The Closing Bell: New details on Indian restaurant; AT&T expands gigabit service; El Toro lands second patent; Red Herring adds lunch; and more
Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. Plans for new Indian restaurant move forward Way back in February, Insider reported that local...
The Closing Bell: Kentucky Peerless Distilling to release a rye whiskey; mayor stars in Louisville Forward’s PSA; El Toro interns; and more
Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. 100 years later, Kentucky Peerless Distilling to release a rye whiskey on Saturday It’s going...
Behind the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards with Phoebe Wood
Do you know an entrepreneur who’s put a lot on the line this year and been very successful because of it? If so, you should consider nominating her for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Act fast, though, the deadline for nominations...
El Toro announces USPS rate discounts for ad campaigns that use its tech
Companies that use direct mail advertising can save up 2 percent on their United States Postal Service first class postal rates if their campaigns integrate with Louisville’s El Toro’s IP targeting software. This is one of several discount programs that provide USPS incentives to companies...
Monday Business Briefing: Ford emphasizes Louisville commitment; Lexington Road apartments sold; local companies among nation’s healthiest; and more
Welcome to the Oct. 3 Monday Business Briefing, your private business intelligence digest from Insider Louisville. Ford unveils Kentucky Truck plant expansion Ford Motor Co. has expanded the size of its Kentucky Truck Plant by nearly 1 million square feet to produce the all-new...
A service that will bring more compassion to businesses wins eighth Startup Weekend
Serial Startup Weekender Kartik Kamat and his team won the eighth Startup Weekend Louisville with a service that notifies sales people when a customer or member of a customer’s family dies, allowing the business to send condolences and keep records up to date. Compassionotes will integrate with other customer-relationship...
El Toro’s Stacy Griggs named Louisville’s third Endeavor Entrepreneur
Endeavor Louisville has announced that El Toro CEO Stacy Griggs joins Dr. Joey Rivera of the Rivera Group and Jonathan Erwin and Patrick Goodman of Red e App as the third Endeavor Entrepreneur from Louisville. El Toro was selected by panelists at Endeavor Global’s 63rd International Selection Panel, which...
The Closing Bell: Proposed Old Louisville zoning change intended to attract businesses; local startups nab big investments; B-F furloughs workers; and more
Welcome to The Closing Bell. This is your last stop for biz scoops and big news before the weekend — a roundup of stories that can’t wait till Monday. Proposed zoning changes divide Old Louisville residents and business owners The Oak Street commercial corridor...
Times are changing: High school senior wins Startup Weekend, top three companies women-led
The seventh iteration of Startup Weekend Louisville proved to be a historic occasion. Not only was it the most gender diverse of the seven events so far, but the three top prizes went to women-led companies, and the overall winner was a high school...
Louisville startup El Toro helps secure win for new ruling party in Guyana
A coalition led by retired Army general David Granger that displaced Guyana’s ruling party of more than two decades last month had help from a Louisville company. Ad-tech startup El Toro worked with Granger’s campaign to become Guyana’s new president in May, ending the 23-year reign of the People’s Progressive...
Stacy GriggsAugust 18, 2019
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