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Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Dave: When we select our companies, we’re trying to get a feel for who the entrepreneurs themselves are. Are they ones who would benefit from a mentorship-driven network, in terms of being coachable and being open to change? The final thing is just looking at the team’s
Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What are the core benefits that your accelerator provides? Dave: The Brandery is about accelerating the path of a startup. We’re lucky to have a great network of mentors, ranging from startup founders to venture capitalists to consumer marketing professionals. Through that mentorship we provide a
Business Incubator Series: Dave Knox, The Brandery, Cincinnati, Ohio (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold I am talking to Dave Knox, one of the co-founders of the Brandery, which is a mentorship-driven 12-week business accelerator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 2010, they are part of TechStars Network, have similar format, and offer early stage entrepreneurs $20,000 in financing. They particularly focus
The Third Frontier In The Midwest: An Interview With John Glazer, Director, TechGROWTH Ohio (Part 7)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: We are addressing the shortage of managerial talent by trying to grow our own talent, identifying what the traits and qualities of good managerial talent are. What do they need to know and what do they need experience in order to become great managers? Rather than
The Third Frontier In The Midwest: An Interview With John Glazer, Director, TechGROWTH Ohio (Part 6)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: We think we have the rural model down. We think we’ve learned how to get this kind of work done in a distressed area, without a pre-existing infrastructure of innovation centers, private capital, population density, and major employers and research institutions. We’re hoping that what we
The Third Frontier In The Midwest: An Interview With John Glazer, Director, TechGROWTH Ohio (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: If we’re able to bring in outside dollars in support of one our companies, that’s a validation. Somebody else evaluated and decided to put his chips down on the opportunity that we cultivated and developed; that is a validation that we’re doing good. So, that’s one
The Third Frontier In The Midwest: An Interview With John Glazer, Director, TechGROWTH Ohio (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: We help to organize a network of angel investors in this rural area. We provide them with a professional fund manager and help them to determine their offering to each other, the agreements they have, and the processes by which they will evaluate companies and invest
The Third Frontier In The Midwest: An Interview With John Glazer, Director, TechGROWTH Ohio (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold John: One of the things about the kinds of companies that we uncover and work with is that they are in need of a great deal of help. Rather than a large, urban, metropolitan area where a company that is very early stage may come with a
