Watch the VideoThis forum has reached capacity. For more information, please call the City Club at 216.621.0082.
When it comes to startups, Cleveland has been playing catch up since the mid-1990s. It wasn't always that way. A hundred years ago, Cleveland was an entrepreneurial hot spot, the leader in innovation, patents, startups, and wealth creation. In the last few years, a group of entrepreneurs and startup founders have been convening a series of community advocacy events called TechniCLE Speaking, out of which grew an awareness of the need for improving and expanding our support for startups here in Cleveland.
A key outcome was the launch of a small grassroots group of entrepreneurs envisioning a new Cleveland startup renaissance. As a first step, the past September, they engaged Techstars, the world’s leading startup experts and the catalyst behind successful startup communities such as Boulder, Colorado and Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina, to perform an evaluation of our community using their expertise and to provide a tailored roadmap for re-igniting and strengthening Cleveland’s startup community. Techstars' Chris Heivly toured local startup venues, attended several startup events, and performed hundreds of hours of in-person in-depth interviews. This initial assessment is the beginning of the what could become a new, generational transformation of Cleveland.
Please join us for the first step towards Cleveland’s next hundred years, a free public conversation on this important evaluation. Cocktail reception to follow.
Doors open at 3:30 p.m.
Program: 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Cocktail reception: 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
