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Innovation Summit featuring winners of the 2012 Northeast Ohio Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program
Participants learned how northeast Ohio based companies continue to overcome challenges, inspire others, and ultimately, fuel the region's economic growth at "Ingenuity & Perseverance: Real World Insights on Innovation" from 2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award winners Joseph A. Carrabba, chairman, president & CEO of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.; A.J. Hyland, president & CEO of Hyland Software; Eric Lofquist, founder, co-Owner, president & CEO of Magnus International Group; and Theodore Zampetis, president & CEO of Shiloh Industries Inc.
Blackstone LaunchPad Guest Entreprenuer Presentation
Connections Count: Networking for Entrepreneurs Presented by Margey Lowery, Owner, Ladies Who Launch - Cleveland
Blackstone LaunchPad Guest Entrepreneur Presentation
Featuring Alex Nosse, Co-founder, Joy Machines Bike Shop
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October CIGtalk
Dr. Ray Onders, Director of Adult Minimally Invasive Surgery at University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Dr. Onders shared insights on medical innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit, including how he developed a minimally invasive procedure to allow ventilator-free breathing for paralyzed patients (including actor Christopher Reeve). He has since led the effort to apply that same technology to extend the lives of ALS patients.
Blackstone LaunchPad Guest Entrepreneur Presentation
Know Your Customer: Voice of the Customer Training
Evaluating Your Venture Idea: Is it REAL? Can it WIN? Is it WORTH doing?
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September CIGtalk
Tom Lix, Cleveland Whiskey
More than 40 students, innovators and community members gathered to enjoy learning from Tom Lix, Founder of Cleveland Whiskey, who shared his story as a serial entrepreneur whose most recent venture is revolutionizing whiskey production and helping transform the region. See gallery.
Blackstone LaunchPad Guest Entrepreneur Presentation
Micki Tubbs: Co-founder and CEO, FIT Technologies
Blackstone LaunchPad Opens for Business
Baldwin Wallace University officially opened the doors to a new campus program that encourages young people to pursue entrepreneurship as a career and to turn untested ideas into real business ventures. See gallery.
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Spring 2012
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Spring Innovation Summit
The Heart of Innovation - Building Trust & Encouraging Risk
Keynote speakers:
Mark Shapiro
President, Cleveland Indians and
Carmen Medina
Recently retired Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency
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| February |
CIG Innovation Salon - "From an Idea to a Business"
Guest Speakers: Entrepreneurs Mike Belsito and Bryan Chaikin
Co-founders, eFuneral, the first online platform to connect families in need with funeral directors in their own neighborhoods (and which launched in its first market – Cleveland – at the time Mike and Bryan visited CIG)
Andradia Scovil
Recruiting Leader, Bizdom Cleveland
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January
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CIG Innovation Salon - "Local Brothers. Ice Cream Innovators."
Guest Speaker: Pete Mitchell
Co-founder, Mitchell Brothers Ice Cream
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Fall 2011
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Fall Innovation Summit
Myths and Realities: Building a Culture of Innovation"
Keynote speaker: Saul Kaplan
Founder and Chief Catalyst, Business Innovation Factory
Don Esch, President & COO, Bettcher Industries
Susan Luria, Vice President, BioEnterprise
Paul Pirozzola, Global Marketing Manager, The Lubrizol Corporation
Dale Ashby, Vice President of Innovation & Technology, Parker Hannifin
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| October |
LiveStream Interactive Program (Webinar)
"Growing Thought Leadership"
Keynote speaker: Peter Senge
Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Founder of Society for Organizational Learning and award-winning author of The Fifth Discipline
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October
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CIG Innovation Salon - "Nonprofit Ingenuity"
Guest Speaker: Juliana Chase-Morefield
Executive Director, Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio
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| September |
CIG Innovation Salon - "Innovation in Marketing from the Agency Perspective"
Guest Speaker: Jason Therrien
Founder & President, thunder::tech
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