By Scott Meacham Everything in life is cyclical. As terrible as 2020 has been for so many, the human spirit is amazing. Over the last month, as people have begun receiving vaccines that were developed in less than a year, I sense a bit of restored optimism. Who isn’t hoping (and expecting) that 2021Read more
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By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman When Gov. Kevin Stitt announced his vision for making Oklahoma a Top 10 State, those of us representing the Oklahoma Innovation Model — comprising OCAST (Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology), the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance (OMA), Oklahoma State University New Product Development Center (NPDC)Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. In entrepreneurship, just like anything else, ratings and rankings are important, if for no other reason than they help shape how we view ourselves. Therefore, it’s important to know how Oklahoma stacks up to other states, especially states that are most like us. Oklahoma wasRead more
As the cost of living continues to rise on either coast, but particularly in places like California and New York City, it is becoming more and more attractive for entrepreneurs to start companies somewhere else. They need talent and capital to do that of course, but as those critical components are more in evidence, we’re seeing startup activity branching out geographically.
The inaugural 1 Million Cups event in Tulsa drew an audience of 80 people to a downtown coffee shop to hear presentations by a pair of entrepreneurs.
Oklahoma, here’s our chance for some national exposure for our startup communities at Entrepreneurshp.org’s ID8 website.
A recent Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendly Survey confirmed what we already suspected about Oklahoma. It’s a small business friendly state.
Kauffman Foundation’s State of Entrepreneurship 2013 address speaks to the challenges and opportunities in financing new and young companies.
A report from the Kauffman Foundation shows that new and young business account for about 70 percent of new job creation in the U.S.
