Cincinnati's Newest Innovators
Posted on September 27, 2009
The winners, listed below, share $50,000 in prizes with the top prize of $20,000 going to Michael Bergman of LPK, who entered a test-prep Facebook application called Numbskull 2.0.
Numbskull 2.0 allows students to quiz themselves using provided questions or creating their own from class notes. It also allows classmates to create a league where they create and share quizzes customized to their classes and compete against each other.
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Cincinnati Innovates winners chosen
Posted on September 27, 2009
CincyTech has picked eight winners for its first Cincinnati Innovates competition, in which entrants submitted ideas that have the potential to be commercialized.
The winners were honored in a Friday evening ceremony, at the Contemporary Arts Center downtown.
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Online game wins top Innovates award
Posted on September 27, 2009
A game using the popular Facebook social networking Web site to improve college entrance test scores for high school students took the top prize tonight at the Cincinnati Innovates contest.
Numbskull 2.0, the online version of the previous board game developed by Michael Bergman of Mariemont, took home the $20,000 first prize awarded by chief sponsor CincyTech, the region's public-private agency that funnels Ohio Third Frontier funding for high-tech startups.
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Live WCPO Interview
Posted on September 27, 2009
Local 9 WCPO Interview.
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Dipidee, the region's newest startup
Posted on September 27, 2009
"What do you want to do tonight?"
"I don't know. What do you want to do?"
That's the problem that Dipidee, Cincinnati's newest startup, proposes to solve. Dipidee CEO Brian Lecount explains, "Dipidee provides last minute opportunities to people who are open to new and spontaneous experiences. And we'll entice them to take that new experience by offering them a great deal."
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Don't Quit Your Day Job (Yet)
Posted on September 27, 2009
"I couldn't name a single brilliant person at P&G."
I was stunned. Not because there aren't brilliant people at P&G. There are. But because I was talking to Elizabeth Edwards, and Elizabeth seemingly knows every brilliant person in Cincinnati.
"I had been working blocks from P&G's world headquarters for five years before I ever stepped foot in the building," Edwards says. And that realization helped the venture capitalist with Neyer Holdings make a valuable connection and inspired an idea to bring the community's aspiring, creative business minds together for one weekend.
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89.7 WNKU Interview
Posted on September 27, 2009
Have you ever wondered what you could get accomplished during the weekend if you just out your mind to it? If you have you're not alone. A group of local entrepreneurs launched a start-up company last year after a three day brainstorming session. The group dubbed In One Weekend is planning another session in August, spokesperson Elizabeth Edwards explained to WNKU's Matt Kelley how it works ( Get more information at www.inoneweekend.org)...
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Business Courier Article
Posted on September 27, 2009
Ali Rowghani, chief financial officer for Pixar Animation Studios, will keynote InOneWeekend, an entrepreneurial event in which 100 participants conceive and establish an Internet business over three days...
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Fox 19 Interview
Posted on September 27, 2009
Fox 19 interview.
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Local 12 WKRC Interview
Posted on September 27, 2009
View 10 minute interview online.
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91.7 WVXU Article
Posted on June 10, 2006
Venture capital investors are looking to fund Cincinnati’s best and brightest ideas. Cincinnati Innovates is a regional competition open to anyone with a great idea. Elizabeth Edwards with Nyer Holdings says it can be a product, a business, or a business process with a Greater Cincinnati connection. Edwards says people can apply on-line, and submit pictures or videos with their entry. The deadline is September 1st, with a top prize of 20-thousand dollars. There is a kick-off party planned for Wednesday at 4:30 at the Taft Center on Fountain Square.
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