Akron, The Rubber Capital, Is A Surprising Tech Innovator
April Couch owns an art boutique in downtown Akron, Ohio, that has lost foot traffic because of construction and the...
Finance
Fund of the Week: Lightship Capital
Brian Brackeen and Candace Matthews Brackeen, Co-founders of Lightship Capital Fund:Lightship CapitalCincinnati, Ohio First close of $22 million, with an additional...
Entrepreneurial Brothers Aim To Build The Bloomberg Of Bitcoin
Mike Alfred, CEO Mike Alfred and his brother Ryan founded Brightscope, which researched and published retirement plan data, so that...
Fund of the Week: Elevate Capital Aims To Reach Excluded Entrepreneurs In Pacific Northwest
Nitin Rai, Elevate Capital Fund II Founding Partner Fund: Elevate Capital Fund IIElevate Capital Hillsboro, OR$40MWhat It Is: In 2016, Elevate Capital’s...
How One Virginia Town Is Saving Its Small Businesses
Molly Rose Murphy opened Queen City Music Studios with $500 in savings and a $4,000 grant. Five years ago, Molly...
Fund of the Week: 1863 Ventures Invests In New Majority Entrepreneurs Aiming For Scale
Melissa Bradley, 1863 Managing Partner Fund: 1863 VenturesWashington, D.C.First close of $2.5 million, aiming to raise $10-$20 millionWhat it is: An impact-oriented...
Now Is The Time To Buy Black
Photo Credit: @babyhollis via instagram “How are you feeling?” texts keep coming to my phone. I appreciate friends for reaching...
Four Sources To Tap For Cash When You Don’t Want To Give Equity Away
Via Converge Ventures Over the past decade, I have helped develop and launch more than 20 high-technology startups. Regardless of...
PPP and Women and Minority-Owned Businesses – We Need To Do More
I’ve published a number of posts over the past few weeks about some of the challenges of the existing PPP...
The SBA Needs To Get Its Act Together On The PPP
The SBA’s implementation of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) has been a mess. The intention was to provide needed relief...