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Miyah Byrd

Miyah Byrd is a storyteller and advocate based in Ohio. Her work has been featured in KIIONA Magazine, Forge, Human Parts, and ThriveGlobal. She is a former educator whose interests include food insecurity, green energy, and the self-sufficiency of the Black community.
 

Miyah Byrd's Latest Articles

Entrepreneurs showcase their growth with technology tools

A captivated audience hears how local Nitro! Bootcamp participants have embraced new tech tools and coaching.  

Main Street Ventures and Innovation Hub foster aspiring entrepreneurs. Pictured: Three winning teams from the 2024 Launch It: Cincy pitch competition.
Main Street Ventures forges path for aspiring entrepreneurs with 1819 Innovation Hub

At the heart of MSV’s work: ”How do we keep great talent from our regional universities in the city for years and decades to come?”

From left to right: Julee Peterson, Katie Trauth-Taylor, PhD, Dr. Kesha B. Williams, Amy Vaughn, Anastasia S. Tarpeh-Ellis
TogetherDigital uplifts Women in Tech at second annual Women’s Day event

50% of women in tech leave their jobs by age 35. The majority leave due to life circumstances or a lack of support.

Cincinnati hacks solutions to evictions and homelessness

Innovators work on ways to find early help for families at risk of losing their homes.

Jessica Shely, GDP Creative Agency, teaches founders how to use Wix to build their websites.
Minority and women founders use bootcamp lessons to excel

Nitro! Bootcamp 2023 has been instrumental in unlocking a reservoir of ideas, technology and tools.  

Family-owned art store in Over-the-Rhine turns 100

Suders is an informal gathering space and important resource for the Cincinnati art community.

One in every 14 families renting in Cincinnati face an eviction filing. Many are working however still struggle to make ends meet.
Local coalition aims to use innovators to keep families in their homes

Entrepreneurs, innovators, and problem solvers will participate in a one-week sprint to imagine and design systems to interrupt a family’s path from at-risk for housing loss to homelessness with timely intervention strategies.

Small business owners learn the latest technologies to advance their business.
Tech and business go hand-in-hand at Nitro! bootcamp

The goal of NITRO is to equip small businesses with technology tools and guide them onto a path to $1M in revenue or more.

Gallery owner Lowery Joseph Clark brings unique art to the Midwest at his Northside Joseph Clark Gallery: Arts of Africa.
Unique art gallery welcomes Cincinnati to explore art and antiquities from Sub-Saharan Africa

It started with a humble wish. “I wanted to know more of my history and my family’s history. I started with one face mask, and I just kept learning.” 

NITRO! Bootcamp returns to ‘supercharge’ minority-owned businesses

The program covers a variety of topics, including accounting, communication, project management, document cloud shortage, inventory, and more.

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