January 2012 Blog Posts (11)

COLUMBUS, OH – January 31, 2012 – Brand Thunder LLC (http://www.brandthunder.com), the browser theme specialists, announced today it is the provider of record for BrowserNation clients. The agreement merges the client list of the two leading companies for interactive browser themes and takes BrowserNation clients from Firefox only and extends themes to their fans on Chrome, the fastest growing browser, and Internet Explorer,…

xceler8.org is Coming to Columbus, Ohio February 13!

Sign up today at www.xceler8.org – Free for the first 100 to register!

Grow. Further. Faster.

xceler8.org travels to major cities throughout the Midwest and provides an educational forum for business leaders to learn about new and emerging technologies that will help them outpace their competitors and grow their eBusiness. Fast!! Join Us in…

Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, director of Ohio State's Center for Automotive Research, will take us on a real road trip when he presents the next Science Sundays Public Lecture, "Sustainable Mobility, Renewable Energy, and the Future of Transportation – what vehicles will our (grand)children drive?" from 3-4 p.m. Sunday (1/22) in the Ohio State Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theatre. Reception to follow. All are welcome. Science Sundays is presented by the Ohio State College of Arts and Sciences'…

From a new type of trachea that was recently implanted in a Maryland man to Linebacker, an IV securement device that is 260 times stronger than tape, Ohio is brimming with achievements in bioscience. ONN recently reported on some of these successes.

Read more about the bioscience industry in Ohio.

"Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.", says Harvard Business School professor Howard Stevenson in his book, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship. Eric Schurenberg of Inc.com talks with Stevenson about the definition, which was written in 1975, and breaks down the thoughts behind his words.

Read more about the…

The graduates of the second voyage of the 1492 business accelerator program were presented on stage at the Canzani Center Wednesday evening.  More than 140 attendees were on hand to learn of the progress these five companies have made over the last 11 weeks of their business acceleration journeys and to celebrate the Central Ohio entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

“When we first started this program I was excited to see how fast we could spin up a number of viable, investable companies,”…

The TechColumbus Leadership Series is an exclusive invitation only event with 50-75 small and large company Founders, CEOs and Presidents.  It is an opportunity for the best and brightest of Columbus leadership to share ideas and discuss best practices. It is a more informal and conversational forum than other events with discussion designed to create greatest interest and value for attendees.  When company leaders can exchange ideas, lasting value and lasting relationships are…

As a librarian in the Science, Business & News department of Columbus Metropolitan Library, I am always pleased when I can help my customers find a reliable source of information as quickly as possible.

A job seeker in our Job Help Center was looking for an efficient and effective way to research Abercrombie & Fitch to prepare for her job…

The readers of the Metropreneur selected TechColumbus as the best business incubator for 2011. The top 5 according to voters included:

1. TechColumbus
2. ECDI
3. The Founders Factory…