Basecraft Launches Intranet App for Small Businesses
Instead of a Google calendar over here, a group email over there, and that important HR paperwork buried somewhere in your inbox, customer experience agency Basecraft is creating a tidy home for the...
View ArticleFour String Brewing Offering Contract Brewing Services
Following its recent expansion with a production facility on the West Side, Four String Brewing now has a tank open for business. “We created additional tank space that can be used for other breweries...
View ArticleDIY Business Planning Made Easier with BizPlan.com
Ah, the business plan. A looming assignment that often feels like a term paper and thereby is not completed by many a startup. In between the archaic piece of paper and no plan at all lies the newest...
View ArticleBlockfort Adds Artist Studio and Gallery Space to Downtown
A former NAPA Auto Parts warehouse Downtown is completing its transformation from large, empty warehouse to a maze of studios and galleries. Blockfort represents the third iteration of an artist...
View ArticleKiva Columbus Forges Forward
After over a year of hard work to bring micro-lending platform Kiva to Columbus, Reese Neader achieved his goal of opening up a new finance option to Columbus’ entrepreneurial community in July of...
View ArticleChromedge Brings More Artist Studio Space to Franklinton
Another vacant Franklinton warehouse is finding new purpose with the addition of Chromedge Studios. Situated across the parking lot from a bustling 400 West Rich, the warehouse will add more artist...
View ArticleSerendipity Labs Coworking Headed for Downtown & Short North
New York-based Serendipity Labs is bringing its coworking franchise to Columbus, opting for two locations to introduce their concept to the market. Columbus-based Renascent Hospitality will manage the...
View ArticleLOUD Capital Amplifying the Success of Portfolio Companies
If you want to understand LOUD Capital’s investment philosophy, it’s inherently apparent in their name. “We will give capital, but we all will be very involved,” says LOUD co-founder Navin Goyal. With...
View ArticleBunker Labs Providing Support for Veteran-Owned Businesses
With 126,000 veterans in Central Ohio, 88,000 veteran-owned business in the state and a vibrant startup ecosystem that was ranked #1 at scaling startups in 2016, Columbus provided an ideal formulation...
View ArticleColumbus Adds Pair of Accelerators Focusing on Fintech and Smart Cities
Two new accelerators will launch their inaugural programs in Columbus this fall. A cross-industry partnership of some of the biggest companies across the state will support Fintech 71, a global...
View ArticleThe Hive Coworking Secures Spot in Grandview Area
The future home of parent-kiddo coworking space The Hive came about from the outside-the-box thinking that’s often intuitive to entrepreneurs. Founder of The Hive, Val Geisler shared earlier this year...
View ArticleNew Cohort of Startups Building Businesses through Lumos Accelerator
A second group of startups are making their way through the Columbus-based Lumos Accelerator. Their innovative solutions are as wide-reaching and as varied as the paths that brought the seven companies...
View ArticleFlat 51 Brings Blank Slate Space to German Village
The possibilities are nearly endless in a room constructed of white brick walls and flooded with natural light. An amorphous blank slate is exactly what Flat 51 aimed to create with their recently...
View ArticleColumbus Coworking Guide
Introduction Whether you’re a “solopreneur” or a budding small business with a tight-knit team, the options for office and coworking space in Columbus are ever-expanding. From open, character-filled...
View ArticleCrafter Megan Green Adds Consulting to Help Other Handmade Businesses Grow
Being in the handmade goods biz is often a solo adventure. There’s no one there to bounce ideas off of or hold you accountable to goals. “It’s really hard to keep yourself in check and focused,” says...
View ArticleCoding Bootcamp Corporate Elevator Rebrands to TechFleet, Focuses on Veterans
Coding bootcamp Corporate Elevator brings a successful first year to its new moniker, TechFleet. Launched in 2016, Corporate Elevator Principal Ivan Israel and Account Manager Rupesh Parikh developed...
View ArticleCity Welcomes New Small Business Concierge, Plans for Changes
There’s a new face of small business in the city. With 25 years of experience in small business development, Henry Golatt is the city’s new small business concierge – only that’s no longer the official...
View ArticleThe Commissary Becomes 1400 Food Lab
Columbus’ food makers still have a commercial kitchen space to produce their goods, but now they are doing it from a facility with a new name, new ownership and upgraded capabilities. The Commissary at...
View ArticleHaven Collective Bringing Coworking to Upper Arlington
The Columbus coworking scene is seeing a burst of activity with a lineup of new spaces slated to open, including The Hive, Serendipity Labs, and the latest to join the ranks, Haven Collective....
View ArticleCoworking & Creative Meeting Space Brick House Blue Opening at Bridge Park
From the Downtown core to the surrounding suburbs, over 45,000 square feet of coworking space is in the works across the Columbus region. Come November, Brick House Blue will add another 9,000 square...
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