By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Last week, after I wrote about valuation — the negotiation that happens between entrepreneur and investor over what the startup company is worth on the day the investor writes a check — I got a little good-natured kidding from some of my friends. You soundRead more
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By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. STILLWATER — A sample mixer rotates slowly in a tiny laboratory at Stillwater’s XploSafe LLC, turning small vials filled with novel materials that are part of ongoing research and development. It’s the latest iteration of some amazing Oklahoma innovation. Launched less than a decade agoRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Inside a science laboratory on the campus of the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, teams of students last week attempted to connect syringes to plastic tubing and canisters filled with vegetable oil and coffee grounds. They were participating in an oil and gas extractionRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. There is no aspect of the relationship between entrepreneur and potential investor that has more opportunity for conflict than the negotiation of the value of the company for the purpose of the investor making an investment. Every company founder wants the value of the companyRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. The other day, Bob Hogrefe, CEO of Access Optics, posed this thought-starter: What is it that battlefield observation systems, minimally invasive robotic surgery, and cellphones all have in common? The answer? All three rely on very small compact imaging systems — systems that Bob andRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Oklahoma’s innovation economy is a complex system with many moving parts. Our state’s innovation engine is driven by motivated and coachable entrepreneurs with ideas and technologies that disrupt. To be successful, Oklahoma’s entrepreneurs need investment capital from angels, venture capitalists and banks. They need world-classRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. When Joshua Hodgson was 12 years old, he lost his right leg to cancer in an amputation high above the knee. He was fitted with a succession of prosthetic limbs that often were ill fitting and painful. At first, he cushioned the hard plastic prostheticRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. In entrepreneurship, just like anything else, ratings and rankings are important, if for no other reason than they help shape how we view ourselves. Therefore, it’s important to know how Oklahoma stacks up to other states, especially states that are most like us. Oklahoma wasRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © (2018), The Oklahoma Publishing Co. This week, we are at the midpoint of the year — and, at least here in Oklahoma, smack in the middle of the dog days of summer. It’s easy in July in the Midwest to succumb to the summer doldrums — that is unless youRead more
By Stephen Prescott, M.D. Copyright (2018) The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nor will Oklahoma City’s Innovation District be. But the past month has seen some exciting progress as our community works to create a hub for entrepreneurship. First, a quick refresher: The Innovation District is loosely defined as the areaRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © (2018), The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Jeff Weber, CEO of zone·tv, was in the first graduating class of the Management Information Systems (MIS) program at the University of Oklahoma College of Business. Now, as CEO of zone·tv, Jeff is tapping into his Oklahoma and MIS roots to build the data scienceRead more
Copyright © (2018) The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Katy Evans Boren has been named president and CEO of Oklahoma City’s innovation district, the Oklahoma Health Center Foundation said Friday. The new position is designed to promote economic growth and civic involvement in the district that includes the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and nearby biotechnologyRead more
By Jack Money Copyright © (2018) The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Oklahoma City’s Innovation District is about to become more innovative. On Monday, the Oil & Gas Technology Center owned by Baker Hughes, a General Electric company, will become the BHGE Energy Innovation Center of North America. Along with the new name comes plans to refocusRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. At a time when cable and satellite carriers like AT&T, Comcast, Cox, Dish, and more are having challenges in their core businesses, Jeff Weber, CEO of zone·tv, sees a huge opportunity in cable and satellite TV. “Consumers are leaving cable and satellite, cutting back onRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © (2018), The Oklahoma Publishing Co. It’s a promising sign when an entrepreneur with a successful track record inside an industry decides to build a solution to solve a problem that’s industrywide. That’s the story behind Whiteboard CRM in Oklahoma City. Launched about three years ago by CEO Brian Bomar, aRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Entrepreneurs never have enough time or money. That’s a hard, cold fact. Another hard, cold fact is that venture capitalists often avoid investing in Series A rounds if equity in a company is more diluted than they like. And a third hard cold fact isRead more
By Jim Stafford Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. TULSA — Suppose that you are a resident of the rural community of Ottawa in far northeastern Oklahoma. You are a diabetic. During a visit to a primary care physician at the local rural health care clinic, the doc gathers your demographic information and collectsRead more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © (2018), The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Through the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup Business Competition, we meet 250 to 300 college, university, and graduate students every year. While they all won’t go on to start companies, almost every student we talk to during the Love’s Cup, views entrepreneurship as a viable career option.Read more
Some breaking news from Oklahoma’s bioscience community: Oklahoma companies Moleculera Labs and Lipid Biologics are among a select few chosen to make their pitch to potential investors in Startup Stadium competition at the upcoming BIO show June 4-7 in Boston. Congratulations!Read more
By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. The State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI), the national network that serves those involved in technology-based economic development, recently announced a list of the most active technology-based economic development funds in the U.S. and Canada. SSTI reviewed PitchBook data from hundreds of nonprofit, public, orRead more
