Companies (2015)

Tech Startups

• RV Companies
• Burton Miller, Tim Varner, Roost, Y Combinator news.

Venture Funds, Growth Partners

• Rocket Ventures, Bob Savage, Jeff Beamsley
• TechConnect,
• Regional Growth Partnership.

Accelerators / Incubators

• UT’s LaunchPad Incubator, Molly Thompson
• BGSU – Hatch
• Bizdom – Detroit/Clevelend

Other Large Tech Employers

• See Job Resources page

Hosting

• CISP

Internet Access

• Buckeye Cablevision

Co-Working

• SEED

Agencies and Development Companies

• Spoke
• Madhouse
• Hanson
• Communica
• Hart
• Thrive Internet Marketing
• Thread Marketing Group
• Gelia
• Fruchtman Marketing
• AKTION Associates
• Neon Goldfish
• Meyer Hill Lynch

Other

• Petrichor’s LinkedIn page and web site (typical “start-up” state), Dan Paquette, Jake Warner, Alexander Mattoni.
• FoxPro history (main Fox Software product). One remnant of the local Fox Software community lives on with Bob Ruple’s annual FoxCon event.
• Solomon Software History on Facebook, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Plumbline Solutions.
• 2001 Blade article about ITANO (Information Technology Alliance of Northwest Ohio).
• (updated) Blade article (2000) on “Northwest Ohio Regional Technology Alliance”. Another in 2001. Related: there is currently a North Central Ohio Regional Information Technology Alliance; more importantly, there is the Lima Regional Information Technology Alliance.
• Meet-ups: Talking shop, drinking beer, organizing events, inviting speakers leading to start-up formation. There are about 15 active tech meet-ups including the Toledo Web Professionals.
• CentraComm, Mark Robinson.
• DocuSphere.
• Seed Coworking, Gene Powell, Jamie Wright, Don Miller.
• Startup Weekend Toledo (go from idea to business pitch in a weekend, 3rd one coming in 2015),
• StartUp Toledo (monthly networking).