By Scott Meacham Act Tulsa understands what it is like to be in the shoes of minority founders. Each of us has our own perspective on the plusses and minuses of 2021. There were plenty on each side of the ledger — 2021 wasn’t a quiet year by any measure. We celebrated our first unicornRead more
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By Scott Meacham Entrepreneurs are the rising tide that lifts all our boats. It is the season to count our blessings and the people and things for which we are most thankful. In some industries, the last few weeks of the year provide time to take a breath and take a break. That is notRead more
By Scott Meacham We have to make sure that Oklahoma innovators know that there are resources and mentoring available to them here. Twenty-five years ago, Oklahoma did not have a continuum of venture capital serving concept to growth stage companies. Now we do — thanks to assistance from the state acting through OCAST — fromRead more
By Scott Meacham Success of Oklahoma ventures has given me renewed admiration for the entrepreneurs who built those companies. We have had multiple successful portfolio exits in recent years — including Selexys, WeGoLook, and Alkami (originally iThryv). Just this month, Spiers New Technologies (SNT) was acquired by Cox Mobility, a division of Cox Automotive, aRead more
Back to Newsletter By Scott Meacham ACT Tulsa is very intentional about creating an on-ramp to trust with founders who are Black and Brown. ACT Tulsa, the six-month cohort-driven accelerator program aimed at cultivating underestimated founders located in Tulsa and beyond, is up and running with its inaugural cohort of nine startup companies. The 17Read more
