Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 12, 2021

It is exciting to see all that Tulsa is pouring into minority founders through ACT Tulsa. ACT Tulsa, Oklahoma’s unique six-month cohort-driven accelerator program aimed at cultivating and driving innovation for underestimated founders located in Tulsa and beyond, is accepting applications for cohort #2.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

ACT Tulsa Annual Submission. As an i2E ACT Tulsa funding recipient, we ask that you complete the below Annual Report. Are you a current ACT Tulsa funding recipient? * Please do no include ACT Tulsa funding. The post ACT Tulsa Annual Submission appeared first on i2E.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 9, 2022

Act Tulsa understands what it is like to be in the shoes of minority founders. One of the best and most important things that came about in 2021 is Act Tulsa, the joint venture between i2E and ACT House. Ambrose is not a person who waits for others to act. By Scott Meacham. Fresh Idea. “I

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 1, 2021

iMCI), which manages our investment process and portfolio companies, and ACT Tulsa , our Tulsa-based accelerator that serves underestimated tech founders. More recently, we partnered with ACT House to launch an accelerator program in Tulsa that works with underestimated tech founders.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

A special thanks goes out to the entrepreneurs, dedicated staff and community partners of ACT Tulsa, a unique joint venture between i2E and ACT House aimed at cultivating and driving innovation of minority-led technology startups located in Tulsa. Entrepreneurs are the rising tide that lifts all our boats.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Now we do — thanks to assistance from the state acting through OCAST — from the TBFP concept fund for pre-seed capital and early-stage companies to five venture funds, i2E Management Company, Inc. We have to make sure that Oklahoma innovators know that there are resources and mentoring available to them here.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 24, 2022

An alumnus of our first ACT Tulsa cohort, Boddle is a gamified education platform that transforms digital learning content into interactive experiences using 3D gameplay and AI. Today, Boddle is used by K-6 schools and parents as an engaging learning tool for personalized math practice, assessments, and enrichment.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 22, 2022

Tulsa-based Ten-Nine Technologies gaining attention with new battery materials. But like every resource commitment when a company is young, it is a balancing act. By Scott Meacham. Startup companies face a virtual Mt. Everest when it comes to gaining industry credibility and the interest of potential new customers.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 13, 2022

When I was in the ninth grade in Tulsa a friend of mine who lived down the street said, you should apply to this weird science school,” Nathan said. The students in my group learned there was more to life than an ACT score. Nathan knows what he is talking about. He was one of those students. OSSM was geared toward my style of thinking.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 24, 2021

At the ‘pioneer gap,’ where we act, that means helping entrepreneurs access customers, strategic partners, and/or investors that they need to grow and scale their businesses. Cecilia Wessinger in Tulsa responded, “I believe ecosystem builders need to be open, inclusive, and aware.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

We just closed our annual survey to learn what entrepreneurs need right now and this will feed our initiatives for the next year, but not only that, we’ll be sharing this data with the entrepreneurship ecosystem to influence public policy, funding mechanisms, deployment of resources such as Cares Act and CDBG-DR funds.”.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Tulsa-based ecosystem builder Cecilia Wessinger also emphasized community as a self-care strategy. “I Sometimes, it is simply the act of sharing and comparing that can help you recharge and stay motivated because you’re reminded that you are not alone. I am blessed with a community…with many communities actually.

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