Hugh Molotsi is the Vice President of the Intuit Labs Incubator at Intuit. Hugh joined Intuit in 1993 and in his tenure has worked on QuickBooks and several other small business offerings. Hugh has a passion for innovation and has helped launch several new businesses at Intuit including Intuit Payments. Hugh’s current responsibilities involve incubating nascent offerings that develop out of Intuit’s grassroots innovation programs including strategic new businesses like Brainstorm. Hugh is also the president of the Board of Directors of Fresh Lifelines for Youth, a nonprofit agency that runs programs for at-risk youth. Hugh holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Santa Clara University and a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Engineering Technology from the University of Southern Mississippi. Hugh is married to Michelle and is the proud father of two daughters. For more about Hugh, check out his blog.

On the show, Hugh Molotsi discussed Intuit’s innovation stragies, the Intuit Labs incubator, and how Intuit encourages its employees to innovate themselves. Intuit provides “unstructured time” into the workweek for their employees. This is time and freedom for them to work on the projects they are passionate about. Intuit’s Incubator has an Incubation week, where groups get one week to turn an idea into a minimum viable product to test and experiment with; and Intuit provides coaching and help. Hugh explained the “D for D” process, Intuit’s version of design thinking and way to get the best ideas.