Monday Business Briefing: The old Showcase Cinemas site on Bardstown Road has sold. Is Costco coming soon?
By Staff | Posted on November 10, 2014Welcome to the Nov. 10 Monday Business Briefing. This is your private business intelligence briefing with Insider Louisville staff and contributors vetting tips collected during the past few days, hours and minutes before we post. This week’s MBB runs the gamut, from retail, real estate...
Venture Connectors Luncheon: Tendai Charasika and Bobby Ferreri
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on November 2, 2014The first Wednesday of every month is the Venture Connectors Luncheon. These events, at the Muhammad Ali Center, feature announcements, an entrepreneurial pitch and a keynote panel or speakers. This month’s luncheon is on Nov. 5 at 11:30 a.m. and features two former heads...
Forge Quarterly Event: Lessons learned from entrepreneurs who took risks
By Guest Author | Posted on October 22, 2013By Charles Buddeke, “Chief Organizer” of Forge It’s that time again! Join Forge for another awesome event this Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 5:30 p.m. A panel featuring some of Louisville’s most notable entrepreneurs will be moderated by former Executive Director of the EnterpriseCorp, Bobby...
Six healthcare startups to participate in Demo Day for XLerateHealth biz accelerator
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on October 16, 2013XLerateHealth will graduate its inaugural class of healthcare startups at a Demo Day on Oct. 30. XLerateHealth is a 10-week healthcare company startup accelerator that has been in session since the end of August. As with most of our local accelerators, the curriculum is...
XLerateHealth seed accelerator announces first class, with startups from NY, Calif. and Louisville
By Staff | Posted on August 8, 2013We told you in this week’s Monday Business Briefing an announcement was close. And today it came via with the reveal of the first startup class on the XLerateHealth website. XLerateHealth’s inaugural class starts Aug. 12 across the river at the Velocity Indiana startup facility in...
A brief conversation with Tendai Charasika, new executive director of GLI's Enterprise Corps.
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on May 16, 2013The announcement that Bobby Ferreri was stepping down from his position as the executive director of GLI’s Enterprise Corp was made internally and to GLI’s Board of Directors and stakeholders last week. As we told you this morning, the first truly “public” announcement of...
Tendai Charasika named executive director of GLI's Enterprise Corp. as Bobby Ferreri departs
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on May 16, 2013(Author’s note: this post was updated at 5:29 p.m. to correct the name of Bobby Ferreri’s new law firm. It is Ferreri Partners.) It’s new enough news that Tendai Charasika still hasn’t updated his Linked In profile. This morning at the Launchpad Lecture series...
#OpenCoffeeLou 27: All about the new accelerator programs in the Louisville area
By Melissa Chipman | Posted on May 13, 2013(Author’s note: actual headcount today was 29 people with five new faces. Thanks, Kelby Price!) This week we welcomed at least four new faces to #OpenCoffeeLou; enough new faces that we went around and did reintroduced ourselves. I didn’t take count, but I’d estimate...
Reminder: Vogt Awards applications close May 17
By Staff | Posted on May 1, 2013It’s Derby. We’re all partying. We’re hanging out at the track, then heading over to the Angel’s Envy pop-up bar … checking emails for our Maxim party invites. After Saturday, though, we all have to go back to the whiteboard. So, don’t forget the...
'C3' to their friends: New Louisville-based investment effort formally christened 'CommonWealth Crowdfunding Committee'
By Terry Boyd | Posted on April 3, 2013Louisville’s nascent investment crowd-funding group took a major step Wednesday toward creating the first – or among the first – formal, functioning efforts in the United States. Members of the 3-month-old group are striving to position the region for the new digital dealmaking revolution...