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Celeste Massullo: Born to win

Patrick G. Mahoney Thursday, January 13, 2011
Some entrepreneurs are born with the right stuff; others are born into the right families. Celeste Massullo, the president of Lena Fiore Inc., was blessed with both, and born to win.

Q&A: OSU's Michael Camp gives a bird's eye view of Ohio's entrepreneurial landscape

Gene Monteith Thursday, January 13, 2011
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Ohio's entrepreneurial landscape? As one of the nation's leading professors in entrepreneurship, Ohio State's S. Michael Camp should know. So, we asked him.

Video: Alleviating Poverty Summit looks at market-based solutions

Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship Summit at the Ohio State University is an event designed to engage the public in conversations about market-based solutions to global and local poverty. Here's a short video that describes the summit, scheduled for April 15th in Columbus.

Video: Family business is all about family

Halie Cousineau, on Vimeo Thursday, December 02, 2010
There are family businesses, and then there are family businesses. See how the owners of Athens-based Ancient Roots view what they do in the context of the community and their children.

Joe DeLoss: where social consciousness and entrepreneurship meet

Gabriella Jacobs Thursday, November 18, 2010
Give people sandwiches, and you'll feed them for a day. Give people jobs making, selling and delivering delicious, savory sandwiches, and you'll soon have more-employable Ohioans. In Joe DeLoss's case, that compassionate business strategy has led to recognition as one of America's best young entrepreneurs.

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.

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.

Q&A: Doug Craver takes a breather to talk about Cleveland's tech environment

Colin McEwen Thursday, October 07, 2010
Doug Craver never stops moving. The 47-year-old northeast Ohio native is a serial entrepreneur who's had his hand in a half-dozen tech companies since he was 25 -- including CMI, Knotice and Realeflow. He's curently president and CEO of LaunchTribe -- but prefers the title of "startup craftsman."

Happy birthday to us!

Gene Monteith Thursday, September 23, 2010
A year ago tomorrow, hiVelocity hit the webstand. In this issue, we take a look back -- why we ventured forth, what our goals were and what our readers have found most appealing.

Q&A: Steve Arless brings global biomed reputation to Cleveland -- here's why

Colin McEwen Thursday, September 23, 2010
Steve Arless has more than 35 years of international experience in the development, marketing and sales of medical devices. Seventeen of those years were spent at London-based Smith & Nephew, where he served as president for five years. His fame, though, accrued while president of CryoCath, which sold in 2006 for $380 million. Now CEO of Cleveland-based CardioInsight, this Montreal native is bringing his talents south.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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