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One Month Longer, One Month Later? Prepayments in the Auto Loan Market
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How To Manage Creative Teams
Let’s be real: leading a team of creative minds can feel a bit like directing an orchestra where every musician is playing a different tune. But fear not! Today, we’re going to dive into managing creative teams. Grab your cup of coffee, and let’s get into it. First things first, understanding the creative mindset is key. Creatives are like beautiful, rare butterflies — each with their own unique patterns and flight paths.
10 Best Inbound Marketing Tools I Can't Live Without
As a marketing professional, I've come to rely heavily on a suite of inbound marketing tools that have transformed the way I work. These tools not only streamline my workflow but also enhance the effectiveness of my marketing strategies. Here's my personal list of the top 10 inbound marketing tools I can't live without, along with their pros, cons, and why they're indispensable to me. HubSpot is more than just a tool; it's a comprehensive inbound marketing ecosystem.
How Can You Balance Multiple Content Distribution Goals?
Today, we're diving into the confetti-filled pool of managing multiple content distribution goals. Because let's face it, in the digital age, your content needs to be more versatile than a Swiss Army knife - cutting through the noise, opening up conversations, and screwing... tight the bolts of your marketing strategy (okay, that might be a stretch, but you get the point!). So, grab a coffee, and let's chat about how you can be the ringmaster of this content circus.
17 Best Task Management Software for Individuals
Whether you're managing personal projects, work assignments, or just daily chores, the right task management software can make all the difference. After thorough research and analysis of various blog articles, we've compiled a list of the best task management software for individuals in 2023. Let's dive in! Table of contents ClickUp is a highly versatile task management tool that offers a blend of simplicity and advanced features.
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Old stores get new life as restaurants across the Charleston peninsula
I love seeing old buildings renovated, transformed and given new life. Living in the Cannonborough-Elliotborough Neighborhood is the perfect locale for my renovation fixation. Everywhere you look there are century-old buildings being rehabilitated and saved.
Women tech entrepreneurs are working to crash the local boys' club
CINCINNATI -- Listen to Emily Chang discuss her Silicon Valley expose "Brotopia" and it's clear that startup Cincinnati also has a problem to fix when it comes to promoting, respecting and supporting female tech talent."I fully believe that the people who are taking us to Mars and creating self-driving cars can create a more diverse workforce," Chang said, speaking recently in Redwood City, California.
Startups 2017: The 9 startup business in the Tri-State to watch as 2017 winds down
CINCINNATI -- There's a lot to celebrate about 2017 and the growing impact of Greater Cincinnati's startup economy.Key benchmarks included the arrival and graduation of the first class at Hillman Accelerator, the nation's first minority-focused startup accelerator.
Common enemy: The opioid epidemic has tech, community and entrepreneurial foes banding together
Common enemy: The opioid epidemic has tech, community and entrepreneurial foes banding together Posted on November 21, 2017 by lisacolbert in Entrepreneurship // 0 Comments Story excerpt provided by WCPO. Written by Steve Ramos. Each person on stage represents a path toward solving the sprawling opioid epidemic.
Cordata startup opioid: Tech startup Cordata and others want to coordinate resources to combat the opioid epidemic
CINCINNATI -- Each person on stage represents a path toward solving the sprawling opioid epidemic. Public safety officials such as Thomas Synan Jr., chief of police, village of Newtown, Ohio; government employees Leigh Tami, chief performance officer at the city of Cincinnati Office of Performance & Data Analytics; and Christa Hyson, M.P.H. clerk on the Board of Health at the Cincinnati Health Department, talk about building healthy communities.
To thrive, startups need great mentors; here’s how to find them
CINCINNATI -- Partnering with a top mentor can be the difference between a startup that lands funding and one that never gets beyond the idea stage. Entrepreneurs need to address a dozen high-priority goals, ranging from go-to-market strategies to best practices around equity, funding and launch campaigns, at any given time. Access to a mentor who connects with their ideas and visions can provide much-needed answers to a startup team's most difficult questions.
“Oldboy” Auteur Park Chan-wook Loses Nothing In Translation With His English Language Debut, “Stoker”
Such modest surroundings are commonplace for a foreign-language master like Park and the select cinephile journalists who make time at every festival to sit down with the philosophical South Korean auteur. It somehow feels right to be alone together in the shadows, debating the projections of cinema violence.
Edgy new startups like Juble it! are diversifying Cincinnati’s tech ecosystem
CINCINNATI — Conversations around diverse tech startups naturally begin with minority entrepreneurs and their opportunities for success. For Paolo Dominguez, founder and CEO of Juble it!, a social-media button that aims to transform the “like” on digital sites, the diversity statistics he prioritizes focus on the companies themselves. “Where startup investment goes tends to follow each other,” Dominguez said, speaking soon after his public demo via local tech agency Zoozler.
Edgy new startups like Juble it! are diversifying Cincinnati's tech ecosystem
CINCINNATI -- Conversations around diverse tech startups naturally begin with minority entrepreneurs and their opportunities for success. Paolo Dominguez, founder and CEO of Juble it! For Paolo Dominguez, founder and CEO of Juble it!, a social-media button that aims to transform the "like" on digital sites, the diversity statistics he prioritizes focus on the companies themselves.
OTR thrives as hub for tech startups, but some worry it's too costly, concentrated in one spot
CINCINNATI -- Walk past any number of storefronts on Main Street between Liberty and East 13th Street – in buildings that previously housed creative agencies, Internet of Things (IoT) startups and industrial design collectives -- and you’ll still sense the entrepreneurial spirit that helped reignite Over-the-Rhine.Visit one of the popular coffee spots from Central Parkway to Vine Street and Broadway to Main and slide from one table to another for back-to-back meetings.
Code talkers: Through events like HackCincy, the Tri-State tries to stress its tech-centered future
CINCINNATI — The proof of the 24-hour marathon hacking that’s just taken place throughout Union Hall, Cincinnati’s startup hub located in Over-the-Rhine, lies in the rows of beer cans, candy wrappers, soda bottles and chip bags scattered across tables in the building’s second-floor Beer Hall. HackCincy, which attracted some 48 coders Aug. 19-20, is the latest in a growing number of hackathons and coding events taking place throughout Greater Cincinnati.
Code talkers: Through events like HackCincy, the Tri-State tries to stress its tech-centered future
CINCINNATI -- The proof of the 24-hour marathon hacking that's just taken place throughout Union Hall, Cincinnati's startup hub located in Over-the-Rhine, lies in the rows of beer cans, candy wrappers, soda bottles and chip bags scattered across tables in the building's second-floor Beer Hall.HackCincy, which attracted some 48 coders Aug.
With ActionStreamer, fans become part of the action via players’ helmet, body cameras
When it comes to sports innovations, Cincinnati has history. The start of professional baseball, for example, goes back some 148 years, with the Cincinnati Red Stockings taking the field in the city’s West End neighborhood. And one of the most innovative coaches in the NFL was Bengals founder Paul Brown. Now, NFL linebacker-turned-entrepreneur, investor and startup co-founder Dhani Jones is hustling to reignite Cincinnati as a hub for sports innovation.
With ActionStreamer, fans become part of the action via players' helmet, body cameras
CINCINNATI -- When it comes to sports innovations, Cincinnati has history.The start of professional baseball, for example, goes back some 148 years, with the Cincinnati Red Stockings taking the field in the city's West End neighborhood.
Tech leaders work to make startup ecosystem easier to navigate for minority entrepreneurs
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Can tech solve the opioid crisis? Hacking Heroin teams tackle epidemic with innovation
When you’re living in the midst of an epidemic, the daily stories are devastating. Raj Gupta is an experienced programmer and co-founder of Team Window, one of the hackathon teams from Hacking Heroin, held June 10 and 11 at the startup hub Union Hall in Over-the-Rhine. Like a growing number of people, Gupta also has a personal connection to the opioid epidemic.
Can tech solve the opioid crisis? Hacking Heroin teams tackle epidemic with innovation
CINCINNATI -- When you're living in the midst of an epidemic, the daily stories are devastating.Raj Gupta is an experienced programmer and co-founder of Team Window, one of the hackathon teams from Hacking Heroin, held June 10 and 11 at the startup hub Union Hall in Over-the-Rhine.
Innovation looks good on Cincinnati: Fashion, apparel startups creating vibrant community
CINCINNATI -- Clad in the classic startup wardrobe of jeans and T-shirt, JUMPER Threads co-founder Daniel Redlinger floats throughout the Over-the-Rhine startup campus called Union Hall, stopping to work at various corners and nooks. Daniel Redlinger’s JUMPER Threads, a manufacturer and e-commerce retailer of premium everyday apparel, is one of a community of startups making their mark on Cincinnati’s burgeoning fashion and apparel industry.
What does it take to be an ‘investible’ entrepreneur? Top startup leaders share their secrets
A shout rings out each time a new fund grows the pool of Cincinnati angel and venture capital. Recent boosts include $20 million for follow-on investing from Blue Chip Venture Co., ideally with more to come from other firms. VentureOhio CEO Fallon Donohue confirms steady venture growth at the statewide level with a reported $470 million in 2016 investments to Ohio startups across seed, early and growth stages.
What does it take to be an 'investible' entrepreneur? Top startup leaders share their secrets
CINCINNATI -- A shout rings out each time a new fund grows the pool of Cincinnati angel and venture capital.Recent boosts include $20 million for follow-on investing from Blue Chip Venture Co., ideally with more to come from other firms.VentureOhio CEO Fallon Donohue confirms steady venture growth at the statewide level with a reported $470 million in 2016 investments to Ohio startups across seed, early and growth stages.
Cincinnati is becoming a hub for humanitarian innovation, with focus on people-centered funding
CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati is a charitable community. Look to the long histories and large impacts of philanthropic institutions from the local arts agency ArtsWave to the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust and Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation.
Voice of America Museum is now broadcasting inspiration for tech developers
WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio -- There are forgotten business spaces that still resonate with a spirit for discovery.
Days of future present: UC aims to help transform transportation with hyperloop technology work
CINCINNATI -- Imagine traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco via hyperloop tube in just 30 minutes via nearly airless two-way tubes containing electric-powered, aerodynamic capsules holding people and cargo.Now, think about University of Cincinnati faculty, students and valued vendors coming together at a multidisciplinary research center to help make all that happen -- here, there and everywhere.The first "Kitty Hawk" moment for the Hyperloop UC Team, that instant when the impossible...
Tri-State med-tech firms work to be out in front for $20M Ohio anti-heroin investment | TechOhio on WordPress.com
Convinced that a “new idea” is needed to solve Ohio’s escalating opioid crisis, Gov. John Kasich in his April 4 state of the state address called for Ohio to invest $20 million with medical-technology entrepreneurs and startups to develop and implement innovative solutions.
Sundance Film Festival's New Frontier selection uses VR, AR, and other mediums to make the audience's bodies the screen
When there’s no more room to grow, you shift to the virtual world. Sundance Film Festival has traditionally been the home for challenging films that are willing to test the boundaries of independent cinema. But in an era where entertainment is no longer confined to the limitations of a screen, it’s time for these risks to take place in a virtual landscape. At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, artists are utilizing our bodies as platforms for new storytelling projects.
Local investors want to seed more entrepreneurs - then give them more money to keep them in town
Under the bright lights and Cirque du Soleil-like razzle-dazzle of the massive Crossroads Oakley auditorium, the co-founders of nine OCEAN accelerator startups from the 2016 class share their stories in front of venture capitalists, angel investors and fellow startup colleagues from across Cincinnati and throughout the country.The goals are as diverse as the startup leaders themselves, from testing their mobile platforms to establishing company identities and beginning to build awareness.
Food tech takes root: Artisans, backyard farmers and agri-tech leaders rethink the system
CINCINNATI -- He glad-hands the overflow lecture crowd at Downtown’s members-only Mercantile Library with a winner’s enthusiasm. His wide smile and leading man good looks pull audience members close. For the moment, everybody wants to ask Josh Tetrick, the 36-year-old CEO and co-founder of high-profile food technology company Hampton Creek, about his company’s full-page ads in The New York Times.
Will Makers Ignite the Next Chapter in Cincinnati’s Startup Economy?
CINCINNATI -- Yank the metal elevator gate. Hold yourself steady with every lurch.
Are coworking spaces the missing ingredient behind Cincinnati’s next tech boom?
CINCINNATI -- There’s a growing mantra being repeated by past, present and future entrepreneurs throughout StartupCincy , the brand name created by these very same entrepreneurs to describe Cincinnati’s entrepreneurial economy and their place in itTried coworking? Didn’t like it? Try coworking again. Cowork better. Office rates (like our parking) are frequently affordable in Greater Cincinnati.
ReelAbilties film fest could show the way to bigger things
CINCINNATI -- For 10 days at the start of every year, Park City, Utah lives and breathes movies as thousands descend on the small, mountain town to participate in the Sundance Film Festival. This hugely popular festival is what some Cincinnati film leaders would like to recreate here.
Cintrifuse CEO Wendy Lea brings experience and passion to Cincinnati's startup ecosystem
They cover an expansive conference room wall from end to end, startup names scrawled across Post-it notes that make up Greater Cincinnati’s growing tech ecosystem. These new companies, categorized into industry verticals from business intelligence to big data analytics, provide the perfect backdrop for a lengthy conversation with Wendy Lea, three months into her appointment as CEO of Cincinnati-based startup accelerator Cintrifuse.
Cincys tech hub: Over-the-Rhine, Mason, Uptown or elsewhere?
Some Cincinnati high-tech workers puff away on pipes during an afternoon break behind the Central Parkway headquarters for ChoreMonster, a web and mobile apps developer. Past smoke strides Keith Johnson, founder of the e-commerce pet goods startup Petbrosia, taking the back steps to his sprawling, new offices next door at 1415 Central Parkway. Sean Mullaney watches the scene from inside the 1415 building’s vacant lower floor and breaks into a grin.
Barefoot Proximity innovation chief Troy Hitch wants to speed Cincinnati's transformation
The laughter from assorted team members increases in volume as veteran creative director Troy Hitch walks between Longworth Hall floors and past rows of workspaces to an office he shares with Barefoot Proximity CEO Chris Evans. Hitch enjoys the office laughter, soaks it in really, as he shuts the door for some conversational privacy. The booming chuckles are audible proof that the 130-plus staffers take pleasure in their work.
University of Cincinnati's innovation pipeline essential for high-tech growth
Inside a historic, Corryville building once home to a fashion retailer and a performance arts troupe, business professionals from around the world fill the two floors of the Live Well Collaborative, a non-profit innovation lab co-founded by the University of Cincinnati and the world’s largest consumer products company, Procter & Gamble.
How To Prep For Sundance And Become An Indie Sensation
By Steve Ramos 6 minute Read Some Sundance Film Festival dreams are just that–pure fantasy based simply on nighttime visions of that first trip to Park City. Other artists fantasize with a foot in prior experience, an earlier Sundance visit in support of a feature, or short film, or work as a producer.
Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne On An Ad-Supporte
By Steve Ramos 6 minute Read They may only run two minutes in length, these famous Chrysler Super Bowl ads, “Imported From Detroit” and “Halftime In America,” but they play like blockbuster movies. This is especially true when they’re projected on a giant cinema screen in a massive Ohio State University auditorium larger than the Ziegfeld Theatre in Midtown Manhattan.
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