By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoman It seems like the conversation everywhere today is about how much or how little government should or should not do. No matter which side you take in that particular debate, I believe that it makes economic and business sense for government — both federal and state —Read more
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Susan L. Chambers, M.D., co-founder of MedEncentive, has been inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame for her many outstanding accomplishments. These accomplishments include her numerous international medical missions, plus her leadership of World Neighbors and the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women, which helps women in Afghanistan and Rwanda build sustainable futures.Read more
Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. OKMULGEE — Mvskoke Loan Fund will host a free GrowOK Workshop Oct. 19 in Okmulgee. The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the College of the Muscogee Nation in the Student Center, rooms 107 and 108, at 2170 Raven Circle. The one-day class isRead more
Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. OKMULGEE — Mvskoke Loan Fund will host a free GrowOK Workshop Oct. 19 in Okmulgee. The workshop will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the College of the Muscogee Nation in the Student Center, rooms 107 and 108, at 2170 Raven Circle. The one-day class isRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. It seems like the conversation everywhere today is about how much or how little government should or should not do. No matter which side you take in that particular debate, I believe that it makes economic and business sense for government — both federal andRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Drew Rhodes, senior government teacher at U.S. Grant High School in Oklahoma City, is teaching financial literacy using game-based learning tools from K20. What I did not include in that column was that Drew is theRead more
September 13, 2018 Contact: Sarah Seagraves, Senior VP for Marketing (405) 813-2403 sseagraves@i2E.org Oklahoma City-based Whiteboard Technologies produces an innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product known as Whiteboard Mortgage CRM, designed specifically for the mortgage loan industry OKLAHOMA CITY — i2E, Inc., recently led a $2.5 million Series A investment round in Oklahoma City-based Whiteboard Technologies,Read more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. In a room filled with blood donors at the Oklahoma Blood Institute’s (OBI) donation center, Jennifer Chain, Ph.D., pronounces some words that don’t easily roll off the tongue. Allogeneic. Autologous. Apheresis. Chain’s audience includes me and a pair of colleagues from the Oklahoma Center forRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. As regular readers of this column already know, I am a huge advocate of education. My emphasis tends toward STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), but I am equally passionate about sparking the fire of innovation in the hearts and minds of the students inRead more
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Join us on October 18 for i2E’s 20 year Reception at the Science Museum Oklahoma as we look back at i2E’s 20 years and forward to the future of innovation and discovery in Oklahoma. Register HereRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. I lost a hero last week. My heroes tend to not be athletes or celebrities but regular people who rise to the occasion and do extraordinary things. They stand strong for their personal convictions in the face of intense pressure. My list includes relatively obscureRead more
By Katelyn Howard Courtesy of The Journal Record Each year, about 7 million people miss their medical appointments due to a lack of transportation, according to market research. SendaRide offers a solution to this problem. Care partners provide a non-emergency concierge transportation service by walking riders in and out of their medical appointments, ensuring patientsRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. The K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal is an Oklahoma powerhouse of authentic resources for teaching and learning for Oklahoma’s educators and students in grades K-12. The K20 Center is all about research-based initiatives that improve student engagement, critical skills and problem solving. TheRead more
August 24, 2018 Contact: Sarah Seagraves, Senior VP for Marketing (405) 813-2403 sseagraves@i2E.org Oklahoma-based SendaRide provides Customized Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for the Heath Care Industry. i2E, Inc., recently led a $1.74 million Series A investment round in SendaRide, an Oklahoma City-based company that has developed an innovative, non-emergency transportation solution for the health care industry.Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. I received a call from a reporter from HBO’s “Vice News” recently asking my perspective on President Donald Trump’s announcement that Oklahoma’s Kelvin Droegemeier is his choice to lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The White House Office of Science andRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. At current course and speed, the U.S. is expected to need at least a million more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workers over the next decade than the current pipeline will produce. Focusing just on Oklahoma, recent statistics show that in our state, fromRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Serendipity showed up at the recent Oklahoma BioScience Networking luncheon in the person of Daniel Pullin, dean of the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. Pullin walked up and introduced himself to Carol Dionne, Ph.D., a professor and director ofRead more
By Greater OKC Chamber staff i2E, a nonprofit that focuses on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy, is celebrating its 20th year of investing in entrepreneurs to build successful high growth companies in the state. While i2E officially started in 1998, the need for its servicesRead more
‘Show Us the Money’ Editor’s note: This article was written by Manu Nair, vice president of Technology Ventures with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Friends and collaborators in industry often ask me about the availability of structured capital to fund biotech spin-offs in Oklahoma. It’s an astute question—but the answer might surprise you. Historically, OklahomaRead more
