Entrepreneurship

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?”

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Shake-It’s exterior signage pays tribute to legendary performers.
Local shops spin National Record Store Day

Launched in 2007 to stoke store traffic in independent record shops, Record Store Day occurs every third Saturday in April and provides an opportunity for shops to provide live music and promotional events.

Nike’s Revolution shoe along with original shoe ideas submitted by Basil Lewis.
The shoe design that revolutionized Nike Air may have been seeded by an 18-year-old Covington kid

Basil Lewis shares his life lesson about protecting your ideas.  

New restaurants coming to East Walnut Hills, Oakley, and Madisonville

New grub and tipples from a trio of forthcoming dining establishments.  

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.  

Cincinnati hacks solutions to evictions and homelessness

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

For the love of books, shop owners, publishers, and authors will gather in Cincinnati

The tight-knit community of independent booksellers will gather to discuss preserving their 'sanctuaries of civility and culture.'

Kelly Schneider Morgan, a 3rd generation owner of Bellevue's Schneider's Sweet Shop, holds up a tray of the shop’s best-selling opera creams. Schneider’s has operated since 1939 and still uses some of the original equipment to make chocolate.
Knowing beans about love

Aromas of chocolates and coffee exude Valentine’s Day.  

Mt. Airy CUREator: Constance Brinson, Constance Constant Care

An experienced day-care facility owner provides formative lessons for little ones.  

Ryan Conlon is a resident of Mt. Airy who co-owns Honeysuckle Removal with his wife, Karly.
Mt. Airy CUREator: Ryan Conlon, Honeysuckle Removal

Ryan Conlon didn’t envision shifting careers to specialize in removing invasive plants.

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