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'Tis the season all year long for these giving businesses

Feoshia Henderson Thursday, December 16, 2010

Gift-giving is a big part of the holiday season, and at this time of year stories of goodwill catch our attention. But needs don't disappear with the new year. That's why Ohio entrepreneurs, who've worked to create their own blessings, give back year-round to the communities that have helped them prosper.

Cincinnati

Working from home driving you crazy? Co-working can offer sanity, companionship

Feoshia Henderson Thursday, December 02, 2010

A home office offers freedom and flexibility. But it can also lead to isolation, tedium and that gotta-get-out-of-here feeling. For on-their-own Ohioans yearning for professional companionship, coworking may be the answer.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Talent

Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron

Small distilleries reviving grand tradition of Ohio spirits industry

Douglas Trattner Thursday, November 04, 2010

There was a time when Ohio overflowed with distilleries that made whisky, which wended its way down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. Over time, every last one of those distilleries dried up. Now, small-scale distilleries are reviving the grand tradition.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Entrepreneurship

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus

Q&A: Thane Maynard on the Cincinnati Zoo's quest to become the greenest in America

Feoshia Henderson Thursday, November 04, 2010

Whether he's on Cincinnati televison, a national late night show or on public radio's The 90-Second Naturalist, Thane Maynard is the public face of the Cincinnati Zoo. Personable and passionate, the longtime zoo director is an advocate for wildlife and natural preservation. That makes him the perfect spokesman for the Zoo's ongoing quest to be The Greenest Zoo in America.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Sustainability

Cincinnati

Video: The technology behind "The Black Dove"

Thursday, November 04, 2010

"The Black Dove," filmed in Cincinnati this fall, is based on legends and myths surrounding the creation and manufacture of a guitar and its fictional owner, Jake Williams, who seeks to recover the instrument after serving a prison term. In this video, we go behind the scenes to understand some of the technology that went into the making of the film.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, High Tech

Cincinnati

Joe Pantuso's advice: do it now, don't wait for permission and do what the competition won't

Gabriella Jacobs Thursday, October 21, 2010

When Joe Pantuso was a boy, he learned all the usual things in school -- spelling, math, history. His lessons, however, did not include the word that would come to define him most: entrepreneur.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, entrepreneurship, Information Technology

Cincinnati, Dayton

INTERalliance plugs brain drain by targeting high school IT talent

Patrick Mahoney Thursday, October 07, 2010

Cincinnati knows a good thing when it sees it . . . and homegrown talent is a good thing. So, in 2005, regional businesses and educators formed a collaborative nonprofit to plug the region's "brain drain" by cultivating students, beginning as early as the 10th grade.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Information Technology, Talent

Cincinnati

Video: The Brandery

SOAPBOX Thursday, October 07, 2010

In August, we told you about The Brandery, a Cincinnati accelerator that wants to give entrepreneurs technical assistance and $20,000 in startup funding in exchange for a 6 percent equity stake in their new companies. SOAPBOX provides an overview in this video.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Entrepreneur Programs

Cincinnati

Q&A: Elizabeth Edwards on Cincy's entrepreneurial ecosystem

Gene Monteith Thursday, September 09, 2010

Elizabeth Edwards is a former venture investor who believes there is no lack of innovation or entrepreneurial spirit in the greater Cincinnati region. What's needed, she says, are more ways to connect great ideas with resources. That's why Edwards left Neyer Holdings to form her own company, Metro Innovation -- and why she initiated programs like InOneWeekend three years ago and the Cincinnati Innovates contest, now it its second year. hiVelocity spoke to Edwards about Cincinnati's entrepreneurial climate.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Entrepreneur Programs, Entrepreneurship, Third Frontier, University of Cincinnati, Venture Capital

Cincinnati

Ohio moves toward fast lane in electric, hybrid car development

Val Prevish Thursday, August 26, 2010

Paul Havasi of Cleveland gets a lot of stares from fellow drivers on his way to work. His three-wheeled electric NmG is a rare sight. But laugh all you want; his choice of transport is the way of the future, according to the many businesses and researchers in Ohio developing technology and products for hybrid and electric cars.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Ohio State University

Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati

Ohio sensors surge on back of Wright-Patt, regional strengths

Gene Monteith Thursday, August 26, 2010

A camera that can read your fingerprints from six feet away. A system that can catch criminals in a 16-square-mile area. Tiny planes that can soar over an urban battlefield and tell friend from foe. All are signs that Ohio is emerging as a major force in 21st century sensor technology.

Biomedical, Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Tech Transfer, Third Frontier, University of Dayton, Wright State University

Dayton, Cincinnati

Q&A: Gary Conley preps a portal to manufacturing resources

Gabriella Jacobs Thursday, August 12, 2010

As president of TechSolve, Gary Conley knows what it takes to go from concept to commerce. His organization -- part of the NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a national network of affiliated manufacturing extension centers and field offices serving small manufacturers -- is also one of Ohio's seven Edison Technology Centers. Lately, Conley has been incubating an idea for improving the exchange of a wide array of valuable information to help manufacturers throughout Ohio. It's OMNI: the Ohio Manufacturing Network of Innovation. hiVelocity caught up with Conley to ask him about the concept.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Tech Transfer, Tech Transfer - Research

Cincinnati

Business plan competitions give flight to fledgling ideas

Gene Monteith Wednesday, July 28, 2010

There are good ideas and then there are good ideas with a plan. The former often die on the vine, having nowhere to go. The latter create companies. More and more Ohio entrepreneurs with good ideas are now developing their business acumen through university business plan competitions. They are turning heads. And creating the kinds of enterprises that lead to jobs.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Columbus/Central Ohio, Dayton/West Central Ohio, Entrepreneurship, Ohio State University, Third Frontier, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton

Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton

For these prodigal entrepreneurs, Ohio is home sweet home

Feoshia Henderson Thursday, July 15, 2010

If home really is special � offering a combination of the personal and professional fulfillment you crave � one day you'll come back. These entrepreneurs did.

Biomedical, Cincinnati/Southwestern Ohio, Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Entrepreneurship, Third Frontier

Cincinnati

Q&A: Melvin Gravely's view at the crossroads of race and business

Gene Monteith Thursday, July 15, 2010

Melvin Gravely II sits at the intersection of race and business -- an important place to be as the nation's minority populations rise within a rapidly changing economy. Founder of an engineering firm, author of seven books and a sought-after keynote speaker, Gravely is managing director of the Cincinnati-based Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking, which works to bridge the gaps in reasoning that hinder minority entrepreneurship and community access to talent. hiVelocity asked Gravely about his work.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Entrepreneurship

Cincinnati

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