Featured Stories

Thriving startup community means jobs aplenty ... for the right candidates

Karin Connelly Thursday, September 26, 2013

The large number of open jobs in the startup community indicates growing success, but working for a startup has unique challenges. Recruiters and employers discuss the critical qualities required for a good fit between companies and employees.

Business Accelerators, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, High Tech, Talent

Cleveland

Ohio's rural biz incubators thrive with best practices, clear results

Tom Prendergast Thursday, September 26, 2013

Ohio is home to a host of smaller and rural business incubators. Despite dispersed populations and limited local markets, many are getting results similar to their urban counterparts--on much tighter budgets.

Business Accelerators, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Ohio Third Frontier, Seed Funding, Talent, Venture Capital, Workforce Transition

Columbus, Dayton, Athens, Youngstown, Cleveland, Lima, Akron, Toledo, Canton, Cincinnati

Meet Len Gray, legal entrepreneur and Ohio transplant

Douglas J. Guth Thursday, August 29, 2013

Attorney and Memphis native Len Gray relocated to northeast Ohio to launch Inlaw.me, an online recruiting tool for the legal industry. The local business community's spirit of collaboration and enthusiasm is what drew him to the Buckeye State.

Business Accelerators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Talent

Cleveland

Cincinnati's path to fostering entrepreneurship

John Kachuba & Elissa Yancey Thursday, August 22, 2013

hiVelocity examines how Cincinnati can make the most of its strengths and capitalize on the diversity of the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Business Accelerators, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Seed Funding, Talent, Venture Capital, Workforce Transition

Cincinnati

Symbiotic economics: Ohio's corporate establishment meets the startup community

Joe Baur Thursday, August 08, 2013

Ohio's biggest names in business give back to the state's economic ecosystem by lending a helping hand to startups and entrepreneurs.

Apps, Business Accelerators, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Medical, Miami University, Software

Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati

Suburban tech centers: where community meets co-working

Paul Batterson Thursday, June 27, 2013

Inventors and entrepreneurs are finding new homes in Ohio cities--but not the ones full of expressways and skyscrapers. Tech centers, community maker spaces and business accelerators are popping up in the not-so-sleepy suburbs, where they blend co-working, convenience and community.

Business Accelerators, Business Incubators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing Innovation

Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati

innov8forhealth helps accelerate healthcare startups in cincinnati

Lee Chilcote Thursday, December 13, 2012

Whether they are helping hospitals to manage access to private health information or creating a game that helps kids to zap away their health care fears, health care startups are growing in Cincinnati. Innov8forhealth, an accelerator now in its second year, is helping budding entrepreneurs to rapidly vet and commercialize their ideas.

Business Accelerators, Entrepreneurial Programs, Entrepreneurship, Health Care, Information Technology, Seed Funding, Talent, Technology, Venture Capital