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Positive Change in Northeast Ohio - August 2008 Recap

NEOinc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:00:46 +0000

Ah, early Fall in Northeast Ohio. The Tribe, after writing off their season mid-summer, has suddenly woke up and battled back to third place in their division just 10 or so games out. The Browns go 0-4 for the preseason but hopefully have got injuries out of their system early. Hang on, sports fans.

From a news perspective, August was a fairly slow month. We’ve recapped a nice selection of positive news from after the break.

There is a lot of positive change happening in the region, particularly around entrepreneurial activities and economic development. NEOinc follows several regional blogs reporting on these topics. Sometimes the posts shine a spotlight nationally (or internationally) on the region. Every month we publish a short list of some of the stories we’ve noticed that embody the spirit of achievement, growth and change in our region.

Here is NEOinc’s August recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day, in our region.

August ‘08 Recap

ARCHAngels and LCCC form new fund
Lake Erie College gains $1M grant
A. Schulman to expand in Akron
CleveX secures $1.4M in funding
Lots of good results reported (Ferro, PolyOne, Hawk, JoAnn Stores, Preformed Line, Olympic Steel, McDermott)
Cleveland Professional Club 20/30 joins Advance Northeast Ohio partners (congrats Dan and Alex)
Ohio outshining Silicon Valley (no, we mean it!)
A. Schulman expanding
PartSource gets $50M in venture funding
NEOinc tenants in the news (Knotice, PolyFlow)
Primus raises $275M for sixth fund
Expedient continues Garfield Heights expansion
Diebold wins Brazilian contract

This list certainly isn’t meant to be exhaustive, merely a representative sample of some of the more positive articles we saw throughout the month. We want to hear from you too! Please use the comment box below to share your thoughts with us here at NEOinc and our other readers. Come on, you know you want to.

We’re also looking for other blogs to follow that report on positive entrepreneurship and economic development activities throughout Northeast Ohio. You can review the list below of the blogs we currently follow. Please post any additional recommendations via the comment box at the end of this post.

NEOinc’s blog reports regularly on entrepreneurial activities within the region, news and successes within the five incubators making up our collaborative, and resources available throughout Northeast Ohio. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing to our blog. Our “Connect With Us” page will give you all the information you need to subscribe via your RSS reader or receive E-Mail updates.

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page, or the comment box below, to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily- topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.

Positive Change in Northeast Ohio - July 2008 Recap

NEOinc — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:00:37 +0000

The dog days of summer finally hit us (maybe that’s what the Tribe’s bats needed to wake up). Hopefully, everyone is enjoying their summer vacations. This issue of positive change comes at a welcome time. With recent developments in the region, Cuyahoga County in particular, we could all use some better news to focus on.

We’ve recapped a nice selection of positive news from July after the break.

Here is NEOinc’s July recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day, in our region.

July ‘08 Recap

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page, or the comment box below, to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily- topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.

Positive change in Northeast Ohio - June 2008 Recap

NEOinc — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:50:01 +0000

Well, welcome to the halfway point of 2008. That went quick, didn’t it? What started out as a slow month, ended on a high note with lots of positive announcements throughout the region. We’ve summarized a nice selection after the break.

June also saw one of the blogs we follow “going dark”, as they say. Chris Varley’s Tech Futures blog, which grew out of a NorTech study around technology-based economic development, signed off this month with the following note:

The TechFutures site will remain up for some time to come, but this will be the last blog post in this forum. As NorTech adapts to the changes around it, new priorities are emerging and new initiatives are being launched. We invite you to revisit the stories and history of this project here on this site, but even more than that we encourage you to get and stay involved in the new projects NorTech and other economic development groups in the region pursue in the months and years to come.

Here is NEOinc’s June recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day, in our region.

June ‘08 Recap

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page, or the comment box below, to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily- topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.

Positive Change in Northeast Ohio - May 2008 Recap

NEOinc — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:00:04 +0000

With nighttime lows that have dipped into the 30’s recently, it’s hard to believe we are making the turn into Summer, but here we are in June already. The temperatures are quickly on the rise (if only the Indian’s bats were heating up as well), and the Summer Solstice is only a couple weeks away.

Lot’s of good economic development news hit in May. Selfishly, we here at NEOinc are most proud of Mike LeHere’s award by the National Business Incubation Association as the top incubator innovator of 2008. Mike is the CEO of the Akron Global Business Accelerator (AGBA) and the innovation was the Global Technology Commercialization Initiative in conjunction with the City of Akron. Three links to separate articles are in the list below, but since we write this blog, we’re linking here too. Follow this link to read our original article on Mike.

Here is NEOinc’s May recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day, in our region.

May ‘08 Recap

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily- topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.
Tech Futures - This site grew out of a five month process that began in February 2005 when NorTech engaged Global Business Network (GBN), one of the world’s premiere scenario planning consultancies, to help evaluate the region’s strategic options and the role technology-based economic development could play in revitalizing our economy.

Innovation Fund Awards to be presented June 4th

NEOinc — Thu, 29 May 2008 15:02:08 +0000

Innovation Fund Media Announcement

Presenting awards to technology-based start up companies in Northeast Ohio
and announcing a generous contribution to the
Innovation Fund from First Place Bank!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Entrepreneurship Innovation Center on the
campus of Lorain County Community College.
(Lunch will be provided.)

The Innovation Fund, administered by the Lorain County Community College Foundation, cordially invites you to a media announcement where the newest recipients of the Innovation Fund will be presented. In addition to these awards, we will be celebrating a significant contribution towards the Innovation Fund from one of our newest partners.

Please RSVP by visiting www.lorainccc.edu/ifund.

For directions, please visit: www.lorainccc.edu/map.

For questions or more information please contact the LCCC Foundation at 440-366-4039.

Funding support provided by Ohio’s Third Frontier ESP Program
as well as our newest partner, First Place Bank!

Positive Change in Northeast Ohio - April 2008 Recap

NEOinc — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:41:58 +0000

Much of NEOinc’s management is in San Antonio this week at the National Business Incubation Association’s Spring conference. In our absence, we leave you with April’s recap of positive regional change, and look forward to publishing next week.

Here is NEOinc’s April recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day, in our region.

April ‘08 Recap

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily- topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.
Tech Futures - This site grew out of a five month process that began in February 2005 when NorTech engaged Global Business Network (GBN), one of the world’s premiere scenario planning consultancies, to help evaluate the region’s strategic options and the role technology-based economic development could play in revitalizing our economy.

Positive change in Northeast Ohio - March 2008 recap

NEOinc — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:39:33 +0000

Ah, Spring. The daffodils are pushing their way out of the dirt, the forecast shows nothing but 50’s and our Tribe opened with a win. What’s not to like?

Here is NEOinc’s March recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day in our region.

March ‘08 Recap

NEOinc’s blog reports regularly on entrepreneurial activities within the region, news and successes within the five incubators making up our collaborative, and resources available throughout Northeast Ohio. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing to our blog. Our “Connect With Us” will give you all the information you need to subscribe via your RSS reader or receive E-Mail updates.

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily - topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.
Tech Futures - This site grew out of a five month process that began in February 2005 when NorTech engaged Global Business Network (GBN), one of the world’s premiere scenario planning consultancies, to help evaluate the region’s strategic options and the role technology-based economic development could play in revitalizing our economy.

Interested in competing for more than $2 billion in Federal funding?

NEOinc — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:24:04 +0000

These SBIR / STTR Workshops will show you how

The Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) and TechLift are presenting a series of workshops on the Federal SBIR and STTR programs. The Department of Defense (DoD) SBIR and STTR programs fund a billion dollars each year in early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies - projects that serve a DoD need and have commercial applications.

The SBIR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small technology companies (or individual entrepreneurs who form a company).
The STTR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small companies working cooperatively with researchers at universities and other research institutions.

Small companies retain the intellectual property rights to technologies they develop under these programs. Funding is awarded competitively, but the process is streamlined and user-friendly.

Knowing the ins and outs of how the program works, how best to apply, and what you need to do in order to increase your odds of an award is the basis of the OAI/TechLift workshops. In each of the workshops, you will learn:

How to use SBIR and STTR as a business development tool in your company
The basics of the DOD SBIR/STTR Program, its breadth and potential reward to you
How to develop a DOD SBIR/STTR proposal that answers the need with logical flow
What DOD SBIR reviewers look for, pitfalls to avoid & pointers to better your efforts
How to access technical information about prior R&D awards
Decide whether you can/should compete for SBIR/STTR or other government funds
How to partner with TechLift and OAI to increase your commercialization opportunities

Three workshop dates are being offered:

Fri., April 4th, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Akron Global Business Accelerator
526 S. Main Street
Akron, Ohio 44311

Thu., April 10th, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE)
Lorain County Community College
151 Innovation Drive, Suite 210
Elyria, Ohio 44035 Fri., April 11th, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
The Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI)
241 Federal Plaza West
Youngstown, Ohio 44503

EVENT INFO:

Lunch will be provided. Cost: $25 for OAI Members & TechLift Partners; $40 for Non-Members. NEOinc is a TechLift partner. If you are a tenant in one of our incubators, you are eligible for the reduced pricing.

Online registration will be available soon, please visit http://www.oai.org/ (networking and events)
By e-mail: patriciagrospiron@oai.org and monicadumitriu@oai.org
By phone: Patricia Grospiron, 440-962-3216 and Monica Dumitriu, 440-962-3141

Ready to take the next step?

OAI and TechLift are also offering an Intensive Workshop on SBIR / TTIR & Grant Funding Proposal Preparation. This workshop is a day and a half and will focus on:

Detailed instruction on proposal preparation
Technical & commercialization plans
Proposal submission procedures
Overview of all agencies, including DOD, DOE, & NSF

This intensive workshop will take place April 28th and 29th at the OAI facility (click for directions). Registration contacts are the same as above. There are four options for this workshop:

Option 1: One day of SBIR training, Mon., 12-5 p.m. or Tue., 9 a.m. – noon
Cost: $125 for OAI Members & TechLift partners; $250 for Non-Members
Option 2: One day of SBIR training + 1/2 day on commercialization
Cost: $150 for Members & TechLift partners; $300 for Non-Members
Option 3: One day of SBIR training + project summary review*
Cost: $175 for Members & TechLift partners; $350 for Non-Members
Option 4: Same day + 1/2 day on commercialization + project summary review*
Cost: $200 for Members & TechLift partners; $400 for Non-Members

*Note: The outline details for the project summary will be provided during the workshop.

Positive change in Northeast Ohio - February 2008 recap

NEOinc — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:00:54 +0000

Here is NEOinc’s February recap of the articles we feel speak to the growth and positive change that is happening quietly, every day in our region.

February ‘08 Recap

NEOinc’s blog reports regularly on entrepreneurial activities within the region, news and successes within the five incubators making up our collaborative, and resources available throughout Northeast Ohio. If you found this post useful, please consider subscribing to our blog. Our “Connect With Us” will give you all the information you need to subscribe via your RSS reader or receive E-Mail updates.

Sources

NEOinc watches the following regional blogs. Please use our “Contact Us” page to recommend a blog not on the list.

Advance Northeast Ohio - the online home of our region’s economic action plan, which was inspired by Voices & Choices. Learn about the actions our region is taking to grow our economy and engage in conversations that shape the plan and evaluate our performance.
Brewed Fresh Daily - topical, wide-ranging, and sometimes irreverant, George Nemeth’s blog is a clearinghouse for the pulse of Northeast Ohio.
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s business blog
Crain’s Cleveland
NorTech - NorTech leads the region’s technology based economic development agenda. By supporting and nurturing Northeast Ohio’s most promising technology projects and initiatives, they help to create new technology industries and make the region ’s economy more globally-competitive.
Ohio Means Business - The OBDC blog is a chance for Ohio executives to share their perspective on how locating in Ohio has enabled them to achieve both their professional and personal aspirations without having to sacrifice one for the other.
Tech Futures - This site grew out of a five month process that began in February 2005 when NorTech engaged Global Business Network (GBN), one of the world’s premiere scenario planning consultancies, to help evaluate the region’s strategic options and the role technology-based economic development could play in revitalizing our economy.

LCCC Innovation Fund - deadline approaching for applicants

NEOinc — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:50:20 +0000

Reminder: March 31, 2008 is the deadline for the next applicant cycle for the Lorain County Community College Innovation Fund.

Successful applicants should expect to see awarded funds shortly after July 1, 2008. As you know the application process is done via the web.

If you have any questions, contact GLIDE at 440-366-4310.