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  By Scott Meacham If anyone had told me a year ago that we would be in the situation we are in today, I might not have said it out loud, but I would have thought that they were completely nuts. The global pandemic has given me a new standard for what a worst caseRead more

By Scott Meacham A most difficult and heart-rending aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that COVID patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities are so alone. Quarantine is mandatory. No outside visitors. Not friends, family, or even next of kin. A patient’s only human contact is with “strangers” wearing face masks and shields, gloves andRead more

The Tech Tribune has rated what it calls the six best tech startups in Oklahoma City. Check it out.  Spoiler alert: Here’s a rundown of the companies Monscierge Exaptive Tailwind Safety Skills TokenEx BlyncSync TechnologiesRead 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

By Jack Money Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. A startup technology or medical company based in Oklahoma needed real luck in finding the capital it needed to propel it into the big leagues before 1998. But then, i2E was created. And, during the following 19 years, state, federal and private money the organizationRead more

By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Company “Transform the way guests connect.” That headline from the Monscierge homepage says it all. There’s also a video on the site, and hoteliers who want even more proof can fly into Oklahoma City and go through Monscierge’s Hospitality Experience Center to enjoy first-hand the impactRead more

If you are in a decision-making position in an Oklahoma company, is there any reason you wouldn’t want to consider doing business with a startup? You might think that there’s too much risk with a startup. Personally, I like optimism and passion. I favor businesses that stretch, that run lean, and that focus on cashflow. And I like to be part of helping a new business grow. I bet when you think about it, you do too.

Specific to Sonesta St. Maarten, global hospitality technology provider Monscierge has developed a custom integration that provides check-in functionality for guests, as well as verifying requests made by guests using the resort’s mobile app throughout their stay. The Sonesta St. Maarten’s partnership with Monscierge comes with a full range of Monscierge Connect products, including Mobile, CMS, Lobby and Staff. This technology suite provides local and resort information to guests’ mobile devices and lobby touchscreens, as well as seamless mobile communication between staff members and guests, and tracking and reporting analytics.

Monscierge, an Oklahoma City-based technology company, has been awarded a patent for the communication process of receiving and servicing hospitality guests’ requests through mobile technology.

Hospitality technology company Monscierge announced today the award of a patent for the communication process of receiving and servicing hospitality guests requests through the use of mobile technology. This is the company’s second U.S. Patent for mobile services provided to hospitality customers, the first having been awarded for providing local merchant recommendations to hospitality guests.

For venture and economic development organizations like i2E, a key aspect of our responsibility is acceleration. It’s figuring how to find the best athletes, amp up their training, speed up the track, improve the car. We also measure and communicate the metrics of innovation progress over time by distributing an economic impact survey to our entire population of client companies every year. In March, we submitted the 2016 economic impact survey to 153 active clients.

This year’s group of honorees for The Journal Record’s Innovator of the Year program demonstrates that Oklahoma’s pioneering spirit is still alive and well. The companies, representing a variety of industries, will be recognized during the Innovator of the Year luncheon Aug. 11 in Oklahoma City.

Almost all the data about who you are, where you’ve been, what you’ve bought, what you’ve watched and who you chatted with is stored somewhere. And that data is increasingly being connected to your smart phone and deployed in customer service settings. Monscierge is using the technology for some of the world’s biggest hotel brands. They do a great deal more than this but one feature of the system is the right out of the movies.

In the vocabulary of startups, the word “pivot” holds a special significance. When something isn’t working well, isn’t working as expected, or just plain isn’t working at all, the startup pivots from plan A to plan B or C or D.

An Emerging Tech Center: Oklahoma City notable home-grown startups in Innovation Magazine Copyright © 2016 | Innovation America Accele BioPharma (founded in 2011) — Biotechnology business accelerator located in the University Research Park, formed to create a capital-efficient mechanism to identify, finance and manage groundbreaking early stage life science technologies. http://accelebio.com Analytical Research Laboratories/DNA Solutions/The KupiecRead more

An Emerging Tech Center: Oklahoma City Voices from the Startup Community in Innovation Magazine Copyright © 2016 | Innovation America WeGoLook.com co-founder and CEO Robin Smith: “There are startup ‘hotbeds’ and innovation hubs all around the country that have been coined as such for a variety of reasons.  But in many of these places itRead more

The Oklahoma Technology Showcase, the state’s “show-and-tell” event of world-class technology, returns Wednesday to the Broken Arrow campus of Northeastern State University.

The Oklahoma Technology Showcase, the state’s “show-and-tell” event of world-class technology, returns Aug. 26 to the Broken Arrow campus of Northeastern State University.

Hospitality software company Monscierge in Oklahoma City has opened the door to two-way communications for the Hyatt Regency Bellevue hotel in the Seattle area through its new Connect CMS system, officials said.

The i2E-managed GrowOK Fund recently closed its first investment since the fund was established in 2011, placing $1 million in Oklahoma City-based Monscierge.