Third Frontier : Featured Stories

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

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: Nancy Bridgman talks about the NET Incubator's role in the Dayton region

Gene Monteith Thursday, July 01, 2010

The National Environmental Technology Incubator in Springfield may not be Ohio's biggest incubator, but its affiliation with Central State University makes it a key partner within the Dayton region's academic-business scene. No longer focused just on environmentally oriented companies, the NET incubator has plans to grow. Executive Director Nancy Bridgman brings us up to date in this interview.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Advanced Materials, Central State University, Entrepreneur Programs, Information Technology, Instruments - Controls - Electronics, Third Frontier

Q&A: Steven Weathers gives an inside look at the future of northwest Ohio

Colin McEwen Thursday, May 20, 2010

Steven Weathers, president and CEO of the Regional Growth Partnership, knows that the automotive industry isn't likely to come back to northwest Ohio anytime soon � and he's OK with that.

Bowling Green State University, Entrepreneur Programs, Third Frontier, Toledo/Northwest Ohio, University of Toledo

Toledo

Video: Secret Cincinnati and its plea for continued high-tech funding

Thursday, May 06, 2010

What separates creative minds from -- um -- less creative minds? This video provides a glimpse of how a new web portal, Secret Cincinnati (see our story in Innovation & Job News), came together over one weekend and the type of creative thinking that flourishes among Ohio's young entrepreneurs.

Cincinnati/Southwest Ohio, Information Technology, Third Frontier

Cincinnati

Appalachian Ohio moving fast toward high-tech future

Val Prevish Thursday, March 25, 2010

Geoff Greenfield is an example of the type of entrepreneur who is becoming the modern face of the economy in Appalachian Ohio. As founder and president of Third Sun Solar and Wind Power in Athens, Greenfield is part of a thriving alternative energy industry that is making its home in Athens County.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Appalachia/Southeast Ohio, Biomedical, Entrepreneur Programs, High Tech, Ohio University, Third Frontier, Venture Capital

Athens

Q&A: OU Innovation Center chief talks about why region is a great place to live and work

Gene Monteith Thursday, March 25, 2010

Since its formation in 1983, Ohio University's Innovation Center has nurtured more than 80 companies, creating more than 1,000 jobs. The university itself has helped develop nine spinoff companies from university-invented technology. And faculty and staff are responsible for the startup of another 27 companies. Today, the OU Innovation Center -- the state's first university-small business incubator -- is home to 13 startups with big plans for the future. hiVelocity recently caught up with Center Director Jennifer Simon to find out what gives southeastern Ohio its entrepreneurial chemistry.

Advanced and Alternative Energy, Appalachia/Southeast Ohio, Biomedical, Entrereneur Programs, Information Technology, Ohio University, Third Frontier

Seamless connect between programs, capital, credited with Ohio's high-tech rise

Gene Monteith Thursday, February 11, 2010

Tony Giordano has been around the block. He's started successful companies in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He has a good job as assistant dean of research and business development at Louisiana State University's Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. So why is he moving his new cardiovascular company from Louisiana to Cleveland? Quite simply, he says, there's no place like Ohio.

Advanced Materials, biomedical, Entrepreneur Programs, Pre-Seed Funds, Third Frontier, Venture Capital

Q&A: Ray Leach explains Ohio's bullish venture capital climate

Gene Monteith Thursday, November 05, 2009

For every entrepreneur with a great idea, for every young company that wants to expand, the same question looms large: Where will we get the money to gain traction? Until a few years ago, the answer for most Ohio firms was "not here." hiVelocity spoke with JumpStart's Chief Executive Officer Ray Leach about the turnaround in Ohio's venture capital environment.

Cleveland/Northeast Ohio, Entrepreneur Programs, Third Frontier, Venture Capital