Entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio
Posted Monday, January 24, 2011
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There may be a surgical solution to the economic woes that inflict the rust belt cities of Northeast Ohio. Investment in emerging health care concerns in our region rebounded significantly last year, a new report says, as did cash for information technology companies. Investors placed $221 million in bets on 62 companies in 21 Northeast Ohio counties. Will one of them deliver a jobs jackpot? Entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio, right after this news.
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Economy, Regional Economy/Business - Analysis and Trends
Guests
Kevin McGinty, Chairman, Venture Capital Advisory Task Force and Managing Director of Peppertree Capital Management
Scott Shane, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Case Western Reserve
Mark Woodka, President & CEO, OnShift
Additional Information
Venture-capital investments on the rise in Northeast Ohio and nationwide
Midwest Health Care Startups Raise $737 Million in 2010
Cleveland: The Nation’s New Healthcare Innovation Destination
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