...said Jones, whose MatchRite Care garnered headlines as a competitor in the 2019 Pure Pitch Rally and OHUB.KC accelerator. “Because we are in the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 era,... Read more
...a trip to pitch at SXSW — canceled in March because of COVID-19 — as a finalist in Opportunity Hub’s Kansas City-based OHUB.KC minority accelerator. Along with fresh companies, the... Read more
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Rodney Sampson is founder of Atlanta-based Opportunity Hub, as well as OHUB’s Kansas City minority accelerator, OHUB.KC, which... Read more
...founder of OHUB. “Amplifying the first cohort of startups — three of which are educational tech companies — to OHUB’s global audience of potential investors, customers and stakeholders is key;... Read more
Opportunity Hub is moving forward with a two-day virtual “Black and Hired” experience from its Atlanta headquarters after Coronavirus concerns prompted the cancelation of SXSW — where OHUB planned to... Read more
...BizCare operations — KCSourceLink, LaunchKC, OHUB, and the Urban Business Growth Initiative (UBGI) — from $470,160 to $251,667, a 46 percent decrease. City funds were leveraged at least 1-to-5 by... Read more
Not enough founders in the pre-seed funding stage get the help they need to successfully build their emerging startups, said Toby Rush. LaDonna Gooden, AltCap, and Toby Rush; OHUB.KC “How... Read more
...meetings — or even the pathways to them, said Sam Hasty, managing partner for OHUB.KC. Citing an Economic Development Pyramid detailed in the Inclusive Ecosystem Guide — prepared in concert... Read more
...to OHUB.KC supporters and members. The casting call is set to be followed by OHUB.KC’s monthly 3rd Fridays Entrepreneurship Series, which is set to feature Sherrell Dorsey, co-founder and CEO... Read more