Apply today to be one of the first 25 mentors Want the inside track on the Dayton region’s hottest startups? Apply to be a mentor in the new Launch Dayton Mentor Network. The Launch Dayton Mentor [...]
Early Risers Academy is a free, 10-week, pre-accelerator program designed to take participants from business idea to business launch. On Thursday, Dec. 3, graduates from our fall 2020 virtual [...]
Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (CRG), a privately held aerospace and defense firm that has been “Doing Defense Differently” since 1997, announced today its Venture Studio has launched an [...]
By Kate Jones, The ONEIL Center A self-described “bad kid” turned digital marketing guru wants to pay it forward with a program to funnel at-risk students into digital marketing careers. T. [...]
By Cori Lohstroh, The ONEIL Center CB Cakes & More isn’t just a business for founder Catrina Conley-Brookover — it’s the realization of a dream she shared with her late mother. Catrina and [...]
45+ businesses to be featured across Launch Dayton partner platforms Make the greatest impact with your dollars this holiday season by shopping local and shopping small. Launch Dayton’s [...]
Baba Love Organics founder Vaniti Byrd will again host her annual “Soul Made” Market on Sunday, Nov. 29 from 2-5 pm at the White House Event Center, located at 101 E 2nd St, Dayton. [...]
Apply now to get in on this free business bootcamp program The Early Risers Academy pre-accelerator program, designed to take participants from business idea to launch within 10 weeks, will kick [...]
Week-long, free entrepreneurship conference brought out top speakers Weren’t able to attend Techstars Startup Week 2020 in real time this year? Catch up on any sessions you missed now on [...]
Launch Dayton’s partner organizations are collaborating to run the online #LaunchIntoTheHolidays campaign to promote Dayton region small businesses this holiday season. Beginning Cyber [...]
Trep House is a virtual venture development platform + community + creative capital studio designed to launch and accelerate the success and sustainability of underrepresented founders & [...]
By Cori Lohstroh, The ONEIL Center Love the university gear, but not the university prices? College Thrifts is for you. College student Patricia Garcia launched the online, peer-to-peer [...]
By Kate Jones, The ONEIL Center A good life coach isn’t a therapist or a friend, but somewhere in between, asserts Be Whole Life Coaching founder Alea Carter. Alea launched her business in 2019 [...]
By Erik Madaus, The ONEIL Center As a global pandemic moves shopping online more than ever, Dayton startup Parcell aims to make sure you actually get your packages. Parcell is a secure container [...]
The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce, Community Solutions, Co-op Dayton, and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State University have partnered to offer free workshops on succession or [...]
Have an idea for a mission-based company that could change the world? This Cooperative & Social Enterprise Incubator could be for you! The Cooperative and Social Enterprise Incubator, managed [...]
By Cori Lohstroh, The ONEIL Center Dana Graham launched multidisciplinary arts collective Scripted in Black to counter the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of Black and Brown stories in [...]
Our October Early Risers pitch event will be virtual — join us Friday morning, Oct. 23, to hear how local startups aim to serve software cos and retail businesses. Pitches will start promptly at [...]
Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (CRG), a privately held aerospace and defense firm that has been “Doing Defense Differently™” since 1997, recently announced the formal launch of its Venture [...]
Apply by Oct. 23 for the region’s newest Defense Accelerator, a nine-week virtual commercialization training program designed to move any Department of Defense Small Business Innovation [...]
Ten startup founders pitched for cash + services at Techstars Startup Week Dayton 2020! Taking first place in the innovation/tech category was Luis Estevez, founder of AIMM, striving to bring [...]
Dayton meal-prep startup Picnk is celebrating a $30K+ investment, founder Will Foster announced recently. The investment is a win at the end of a hard year — in addition to adjusting to a global [...]
Six area entrepreneurs have joined the Greater West Dayton Incubator Advisory Council, the org announced recently. The Incubator seeks to develop an equitable start-up community that places [...]
Thank you, all who attended Techstars Startup Week Dayton 2020, and to all of you who helped make it happen. We hope you made valuable connections and picked up needed knowledge to help you move [...]
Wright State Applied Research Corporation program seeks to make it easier for medical technology research to develop into local companies Applications are open for the MedTech Launch Fund, which [...]
Ten startups cos will pitch for cash + prizes tonight at the annual Startup Week Dayton Early Risers Pitch Competition, kicking off at 6p! Early Risers is a monthly pitch event that allows [...]
Already registered for Techstars Startup Week Dayton 2020, our free, annual, week-long, entrepreneurship conference? Download the official Startup Week Daayton 2020 app to get the most of if this [...]
A little over a year after winning the 2019 Techstars Startup Week Dayton Early Risers Pitch Competition, Vaniti Byrd is opening her first downtown Dayton storefront for Baba Love Organics. [...]
On Friday, October 16th, Co-op Dayton and Wright-Patt Credit Union will host “Pitch Night: A Celebration of Cooperative and Community Enterprise.” The online event features eight teams of [...]
Thursday night, Carolyn Seymour, founder of TheList.Black, won her Early Risers Academy cohort’s virtual pitch night, taking home $1K. TheList.Black answers the call for commerce with a [...]
You have one week left to apply to pitch at the Startup Week Early Risers Pitch Competition for your shot to win $2,500 + $750 in services! This year’s pitch competition is sponsored by The [...]
Our August Early Risers pitch event will be virtual — join us Friday morning to hear how three local startups are looking to make moves in the tech recruiting, moms’ apparel and COVID [...]
Week-long, free entrepreneurship conference brings out top speakers Registration is LIVE for the 2020 Techstars Startup Week Dayton, Sept. 21-25, online. In its fifth year, this free, annual, [...]
Montgomery County has expanded the eligibility for $40M in small business grants provided through the CARES Act. Previously, small businesses did not qualify if they had already received Paycheck [...]
Simply Savory by Rachel, Rachel Blanks’ local spice startup, just launched a Kickstarter campaign this week to help her scale up production. Rachel is seeking $2,850 to purchase a commercial [...]
Local payroll firm 937 Payroll is expanding the team, with two new hires joining this month. “We have to find a way to push through this,” founder Bryan Hunter said of the pandemic [...]
What’s The Biz & Cardigan Radio founders Te’Jal Cartwright & Tanner Elrod, recent graduates of our Early Risers Academy program, have sponsorship opportunities available for [...]
Please take a short survey to help us better reach our community’s entrepreneurs and small biz owners We are redesigning the Launch Dayton website this summer, and we need your help to [...]
Social justice features heavily in company missions, too Our July Early Risers pitch event will be virtual — join us Friday morning to hear how three local startups are looking to make moves in [...]
Simply Savory by Rachel, Rachel Blanks’ spice startup, is dropping a new product on Friday — subscription spice boxes that will feature new blends unavailable anywhere else in her store. [...]
Montgomery County has set aside $40M in COVID relief funding for small businesses affected by the pandemic who have not yet received any federal assistance. To be eligible for these funds, you [...]
Aviatra — Dayton is launching a new EXPLORE cohort specifically for woman-owned startups with a social mission. EXPLORE — For the Greater Good will meet Thursdays at 6p, starting start Aug. 6 and [...]
The Downtown Dayton Partnership (DDP), along with its small business development partners, is inviting business owners to apply to the first session of the Downtown Dayton Retail Lab, an [...]
Our June Early Risers pitch event will be virtual — join us Friday morning to hear how three local startups are changing things up in the food&bev, education, and sensor industries. Pitches [...]
Mark your calendars for the fifth annual Techstars Startup Week Dayton, slated for Sept. 21-25, 2020! The health and safety of our entrepreneur community are paramount, so we are planning to [...]
Friday afternoon, Luis Estevez, founder of AIMM, won his Early Risers Academy tech cohort’s virtual pitch competition, taking home $1K. Luis has 10+ years of materials science expertise that he [...]
Thursday night, Temitayo (T.) Adeola Osinubi, founder of STEM Whisperers, and Patricia Garcia, founder of College Thrifts, won their Early Risers Academy cohort’s virtual pitch night, each taking [...]
Early Risers Academy is a free, 10-week, pre-accelerator program designed to take participants from business idea to business launch. This Thursday & Friday, graduates from our latest general [...]
The Greater West Dayton Incubator will hold virtual listening sessions June 23-25 as new leaders seek to best understand your needs. Times for the listening sessions will vary: • Tuesday, June [...]
A dispatch from KeAnna Daniels, Audrey Ingram, John Owen The Launch Dayton partnership believes everyone, regardless of their background, should have the opportunity to determine their own [...]
We’ve seen several calls across social media for a directory of Black-owned businesses you can shop & support today. While this list is by no means exhaustive, we’ve tried to pull [...]
Missed our Thirsty Thursday Cash Mob last night? Or were you so busy listening to our awesome local entrepreneurs pitch that you didn’t do as much shopping as you wanted? Have no fear, we’ve got [...]
In June, Montgomery County will launch a new small business grant program to help small businesses that experienced losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montgomery County Office of CARES Act [...]
The retail boutique is located at 1109 West Third Street in the Historic Wright Dunbar Business District. Chanta Winston, owner of The Entrepreneurs Marketplace, saw a growing need for a retail [...]
Looking for an easy way to #ShopLocal & #SupportLocal? Attend the Launch Dayton community’s virtual Thirsty Thursday Cash Mob THIS THURSDAY! Launch Dayton is a community of regional [...]
Zontaye Richardson, owner of TheZe DealZ – a Thrifty Boutique, the only thrift shop on Dayton’s west side, re-opened her store over the weekend. Zontaye closed her doors March 17 to [...]
Thursday night, NaAsiaha Simon, founder of NaAsiaha Simon & Associates won her Early Risers Academy cohort’s virtual pitch night, taking home $1K. NaAsiaha Simon & NaAsiaha Simon [...]
Spend $25 on a gift card to your favorite downtown business, and receive a bonus $15 card to another business As part of relief efforts to help downtown businesses navigate new operational [...]
Early Risers Academy is a free, 10-week, pre-accelerator program designed to take participants from business idea to business launch. On Thursday, May 21, the latest program graduates from our [...]
CareSource Foundation pledges lead donation of $500,000 and issues challenge for additional support The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Dayton Partnership have partnered to [...]
Dayton Driven is a nonprofit dedicated to connecting small business owners to pro-bono consultants and microloans while providing volunteer opportunities for young professionals seeking to make a [...]
Small biz owners: Apply to participate by FRIDAY, MAY 15 Looking for an easy way to #ShopLocal & #SupportLocal? Attend the Launch Dayton community’s virtual Thirsty Thursday Cash Mob on [...]
Better Business Bureau serving Dayton and Miami Valley will present its second annual Spark Awards at the Eclipse Integrity Awards on July 28 at the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center. The Spark [...]
Launch Dayton partner The Entrepreneurs Center invites all of you to play Support Small Business Bingo this week for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Speakeasy Ramen! The bingo card has [...]
The Miami Valley Small Business Development Center has summarized the current timeline and guidelines for Ohio businesses to re-open from COVID19 closures. “To reduce transmission of the [...]
Vaniti Byrd kicked off 2020 with ambitious goals for her plant-based beauty co Baba Love Organics, and the COVID19 pandemic hasn’t slowed her down. Vaniti is currently renovating her new [...]
Encourages other business leaders to join in efforts A local real estate investment firm has committed $1 million to help struggling small businesses survive the coronavirus outbreak. The Connor [...]
Our April Early Risers pitch event is going virtual — join us Friday morning to hear how three local startups are changing manufacturing through innovative 3D printing methods, automation and [...]
As federal stimulus checks make their way to bank accounts across the country, a grassroots movement is encouraging those who can to donate all or part of their checks to nonprofits and small [...]
The Entrepreneurs Center’s new COVIDPIVOT campaign highlights, explores, aids, and drives entrepreneurial resilience in the unprecedented market circumstances brought on by the global [...]
The City of Springboro & Springboro Chamber of Commerce have launched an emergency stimulus program to provide up to $5K to small family-owned businesses within the Springboro city limits. [...]
A new business accelerator is coming to Dayton — and it’s designed specifically for women. Aviatra Accelerators (formerly Bad Girl Ventures, Inc.) launched in Cincinnati in 2010 to empower female [...]
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress last week allocated $350B+ to help keep small business afloat through the pandemic. There are three main avenues [...]
A Dayton startup is pivoting from production of its eco-friendly pest control spray to produce surface disinfectant solution in response to COVID-19. Minority- and Veteran-owned Ace Healthy [...]
A Southwest Ohio small business announced today that it is remaining open during the COVID-19 pandemic to help in the production of ventilators. Bullen Ultrasonics, a globally-recognized leader [...]
By Amelia Robinson, Dayton Daily News Brenda Rex took a call Monday morning from a nearly sobbing woman who works with a local nursing home. The woman was screaming, but Rex says her emotions [...]
By Elizabeth Kyle – Data Reporter, Dayton Business Journal While the region’s industries have shifted business models following coronavirus (COVID-19) orders, local startups have done the same, [...]
Ohio small businesses & nonprofits impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak are now eligible for up to $2M in low-interest, emergency relief loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The [...]
UPDATE: Ohio small businesses & nonprofits are eligible for up to $2M in low-interest loans. Download step-by-step instructions on how to apply. Register here for informational webinars on [...]
As our community collectively works to halt the spread of COVID-19, we will run our upcoming Early Risers Academy pre-accelerator programs virtually. If you can’t spend time working in your [...]
Are you a local business owner affected by COVID-19? Complete this Disaster Loan Declaration form and email it to james.laipply@development.ohio.gov. The U.S. Small Business Administration [...]
As the community collectively adapts to halt the spread of COVID-19, we are working to consolidate resources available to assist our entrepreneurs & business owners. We will work to [...]
