Roundup: The TechLounge Debuts, Ohio’s Tax-Friendly Environment & More
Weekend News Roundup — By Melanie McIntyre on April 30, 2011 at 8:00 amTechColumbus launched The TechLounge, a new forum for members of Central Ohio’s technology, research, and entrepreneurial communities to connect, share best practices, and tout successes. Content contributors can post videos, photos, and press releases directly to The TechLounge.
An Entrepreneur.com story on market-specific business accelerators features The North Market. [Read More]
Ohio ranks third in the nation for friendliest tax environment, according to a new report by the Quantitative Economics and Statistics Practices of Ernst & Young in conjunction with the Council On State Taxation. [Read More]
Westerville City Council recently heard the first reading of legislation that would provide $100,000 this year to join TechColumbus’s Entrepreneurial Signature Program. Under the program, TechColumbus would place a staff member in Westerville two days a week to work on establishing networking programs for potential entrepreneurs, creating entrepreneurial workshops on a monthly basis, and identifying prospective entrepreneurs and potential startup businesses, as well as potential investors for them. [Read More]
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Melanie McIntyre is The Metropreneur’s Editorial Director. Upon earning a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University in 2004, she became a staff writer for a business and legal newspaper in Columbus. During her tenure there, she wrote more than 500 stories about finance and real estate and development in Central Ohio. Since leaving the paper in 2008, Melanie has worked on a freelance basis for several local entities, including Columbus Underground, where she has been a featured writer since April 2009. She also writes about fashion and style at Thoroughly Modern Melly. She lives in Columbus’s Short North and enjoys reading, running, and sarcasm. |
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