In this introductory episode of Making Note, host Avish Bhama talks with startup consultant, executive coach, teacher, and author Ellen Petry Leanse. Ellen's approach to advising innovators is grounded in neuroscience and evolutionary biology, and the conversation hits on the anxieties and fears that can keep entrepreneurs from trying risky new things, or keep them from abandoning unproductive old activities. Ellen's book "The Happiness Hack: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness into Your Life" will be published in November 2017.