Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 21, 2021

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. i2E concluded the latest virtual e3 cohort featuring five new startups from across the state. #withOklahomaStartups. Andy Jones, Founder and President.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 22, 2022

Our popular e3 mini-accelerator is a great fit for that mission as we help participating entrepreneurs determine market acceptance for their product and gain insight into the concept. We say that e3 evaluates opportunities, equips entrepreneurs with the tools they need to launch and empowers them to create successful high growth ventures.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 26, 2024

Jenae Goodin, founder of BAB, was a participant in Cohort 42 of i2E’s E3 program , a customer discovery bootcamp for startups. I use the concepts I learned during i2E’s E3 program on an ongoing basis, specifically as it relates to conducting interviews with users and then synthesizing this feedback into actionable updates.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 24, 2022

Accelerators like i2E’s e3 can have a significant impact on new ventures. Zen Health Technologies completed i2E’s e3’s mini accelerator earlier this year. The e3 program helped us define that by having us talk to our customers during the program.”. The e3 Impact. At e3, entrepreneurs have to dig in.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. This past month, i2E concluded the latest virtual e3 cohort featuring six new startups from across the state. ” said LaManque.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 21, 2020

The i2E e3 Series helps Oklahoma startup founders perform market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that their customers may not want to buy. This past month, i2E concluded the latest virtual e3 cohort featuring six new startups from across the state. ” said LaManque.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Forward Cities Director of Entrepreneur Engagement, Hassan Bazzi, reflects on the current state of entrepreneurship and shares his thoughts on the future, drawing insights from his work as the Navigator for the E3 Durham Community Navigator Program.

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Forward Cities

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Congratulations to the November E3 Durham Entrepreneurs of the Month! Vince and Sheba Brown started APlus Test Prep in 2011, and as both teachers at heart and parents of teenagers, enjoy working with high school students to help them see the value of education and high test scores. Read more about APlus Test Prep below!

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 7, 2020

.” That description is an apt metaphor for the effect of the venture support services delivered through our recently launched e3 initiative. e3 and its predecessor Venture Assessment Program (VAP) have served more than 150 participating Oklahoma companies comprised of both seasoned founders and first-time entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2022

If you are licensed for Business Premium, Business Standard, A3, A5, E3, E5, F1 or F3, you’ll be pleased to know that Microsoft Bookings comes free with your license. It’s also free for many Microsoft 365 users, including Business Premium and Business Standard license holders. . Pros of Microsoft Bookings .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

“i2E is setting the standard of excellence for economic development with its E3 Bootcamp program. This recognition underscores the importance of fostering entrepreneurial growth in Oklahoma and highlights the impact of programs like our E3 Bootcamp in shaping a resilient, innovative, and thriving business community.

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Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Forward Cities is partnering with The Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship , The City of Sacramento , and SMUD for an interactive Town Hall-style event designed to empower and amplify the voices of local entrepreneurs on September 27th to have the conversations that matter!

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

E3 prepares Fokes with in-depth market validation and access to pre-seed capital. . “I When I reached back out to talk about our application being a fit for the home health industry, they suggested that we go through their E3 assessment program. Before the E3 program, I didn’t know what our next industry vertical should be.” .

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 26, 2020

We tested, packaged, planned—and e3 was born. Our fist e3 cohort was confirmed and ready to launch—you guessed it—the end of March. In a couple of weeks, we converted e3 from classroom to online. With e3, we didn’t just repaint the car. e3 is the most robust program of its kind in the region.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

i2E’s E3 and Bridge2 programs give you, the entrepreneur, the tools to communicate the problem, solution, and market opportunity — in multiple formats. Participants in the program engaged in weekly workshops and coaching calls, refining their revenue models, competitive strategies, and customer acquisition.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MAY 19, 2020

i2E’s e3 , formerly known as the Venture Assessment Program (VAP), has been a great tool for helping Oklahoma startup founders rigorously perform structured market validation of their ideas and solutions before they start creating products that the market does not want to buy.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 10, 2023

VP of Operations, Darcy Wilborn, has led i2E’s six-week accelerator program titled E3, serving more than 200 companies over the past eight years. E3 is not a six-week lunch-and-learn. Think of her contribution to technical founders in biotech. . We take founders through the muck and dirt of starting a company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

E3’s decades-long history has been peppered with ups and downs. The annual Los Angeles-based gaming expo saw a decade of steady growth after it was founded in the mid-90s. The mid-00s, on the other hand, were an altogether different story, as the event struggled, downsized and moved out of the LA Convention Center.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 30, 2021

We first met Ron Goff, CEO and Co-founder of ForeSource, in our e3 series in August. He said, “ With the guidance from the e3 advisors, we have been able to align our product to solve specific customer problems and identify risks to our business model.”.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

If Wiley Post were an entrepreneur in i2E’s e3 program today, he would be a super star. E3 helps entrepreneurs explore the product/market fit of a new business concept by addressing the critical factors for startup success. Entrepreneurial Super Star. A critical step is market validation, and that is where Wiley Post excelled.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In entrepreneurship, deals are like donuts; even the best ones come with holes. No matter how good successful entrepreneurs are at filling those gaps, they need more help that “just” investment capital.

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Forward Cities

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

“There is a strong spirit of collaboration in the ecosystem. It’s inspiring to see organizations go above and beyond, to live out loud, show in real time, everyday what is meant by community over competition. It’s a beautiful thing.” ” – Magalie Yacinthe, Director of Ecosystem Engagement.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“Being an entrepreneur, dreamer, or creative is a uniquely challenging journey. People need to know they are not alone and have a place of refuge to be safe. Freedom to fall down but also help get back up.” ” – Tyra Wade, Provident1898 Community Manager.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 18, 2025

E3 Durham’s Business Navigators offer hands-on, personalized guidance to help entrepreneurs thrive in Durhams local business ecosystem.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

i2E’s micro-accelerator, the E3 , helps founders vet and validate the path to market. We dig for opportunities to build exciting new companies. That front-end work usually starts with helping founders who haven’t started a company before. We operate in the riskiest stage of a company’s path.

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Forward Cities

JULY 19, 2023

Congrats to our July E3 Durham Entrepreneur of the Month! Learn more about Laquan Black and The Black Book Experience, a community offering educational opportunities for personal and professional growth for the autism community.

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Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Congrats to our September E3 Durham Entrepreneur of the Month! Learn more about Manasa Chitluri, founder of New Perspective Wellness. “As As your co-collaborator in therapy, I accept you as you are and strive to provide you with unconditional positive regard in a safe, non-judgmental, empathetic space.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 24, 2022

Whitaker brought the PURioLABS concept to our e3 program for new ventures where he determined market validation and customer acceptance for the PUrioLABS innovation. PURioLABS created a first-of-its-kind mobile disinfection and sterilization cabinet for healthcare environments that saves lives and money.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Wackk participated in i2E’s e3 in March 2020 where the company identified an early path to market through the Powersports dealership vertical. They must choose from just 7-10 website providers, all of whom have been criticized by dealers by providing a lackluster product with poor support.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 9, 2023

” E3 Durham Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Santiago Ramos, reflects on Hispanic Heritage Month and the importance of cultural equity. “Latino entrepreneurs are some of the most hardworking and innovative people in the United States.

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Forward Cities

OCTOBER 9, 2023

” E3 Durham Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Santiago Ramos, reflects on Hispanic Heritage Month and the importance of cultural equity. “Latino entrepreneurs are some of the most hardworking and innovative people in the United States.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Bison Underground is an i2E E3 alumni company. “Our idea,” Adams said “is to take crop waste that usually decomposes on the surface of the soil and put it deep into the ground with a machine that makes small holes, rather than invasive cuts like a tiller does. We have been working together for about eight months.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

With the support we receive from OCAST, i2E’s E3 program welcomes entrepreneurs with big ideas. The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) improves the success rate of Oklahoma companies applying for federal programs by providing proposal preparation and submission assistance.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We talk directly to their pain.” A client of i2E’s E3 program, Titan Intake, is now working with several clinics. “The great thing is that we do not have to convince our customers that this is a problem,” she said. Clinic staffs have board meetings to talk about this problem and how to solve it. They are actively seeking solutions.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 20, 2021

PrivacyBrain participated in i2E’s e3 – equip, evaluate and empower – program for new ventures in June 2019 where the company confirmed product-market fit and began to establish key partnerships in the cybersecurity space.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

From re-purposing the Cox Center into a film studio, to entrepreneurial training at StichCrew, to participation in i2E’s e3 designed to empower and equip start-ups, Oklahoma is attracting, and growing entrepreneurial talent. Oklahoma’s entrepreneurial community is young, robust and diverse, with regard to both talent and breadth of ideas.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 10, 2025

Images created with DALL-E3 using prompt: “A young entrepreneur realistic images dressed casually with his hands up as if in exasperation surrounded by more young males and females, all in an office work environment too small to handle all desk” The post Have you made the mistake of hiring too soon?

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