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(The following was submitted by Christina M. Dyer as part of the updayton Entrepreneurship Team) Drew Trick had a vision: A comfortable place where people can enjoy a wide variety of draught beer and eat fresh food with their friends and family, as well as see couple-hundred model cars. On October 23, 2010, Trick made… (continue…)
(The following was submitted by Anna Ritchie from updayton) Starting your own business can be a terrifying thought. In 2004, Christian Prince set aside those fears and went full speed ahead with his dream. He started Acclimate Technologies, a supply chain software design company that allows data transmission between businesses with no human interaction. The software… (continue…)
Visual media production company Showdown Visual, which recently won 11 prestigious Hermes Awards, will join a growing community of creative services firms located in downtown Dayton when it opens an office in a renovated space at 124 E. Third St. in mid-April. “We are excited to move downtown to be around so many of our… (continue…)
The following was submitted by Juliette Rocheleau of the updayton Entrepreneurship Team, and is the second in a series of articles about Dayton-area entrepreneurs. Xenia China Inn was a Chinese restaurant found on Main Street in Xenia, Ohio for twenty years. In early 2008, the family business shut its doors and left many with sad hearts… (continue…)
This is the first in a series of articles geared towards promoting that young people start thinking out of the “help me” box. Help yourself by believing in your ideas and moving forward with your venture. I’m not flipping the bird on your desire to keep existing businesses here in Dayton as well as young… (continue…)
The following was submitted by Juliette Rocheleau of the updayton Entrepreneurship Team, and is their first of several future feature articles about Dayton-area entrepreneurs. Co-owner of the Dayton Weekly News, Donerik Black knows that being an entrepreneur is no easy task. The Dayton Weekly News celebrated its seventeenth year in circulation this November, with Black… (continue…)
As a 15-year veteran of broadcasting and media production, Darryl Williams is uniquely qualified to provide small business owners, colleges and corporations with the tools and expertise needed to reach new markets through the ever-growing landscape of Internet radio. Williams’ Full CirKle Media Group provides web hosting solutions and audio and video streaming services to… (continue…)
To shine a spotlight on an extraordinary woman, and to inspire and empower others to make a difference in their communities and world Here is the write up featured on Lifetime’s Remarkable Women: Ann Higdon created Improved Solutions for Urban Systems (ISUS) in 1992 to develop approaches to keep high-school-age youth in school and to… (continue…)
Previously, I wrote an article about starting a business with little capital and smart business plan. Here is a great case study: Bill Daniels has been in the pizza business for a number of years. He has a degree from Wright State University and the business savvy and technical knowledge of the food (pizza) industry. … (continue…)
The single biggest problem for startup businesses is the lack of startup capital. It is very challenging to start a business with few resources. Many experts state that under-capitalization of a business is one of the large reasons for failure. I started my business with $500. How did I do that? First, I prepared for… (continue…)
