By Scott Meacham “Necessity is the mother of invention.” This saying is commonly attributed to the Greek philosopher Plato. After multiple translations from ancient Greek over more than 2000 years, it is no surprise that scholars debate the exact wording that Plato used in The Republic, but regardless his observation is spot on: When theRead more
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By PAULA BURKES Copyright 2020, The Oklahoman Stacey Brandhorst directs business development for i2E, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs commercialize technologies, launch and grow new businesses and access capital. Question: You recently launched the 30th cohort of i2E’s e3 program (formerly Venture Assessment Program) with five new Oklahoma ventures as an online virtual class, usingRead more
© Copyright 2017 TulsaWorld.com, 315 S. Boulder Ave. Tulsa, OK ReLiveIt, an augmented reality app, took the wild-card round of the Tulsa StartUp Series on Wednesday night at 36 Degrees North. The app allows patrons at venues such as museums or sporting events to access additional free or paid content to enhance their experience. Co-founderRead more
Copyright © 2017, Tulsa World A taco-selling business underwritten by Youth Services of Tulsa captured the Social Enterprise leg of the Tulsa StartUp Series on Wednesday night at 36 Degrees North. Wes Rose of T-Town Tacos will receive $2,500 for product advancement, a three-month membership to 36 Degrees North, a spot in the Venture AssessmentRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. There is a saying in the startup world that if you want to be successful, you have to learn to fail fast. It appears to be an oxymoron, but there really is substance to the expression, said Scott Meacham, president and CEO of i2E Inc.,Read more
Courtesy of The Journal Record OKLAHOMA CITY – A venture assessment program operated by i2E Inc. and seven state partners is expanding to rural Oklahoma and Native American entrepreneurs with the assistance of a $200,000 matching federal grant from the Economic Development Administration. State partners include the Cherokee Nation, Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Muscogee (Creek)Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Company Our statewide mission at i2E is to invest in entrepreneurs to build successful, high-growth Oklahoma companies. We provide advisory services and connections to capital for Oklahoma’s emerging small businesses. Our model works. Just ask the more than 650 startups and young companies we’ve helped. WithRead more
Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK Copyright © 2016 BH Media Group, Inc. i2E, Inc., Oklahoma’s investment and business advisory nonprofit group, has been awarded almost $200,000 through the federal Economic Development Administration to expand its successful Venture Assessment Program for early stage businesses into rural Oklahoma. The funding will be used to create a new versionRead more
Entrepreneurs underestimate and undervalue the importance and the benefits of gathering direct feedback from real customers on their problems and on their willingness to pay for alternative solutions. That’s the driving force behind i2E’s Venture Assessment Program (VAP). In VAP, we help entrepreneurs perform market analysis and figure out the commercial opportunity for their business.
In fall 2014, Price College expanded the Career Paths in Entrepreneurship honors course, taught by Dean Daniel Pullin to facilitate a collaboration with Innovation to Enterprise (i2E), a private nonprofit corporation that invests in entrepreneurs to build successful high-growth companies in Oklahoma. Through the course, students are paired with local ventures to serve as interns, which creates opportunities for the students and ventures alike. Price Magazine interviewed Darcy Wilborn for her insight on this innovative program.
Innovations: Ardmore firm puts new light on sensor manufacturing process By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2016, The Oklahoma Publishing Company ARDMORE — One morning about five years ago I walked onto the laboratory floor at Ardmore’s Amethyst Research Inc. and stopped in my tracks. Directly in front of me was a giant ion beam accelerator. IRead more
Success always brings more success. Likewise, capital begets capital and deals beget deals. The best way to get more of both is to create more successful startups with products that the market wants to buy.
“Remember The Member” wins StartUp Series tech pitch competition By Samuel Hardiman © 2016 BH Media Group, Inc. Remember the Member, an app designed to help people remember each others’ names in social networking situations, won first place in the Tech/App StartUp Series competition Wednesday evening. Evan Tipton and Will Edwards, founders of the startup,Read more
i2E’s Immersion Venture Assessment is a bi-monthly tough-love boot camp where i2E venture advisers work directly with entrepreneurs to help them make a go/no go decision in three weeks.
