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Women Generating Promotes Leadership, Power, Purpose

Women Generating, a model and methodology of leadership for women and by women harnesses the collective power of women to achieve positive change in the world. Founded by Suzanne Roberts,...

business, development, economic development, event, innovation, Jobs, opportunity

TIGER Talk Recap: Cracking the Small Business Loans Code

It’s every business owner’s hope that they can run their business from operating cash flow, but unfortunately that’s not always possible. When they need to secure business financing, how can...

business, economic development, small business

The 5 C’s of Credit: Cash Flow is King

In our introductory blog, we alluded to the concept of a funding continuum for businesses. When you, your family, and your friends invest in your business, it is because of...

5 C's of Credit, business, economic development, small business, venture capital

The 5 C’s of Credit: What You Should Know Before You Ask a Bank for a Loan

Business owners who are passionate about their ideas find it very disheartening to learn that their own bank isn’t as enthusiastic as they are. Before you abandon all hope, there...

business, economic development, small business

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Lunch & Launch Recap: Insight 2050 – Emerging Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Central Ohio

Have you ever wondered what Central Ohio communities might look like 30+ years from now? The Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) knows, and shared it at SunDown RunDown’s Lunch...

economic development, event

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Columbus Ranked #1 on Forbes Opportunity Cities List

In case you missed it last month, Forbes ranked Columbus Ohio #1 Best Opportunity City in the US. Forbes and Sperling’s analysis took a lot of data into consideration, including...

business, community, economic development, startups

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The One Tool You Must Use to Find Customer Trends for Your Startup

“The fundamentals of business is to get paying customers,” preaches William Aulet in his MIT course on entrepreneurship. “So if you have paying customers, you have a business.” Unfortunately, many...

business, development, economic development, entrepreneur, startups, technology

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Innovate New Albany’s Guy Joins New Albany-based TS24

Tom Guy, business development executive for Innovate New Albany, New Albany’s incubator for technology startups and related enterprises, recently joined TS24 as a global business relationship manager, but he won’t be going...

business, business Incubators, development, economic development, Innovate New Albany, incubators, startups, technology

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Bob Evans Brings High Tech to Its Farm Fresh

When Bob Evans Farms opened its new $46.5 million campus in New Albany recently the company realized its ambition of melding a past steeped in country traditions with a future...

business, development, economic development, innovation

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Coca-Cola Accelerator Leverages Startup Mentality

How does a large, monolithic Fortune 500 company innovate? The company’s new accelerator program in cities throughout the world will bring entrepreneurs’ disruptive, pioneering, less bureaucratic mindset together to co-design,...

business, development, economic development, entrepreneur, innovation, startups