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 […]
GROW Spotlight: Billy Taylor, CEO, LinkedXL
Billy Taylor, CEO of LinkedXL has found at Bounce much more than a space to rent an office and conference rooms. LinkedXL is involved with two programs at Bounce – the GROW Next Level Incubator and the Software Accelerator. At Bounce, Billy has discovered a network of people and resources to help him with fundamental […]
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 […]
Bounce Innovation Hub Community Report 2021
Bounce Innovation Hub has issued its inaugural community and economic impact report for the fiscal years 2018-2020. May 17, 2021BOUNCE INNOVATION HUB CELEBRATES SUCCESS WITH IMPACT REPORT AND ANNOUNCES ITS NEW MORTAR COHORT 4AKRON, OHIO (May 17, 2021) — Bounce Innovation Hub is thrilled to celebrate the success ofits programs with new data included in […]
Plant-based ice cream entrepreneur wins MORTAR pitch competition
Denise Williams, owner and founder of Diva De La Creme plant-based ice cream company, was the big winner at the MORTAR at Bounce Life’s a Pitch event on April 20. Our finalists presented their pitches to five judges in pursuit of a $3,000 business grant. The pitch competition and graduation ceremony was held in person […]
Best friends turn passion into booming clothing line
A familiar piece of advice for entrepreneurs is to never go into business with friends, but Shawn Coss and Mike Nemitz have proven that old adage wrong. Their company, Any Means Necessary, is a Bounce incubator company that sells t-shirts and other merchandise emblazoned with Coss’ artwork. Over the last eight years, they’ve incrementally grown […]
Bounce names new sr. director of Entrepreneurial Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jeanine Black, Chief Marketing Officer jblack@bouncehub.org AKRON, Ohio (April 6, 2021) – Bounce Innovation Hub is pleased to announce James Hilton has been named Sr. Director of Entrepreneurial Services. Hilton officially started on April 1. He replaces Christopher Mazziotto who exited the organization at the end of December to pursue new […]