Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship outreach programming at the @OUInnovationHub; a @US_EDA University Center Program

Tulsa & Norman OK
Joined September 2020
From @nat_harding: "The Midcontinent is vastly undercapitalized, which bolsters against inflation and creates an arbitrage opportunity: better starting valuations but the exits are the same." #venturecapital ow.ly/UaKT50JmzLv
May 31 is Autonomous Vehicle Day, and it is a nod toward the future of travel and the future of one of Oklahoma’s fastest growing industries! Just this year, Oklahoma saw its first autonomous freight delivery travel across the state.
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📝✅The 2022 #Youth4Innovation winners will be revealed soon! Thank you to our multidisciplinary evaluation panel who spent hours reviewing🔍this year’s submissions! Learn + about the process here 👇 bit.ly/38r1Ab3
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Our [free] entrepreneurial-focused Workshop Series with @ouintent & @OUInnovationHub returns on June 23! This installment of the series focuses on customer discovery, and lunch will be provided, along with complimentary headshots. Register Here: bit.ly/3EWgylv
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"Welcome to Oklahoma. We’ll make sure your children are born (unless there are complicating issues and you don’t have health insurance), but we’ll do as little as we can get by with to help you feed, house, educate, and care… tulsaworld.com/opinion/lette…
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Native-led organizations have the solutions to the issues our communities face. We know our strengths and have the knowledge & wisdom to utilize them. But our organizations are systemically underfunded, making it harder to implement Native-led solutions. This needs to change.
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“OKC is booming right now, but to maintain that momentum, we have to stay on the cutting edge, and the Innovation District ensures that we will." - OKC Mayor David Holt The OKCID won AURP's 2021 "Outstanding Innovation District Award," and as Mayor Holt says, things are booming.
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If you missed the last OVF Power Lunch be sure to check our events calendar to see what topics are coming up next at ovf.org/Calendar and subscribe to OVF Podcast on Spotify or wherever you find your favorite podcasts here at ovf.org/Podcasts to hear OVF Speakers.
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OKC has been building biotech for decades, and the region is one of the fastest growing biotech hubs in the U.S. Since @OMRF started in 1946, the region has only grown its biotech resources with the additions of @okblood, @StephensonCC, @OUHealth, Cytovance & ARL (to name a few).
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ATTN all citizen scientists, activists, advocates, dreamers & creators: The @smithsonian is shaking up Women’s History Month with Women’s Futures Month: a forward-looking celebration of women and girls in STEM. Participate by joining a virtual program: s.si.edu/3tAxo4m
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We are all Ukrainians right now 🇺🇦 It’s been a long day…but before I go to sleep here’s my message to you… #ChefsForUkraine
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Connecting Assets in the Innovation District featuring main speaker, Katy Boren, President and CEO of @OKCinnovation. Read more at ovf.org/Blog/12616633.
Can you keep your resources straight, from accelerators to incubators? Our #VCVocab series is here to break it all down for you.
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"The VC community has a duty to increase equity and access and improve services and solutions for impact in local economies," writes Lindsay Siegel, Managing Director of the City Fellowship and Head of Impact at Company Ventures. Read more here: venturebeat.com/2022/01/26/h…
As our world becomes more focused on providing solutions to #climate change it's a good reminder that agencies like #NSF fund environmental breakthroughs and your research could be next! #funding #environmental youtu.be/SlVRqx6w3rQ
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ICYMI: We've teamed up with @ouintent at @OUInnovationHub to create an entrepreneurial Workshop Series. The first event is at 11a on 2/28 and focuses on team building. Register to hear from Andrew Engelbrecht, the former Talent Dev. Manager at Whataburger: bit.ly/3oGeCGQ
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When you're trying to raise venture capital, passion and vision are not enough. You need to nail the key criteria that venture capital firms use to decide which companies to fund, according to Inc. This Morning. Get advice for startups raising VC here: inc.com/bill-reichert/7-crit…
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Katy Boren, The Innovation District’s President & CEO, recently spoke with Bisnow after naming Oklahoma City one of five cities emerging as future hubs for Life Sciences Development. Read more here: bit.ly/344pEP4
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Follow this thread to hear about black and brown #startups for @theacthouse demo day! 🧵
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The Innovation District continues to be a hub for aerospace & unmanned systems R&D. The Unmanned Systems Research Institute at @okstate is forming a DOD Counter-UAS Center of Excellence. The center will increase USRI’s capacity to develop UAS tech: bit.ly/3sbgfNK
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