By Scott Meacham In building a startup pipeline, keep it simple. Occam’s razor (also known as the law of parsimony) is a principle attributed to William of Ockham, a Franciscan friar and philosopher born around 1288. William did not originate the problem-solving model named for him; however, he practiced it relentlessly. Plus he was aRead more
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By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoman I’m a numbers guy; lately, the number 22,000 has been stuck in my mind. That’s how many Oklahoma jobs have been created so far through the public/private partnerships of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). When you think about it, 22,000Read 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 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
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
In Oklahoma City, Entrepreneurs Aim to Create the Next Cool Startup Scene By Anna Hensel, Inc.com For U.S. cities looking to become the next big tech hub, it’s not enough to just recruit eager entrepreneurs. Cities also have to attract the employees (coders, designers, salespeople) who can keep the startup afloat. A fine example of oneRead more
Local startup Tailwind is growing and hiring tech talent, but not just in Oklahoma City. The Pinterest analytics company also has an office in New York City and recently hired its first person in Seattle.
When you are in the business of increasing the number of new, sustainable advanced technology businesses, as we are at i2E, there are two top-line measures by which to assess our progress. Dollars and deals.
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2015 The Oklahoma Publishing Co. There are 253 million cars and trucks on U.S. roads. The average age of those cars is 11.4 years. Most of us intend to keep our vehicles in good operating condition, and manufacturers have built in more and more monitoring systems to help. Cars andRead more
Is it luck that Danny Maloney and Alex Topiler recognized the potential of Pinterest and built a business at the leading edge of the visual marketing wave?
In the entrepreneurial space, “cool” really has nothing to do with physical features. It is more of a state of mind and community. Think Austin, Texas, or Portland, Ore., or San Francisco.
Check out this great post in the Wired Innovation Insights blog by Melissa Megginson with Oklahoma City’s Tailwind. Melissa talks about what she’s learned from working at a startup.
Tailwind, a Pinterest analytics firm, has gained $1 million in financing. The funding round was led by i2E Inc., and included participation from SeedStep Angels.
The i2E Angel Sidecar Fund recently closed a $500,000 investment in Tailwind, leading a $1 million investment round in the Oklahoma City-based company.
Oklahoma City-based startup Tailwind, which offers analytics and marketing tools for the social networking site Pinterest, has acquired its one-time rival PinReach, a Pinterest reporting tool with more than 30,000 users.
