By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. A year ago, Spiers New Technologies had about 40 employees. Today that number is close to 60, and the young company continues to grow more than 100 percent a year. Spiers New Technologies provides a one-stop solution to battery life cycle management and has become,Read more
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Copyright © 2017, Tulsa World A taco-selling business underwritten by Youth Services of Tulsa captured the Social Enterprise leg of the Tulsa StartUp Series on Wednesday night at 36 Degrees North. Wes Rose of T-Town Tacos will receive $2,500 for product advancement, a three-month membership to 36 Degrees North, a spot in the Venture AssessmentRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Likely, there isn’t anyone reading this column who doesn’t have an opinion about what the federal government should and should not pay for. It seems there are numerous federal programs that could probably be cut or reduced without having a negative impact on economic growth.Read more
JULY 17, 2017 — The Presbyterian Health Foundation has awarded $3.73 million in new grants to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and OMRF. The grants will support more than 30 research and clinical projects, purchase scientific equipment and provide a recruitment package for a new senior-level researcher. “As biomedical research grants become exceedinglyRead more
By Paula Burkes Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. It was a tiny advertisement in the corner of a crowded bulletin board at Harvard College that fortuitously sent Paul DeAngelis, a professor and scientist at the University of Oklahoma, on his career path of studying sugar polymers — and the now real potential forRead more
By: Sarah Terry-Cobo Courtesy of The Journal Record STILLWATER – Saravan Kumar is giving the blood transport industry an upgrade from beer coolers. The CEO of Stillwater-based manufacturer MaxQ Research LLC is making insulated boxes that keep blood and blood products chilled to a specific temperature range. He recently received $889,000 in a Series ARead more
Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. STILLWATER — A Stillwater-based startup company that makes insulated shipping packages for blood and other biological agents has raised more than $1.33 million, including $889,000 in funding led by i2E Inc. MaxQ sells reusable or one-way shipping systems for donor blood collection, hospital distribution, vaccines and biological agents.Read more
Contact: Sarah Seagraves, Senior VP for Marketing (405) 813-2403 or email sseagraves@i2E.org OKLAHOMA CITY — i2E, Inc., recently led an $889,000 investment round in Stillwater, OK-based MaxQ, a startup company that has developed proprietary insulated packaging systems for the blood supply chain and associated life science industries. MaxQ offers a comprehensive suite of validated, reusableRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Both Oklahoma City (No. 1) and Tulsa (No. 4) ranked in the top five in WalletHub’s 2017 list of Best Large Cities to Start a Business. The WalletHub ranking evaluated 150 cities based on metrics that truly impact the spread of innovation in a state:Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. CB Insights, the research company that zeros in on private company data and analysis, has an interesting stream of reports about why startup companies fail. They began gathering postmortem information back in 2014 with information from about 100 failed firms; most of the stories wereRead more
Oklahoma City entrepreneur Debi Willis has been ranked among the “11 Leading Innovators in Healthcare IT,” according to the industry website Healthdatamanagement.com. Willis is founder of PatientLink Enterprises, which has created innovative solutions to integrate patient information with electronic health records. Read more about the honor for Debi and PatientLink. Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © (2017), The Oklahoma Publishing Co. An entrepreneur can have the best idea is the world, the most startling and innovative technology, and even the finest, most talented team — but if the company doesn’t execute the right business strategy in a focused and superior way, the odds of that startupRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. For the last couple of years, startup capital has been spreading beyond the traditional geographies. The scales certainly haven’t tipped (about seven of 10 early-stage deals and more than five of six first-round dollars go to the top 5 percent of cities) but there hasRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. I am sure most regular readers of this column realize I spent some time involved in state government and state budget writing. During Gov. Brad Henry’s tenure, I served as his secretary of finance and revenue after first serving as state finance director and, then,Read more
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i2E client BlyncSync Technologies has created an innovative technology that can prevent accidents in the transportation industry by assessing driving fatigue levels. Watch the video below to find out more: Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. The high point in the relationship between entrepreneur and investor is when the investor is about to invest for the first time. Investors never like the entrepreneur more than at that stage. It’s the honeymoon, the brightest moment. It’s when all the promise and possibilitiesRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. It’s always interesting to me how frequently people on startup teams — whether co-founders or critical early hires — met in college or graduate school and how often the foundation for the startup evolved from those student years. Simergent founder and CEO Steve Lindo andRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. It’s pretty impressive when an Oklahoma startup, in this case, Linear Health Sciences, is hand-picked to be the first company to qualify for a new national accelerator program that was specifically created to bring new medical devices to market. It is even more impressive whenRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Last week, speaking at the Oklahoma Venture Forum’s chairman’s luncheon, I caught looks of interest, and perhaps a little surprise, when I told the audience that it is my firm belief that Oklahoma has entered the era of the high-growth entrepreneur. We have built theRead more
