Member Spotlight: Jacoby DuBose, founder
This month’s member spotlight is on Jacoby DuBose, Bounce coworking member and software accelerator client. Jacoby is a multi-talented musician, composer, filmmaker and software engineer. It was when he was working with others on music and film projects and using several different apps and platforms to collaborate that he decided to make his own comprehensive […]
Local music store continues to keep the beat
When Victor and Norma Heard began dating in the 1980s, a typical date night for them was to visit one of their favorite local record stores. Now nearly 30 years since they opened their own store, 2Live Music, in September 1991, they’ve evolved with the times to stay relevant and attract a new generation of […]
Tech Spotlight: Chelsea Monty-Bromer, Founder, RooSense
RooSense is a member of Bounce’s technology incubator and is located at Bounce. In December 2020, Dr. Chelsea Monty-Bromer left her position as a faculty member at The University of Akron’s Department of Chemical Engineering to pursue her passion as a full-time entrepreneur. Founded in 2017, RooSense is the developer of an integrated fabric sensor […]
GROW Spotlight: Scott Roger, owner, Picked Proteins
Scott Roger had an idea for a plant-based food company; as a vegan, he understood the struggle to find delicious, natural and fulfilling meat substitutes that weren’t overly processed. His wife, Meghan, suggested he check out Bounce’s Aspiring Entrepreneur program and from that, Picked Proteins was born. Scott says the AE program was instrumental in […]
Lessons learned from Bounce’s female tech entrepreneurs
Did you know that many of Bounce’s tech founders are women? In fact, we are seeing more women in tech fields doing their own thing – here at Bounce and around the world – than ever before. To that, we recently talked to several of them to discuss how they’ve leveraged their strengths, overcame challenges […]
Member Spotlight: Tammy Dunaye, startup founder
Our featured member this month is startup founder Tammy Dunaye! Tammy has spent most of her storied career in the San Francisco Bay area, recently returning to her hometown Akron and becoming one of Bounce’s first coworking members. She also has a personal connection to the space through her dad, a former Akron rubber worker. […]
Nevermaps: Putting AI-assisted travel on the map
Software accelerator company Nevermaps co-founder Vishnu Kammari traveled often with his full-time job as a digital strategy consultant for Deloitte. He was certainly no stranger to the frustrations of trying to make plans in various locations around the world. One day, while traveling for work, he and his wife were sitting on a beach in […]
Events and meetings – opening up again
By Molly Carpenter, Community & Events Coordinator Hosting meetings and events in a world affected by COVID-19 has completely transformed business as usual for many companies in the last year. Bounce Innovation Hub is one such business that has been focused on planning and transforming our event and meeting space to accommodate in-person meetings. Since […]
Forward Focus: Bounce 2021
As Bounce Innovation Hub begins its fourth year in existence, we, along with the rest of the world, happily leave 2020 behind. To be sure, we ended the year in a strong position and with everyone on our team healthy and safe, but it was still a difficult year that tested every one of us […]
Startup Showcase: S4 Mobile Laboratories
Startup Showcase 2020: S4 Mobile Laboratories S4 Mobile Laboratories is a Bounce tenant and MAGNET Iterator client. S4 is truly one of Bounce’s more unique companies. They have developed mobile soil laboratories for use by non-scientists to map what’s underground in real time. Basically, their technology aids in projects such as finding the bodies of […]