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…by paying attention to what the business owners in his communities were doing, and putting work into the things he knew would earn him money or eventually get him to where he needed to go.
WeWork, a commercial real-estate company founded in 2019, provides tech startups with comprehensive working spaces designed to inspire collaboration and creativity. The company’s eccentric Founder
CB Insights — founded in 2008 — is a company that analyzes massive amounts of data in order to predict market trends and highlight key
The CEO of Hesed Consulting, Vumile Msweli, is an international speaker and a career coach . Hesed is a consulting firm particularly focusing on career coaching, women
MVP stands for minimum viable products, and are used as an attempt to learn more about the market, and if the product will go on
In Lluis Pareras’ TED talk “5 Keys to Success For Social Entrepreneurs,” he speaks about what makes a good social entrepreneur. He sees hundreds of
Bunker Labs is an incubator located in the Merchant Mart of Chicago. They are a non-profit that has created a network of veterans who want
In Chicago, there are a lot of incubators and accelerators. 1871 is a community of, and for startups. Being a technology-focused incubator, 1871 has created
The perfect elevator pitch, one that could land you a valuable investment to help make your idea a reality, isn’t as easy to achieve as
In 2009 Yael Afalo started Reformation, a sustainable clothing brand. It all started after she took a trip to China to see the manufacturer of
ConnXus is a Startup based in Cincinnati, Ohio that aims to ensure that companies partner with a diverse range of minority and women-owned suppliers. Their
Social entrepreneur and health food alchemist, Michelle Valentin, is the founder of Maui raw. Maui Raw is a vegan, non-GMAO, raw-foods producer of crave-able food.
Jumping Jack Taxes is the first black owned tax company to bring professionals to customers. Customers can simply locate a partner by downloading their app
Coffee IXV is a zero waste coffee shop in Brooklyn, New York City. Their goal is to reduce the waste in the city by eliminating
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Career Community was one of four communities to launch last summer. Twenty-nine alumni with their own businesses or startups or those
Four Oberlin students who are members of the Entrepreneurship Club and took the Introduction to Entrepreneurship class interned at Northeast Ohio’s premier pre-seed incubator, Flashstarts this summer. These
Thursday’s, 12-1:30pm: September 26, October 3, October 10 Obie’s are can-do, get it done people – the basis for great entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs employ deep knowledge to
Jessica Nabongo, the founder and CEO of Jet black, is going to be the first documented black woman to travel to each country. She is
This has been a robust and exciting year with lots of new very vibrant, well-attended initiatives. LaunchU was better than ever! Forty-one participants worked on
PedalCell is a company that produces bikes which are powered by the force of movement. Personal items can be charged through the bike, and the
This startup is a new “micromobility” startup in Europe that recently released a range of new scooters as well as an e-bike for rental use.
By Brendan Fontanez Our town of Oberlin, Ohio is home to an engineer developing a cutting edge technology: ion-powered flight. His name is Ethan Krauss,
By Brendan Fontanez Back home in South Burlington, Vermont, the intriguing new startup Beta Technologies is taking off. Beta is currently developing an eVTOL (Electric
By Brendan Fontanez SpaceX is a rocket-manufacturing company launched by Elon Musk in 2002. The company’s vision is bold: building a system that would allow
Music Traveler is a sharing economy company joining the space and equipment rental market. Founded in 2017 by Aleksey Igudesman and Julia Rhee, Music Traveler
Based in Berlin, Endel is one of the most recent companies to develop and market a software that combines sound technology with human manipulation. The
