobalLIVE
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) August 12, 2013
9) Throwing caution to the wind
Business plans are dead because you cannot cant plan chaos. #startupcoke
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) June 19, 2013
10) She’s hiring!
OPPORTUNITY! Opening for a communications manager in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team http://t.co/QCFCjLMnTn #jobs
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) October 15, 2013
BONUS: Lean Startup at Coke
Lean Goes Better with Coke – the Future of Corporate Innovation: http://t.co/LxbWeE4qib #goteam
— Carie Davis (@CarieDavis2) November 7, 2013
(Photo Credit: Koslowsky/Hypepotamus)
