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Start Your Engines

Val Prevish Thursday, February 24, 2011
What do people in Abu Dhabi and Cincinnati have in common? They want to have fun. No one understands this better than the creative team at Jack Rouse Associates, one of the world's leading experiential design firms.

Ohio's work-life climate is big draw for those tired of the rat race

Val Prevish Thursday, February 10, 2011
Is it possible to be successful in business and have a meaningful personal life at the same time? It is if you live in Ohio. Our state gets rave reviews from business veterans who said goodbye to long commutes and crowded spaces and never looked back, finding the balance they were seeking in the smaller cities and livable suburbs of Ohio.

Employment enjoyment: How some do it

Gabriella Jacobs Thursday, January 27, 2011
Even the best jobs can lead to burnout and loss of productivity. But some companies are finding ways to keep the creative juices flowing by making it fun to go to work. 

'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.

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.

Biomedical economy grows behind collaboration, partnerships

Feoshia Henderson Thursday, November 18, 2010
In the past, the idea of a company turning to a competitor for outside expertise just wasn't done. Today both small and large companies realize they can't do everything in-house, and that holds true for the growing biomedical industry where innovation through collaboration has become the norm.

Some of the greenest companies in Ohio tell how they did it -- and why

Val Prevish Thursday, November 04, 2010
Green has always been a popular color in the business world. It's the color of money, after all. But green has new meaning to Ohio's corporate community. It means saving the earth, and what's good for the planet can be good for the bottom line as well.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If at first you don't succeed . . .

Feoshia Henderson Thursday, September 09, 2010
It's said that most startups fail within five years. Still, the possibility -- or experience -- of failure doesn't stop thousands of Ohioans from starting new businesses every year. hiVelocity talked to some successful Ohio entrepreneurs whose ingenuity and nimbleness led them to change direction or shelve ideas that weren't working. All three have different stories, but all recognized when it was time to change course and move on to new ideas.
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