...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
...to those 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... 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