WED 9/27/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter, Bill Balderaz, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat lunch.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Please join us for this TIGER Talk.  You'll learn about the changing world of communications, including new technologies, AI, more ways to connect, and better methods for understanding data. By
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WED 10/4/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm HYBRID Event:  When you register, select "In-Person" or "Zoom."  Either Way: Be ready to interact with our presenter, Eric Schultz, and your fellow participants.  In-Person: Arrive at 11:30 am.  Zoom: Log in at 11:45 am.  Everyone: mingle & make new friends. Pull up a barstool and settle in for an hour of conversation about innovation and leadership as told by 25 highly accomplished entrepreneurs -- living and dead
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FRIDAY 10/20/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter and your fellow participants.  And, please arrive at 11:30 am.  Enjoy lunch.  Mingle.  Make new friends! *************** This is the 2023 edition of Lindsay Karas Stencel’s annual talk on The State of Venture in Ohio ®. . For the 6th year in a row, Lindsay will walk
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Wed 11/1/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter, Paul Collinsworth, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Please join Paul Collinsworth of Huntington National Bank for this practical TIGER Talk about financing the growth of your business with loaned capital from the US Small Business Administration (SBA), including:
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FRI 11/3/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter, Fred Wills, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat lunch.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Join us for a thought-provoking presentation on innovative leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through Stoic philosophy. In this TIGER Talk, Fred Wills will showcase how Stoicism's principles align with
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WED 11/8/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter, Katie Gioffre, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Please join us for this TIGER Talk by Katie Gioffre of IP Pathways. You'll will take an enlightening journey through the ever-evolving landscape of digital threats and protection, learning to decipher
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Fri 11/10/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter, Matt Cynkar, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. At this interactive TIGER Talk, Matt Cynkar, Managing Director at Rev1 Ventures, will provide advice to help founders of tech startups aiming to scale rapidly. Matt help you understand the importance
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FRI 12/8/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenters, Michelle Murcia & Charles Richmond, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Ever wonder what it takes to tell your financial story to investors? In this TIGER Talk , our presenters, Michelle Murcia & Charles Richmond of Book+Street, will break it
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TUE 12/19/23, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm IN-PERSON at Innovate New Albany, 8000 Walton Pkwy, Suite 200, New Albany, OH 43054 Be ready to interact with our presenter, Chad Willett, and fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat lunch.  Mingle.  Make new friends. "Smash the Box" is an immersive experience where audiences will learn about the "4 Walls of the Mental Box" and the 4 "Smash the Box" techniques needed to unleash innovation. The
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!  🎉 🥳 🎊 WED 1/10/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to meet our session leader, Nadya Zhexembayeva, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. The data is clear: the next disruption is just around the corner. Whether it’s a shaky economy, a devastating flood, a new violent conflict, or a new technological breakthrough – the speed and scale of change fundamentally impact the
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FRI 1/19/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to meet our session leader, Kevin Mireles, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Join us for this important TIGER Talk! Today, the US is the #1 global player in the legacy fossil-fuel economy. Its position is similar to IBM's in the computing marketplace of the 1980s.  IBM dazzled with record profits in 1990, but just three years later, it
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WED 1/24/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to meet our session leader, Frank Geib, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. The JobsOhio Growth Capital Fund (JOGC) is the venture arm for Ohio's private economic development organization, JobsOhio. JOGC is a co-investment fund that invests in early stage companies who are Ohio-based or planning to locate a significant presence in Ohio, with over 70 companies in
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FRI 1/26/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to meet our session leader, Bill Balderaz, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Three recent decisions by Google are disrupting organizations and creating an urgent need for action. First, Google is deleting all Google Analytics data pre-2023, meaning we all lose access to historical web site data starting July of 2024. This also means that any organization with
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FRI 2/9/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to meet our session leader, Brad Griffith, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. Personal statement from our presenter, Brad Griffith: 2024 is my first year back at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in person after the pandemic, and I anticipate big crowds.  Attendance and company participation are expected to return to "normal" with over 2.4 Million square feet
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FRI 2/16/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to meet our session leader, Eric Rucinski, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. In this TIGER Talk, Eric Rucinski will describe the inherent deficiencies in relying solely on accounting information, and the unique benefits of higher-powered financial analysis. Going far beyond mere accounting (which is necessary, but not sufficient, for informed decision-making), Eric will discuss cash flow and
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FRI 2/23/24, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Be ready to interact with our presenter, Sarah Stemen, and your fellow participants.  Please arrive at 11:30 am.  Eat.  Mingle.  Make new friends. *************** In today's digital age, social media is an essential tool for businesses to reach out and engage with their target audiences. With millions of active users on various platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more, it has become a powerful marketing tool
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