
35246 US Hwy 19N #331, Palm Harbor, FL, 34684, United States
William Hortz, Founder and Dean, Institute for Innovation Development, is a financial services innovation writer, speaker, thought leadership branding expert, & innovation consultant
The Institute for Innovation Development functions as an educational and business development catalyst for growth-oriented financial advisors and financial firms. Our mission is to increase awareness and motivate the usage of important innovations in thinking, operating approaches, and products/services for financial advisors, asset managers, RIAs, and industry executives.
We operate as an educational business innovation platform and unique network of FinTech companies, strategic industry vendors, and financial services firm members to openly share their unique perspectives and activities. The goal is to stimulate open thought leadership discussions on new or evolving industry approaches and thinking to facilitate next-generation growth, differentiation, and unique client/community engagement strategies.
The Institute works to arm the industry with the needed mindsets and innovative tools/services to thrive in our new financial industry operating environment driven by an accelerating and “compounding” rate of business and cultural change.

Expertise in Financial & FinTech Innovation Reporting, Thought Leadership Positioning & Branding, Content Development.
Capabilities: Strategic Content for financial innovators, Keynote Speaker, industry panel/webinar/podcast moderator/facilitator, and innovation consulting.

We actively seek, engage, and promote key innovative firms and leaders in 4 key areas:

The Institute was launched with the support and foresight of our founding sponsor members and strategic partners - Ultimus Fund Solutions, FLX Networks, TIFIN, ETF Global, MSCI Wealth, The Wealth Mosaic, SME Forum, Advisorpedia, Pershing, Fidelity, Voya Financial, and Charter Financial Publishing (publisher of Financial Advisor and Private Wealth magazines).

Institute for Innovation Development membership provides a unique financial services business innovation and thought leadership engagement platform for financial innovators across the industry providing a differentiated strategy to enhance or develop a multi-pronged approach to traditional marketing/PR efforts. The Institute strategically consults and collaborates with member firms to develop and launch......