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Back to Newsletter By Steve Lackmeyer The Oklahoman A start-up pharmaceutical manufacturer with a reported potential to employ thousands is set to anchor a $240 million mixed-use development being built next year at the gateway to Oklahoma City’s innovation district. Wheeler Bio, founded by Oklahoma City investor Christian Kanady and scientist Dr. Jesse McCool, isRead more

Company moves ahead with WeGoLook deal Copyright © 2016, The Oklahoma Publishing Company Atlanta-based Crawford & Co. has agreed to buy 85 percent of the membership interest in Oklahoma City-based WeGoLook for $36.1 million, the companies announced Tuesday. The deal is expected to close next month. Crawford & Co. provides claims management for insurance companiesRead more

For the sixth consecutive year, i2E Inc. will offer 10-week paid fellowships this summer for Oklahoma college students at entrepreneurial companies in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas.

MedEncentive finally may have received its breakthrough this month, with the announcement of a $3.8 million, three-year study that will begin Jan. 1 and involve 15,000 Oklahoma state employees and their families.

Applications are being accepted until Friday for the second class in i2E’s Tulsa Immersion Program for early stage businesses

i2E Inc. has closed a $450,000 investment in Stillwater-based Associated Material Processing LLC through its StartOK Accelerator Fund.

Hershel Lamirand, 70, retired last week from the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation (OHCF) where he, since 1991, has served as president and chief executive.

PatientLink saves thousands of health care providers nationwide countless hours in uploading data to patients’ electronic medical records (EMRs).

Education in math and science is even more important because of the changing economy, according to findings released Monday by the Brookings Institute.

Ever since the dot.com bubble burst, Oklahomans have been determined to build our own diversified innovation economy.

Danny Maloney, chief executive of Oklahoma City’s PinLeague, talks about how he built his thriving technology business by offering market analysis of users of Pinterest.com.

PinLeague’s Danny Maloney predicted that over the next decade more tech markets like Austin and Boulder would emerge, and that Oklahoma City should be one of them.

The Governor’s Cup experience helped jump-start PristineCal as a startup for co-founders Stacey Brandhorst and Rachel Mui.

Without state investment in the Proof of Concept and Oklahoma Seed Capital Funds manged by i2E, there wouldn’t be early stage capital here.

Steven Martinez knew just the right person at the BIO 2013 convention to connect a woman seeking info about cancer research in Oklahoma.

Welcome to speed dating at the BIO show, when people flow in and out of the OKBio meeting space every 30 minutes.

Investors invest in people as much as in business plans. They look for entrepreneurs such as PinLeague’s Danny Maloney who have started companies before.

Teams from OSU-OKC, Rogers State and NEO A&M were recognized Thursday in the new small business division of the GovCup competition.

OKC entrepreneur Mike Moradi is among 50 innovators showcasing products at the JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

That firsthand experience of the Governor’s Cup makes an impression on student participants — the type of impression that shapes a career.