Just over 12 hours after their pitch on the big stage at Accelerate winner Tory Coats, finalists Keisha Johnson Chambers, Christopher Scott and Gina VanCant, along with last year’s winner Jeremy Langham, headed over the WCPN 90.3 studios for an on-air chat with show host Mike McIntyre. McIntyre co-emceed the event alongside Micki Byrnes of WKYC….
Read MoreWKYC coverage of Accelerate 2018
In their coverage of the event, which they dubbed, “like Shark Tank, but with a bigger heart,” they speak with winner Tory Coats about what winning the event means to him and his cause. You can see the clip that aired on the 11:00 p.m. news the night of the event, as well as their…
Read MoreAccelerate pitch featured in Cleveland Jewish News
Katie Kohn, who will pitch her “Forest City Adventures” idea at Accelerate: Citizens Make Change on February 21, 2018 was featured in the Cleveland Jewish News. Through Forest City Adventures, Katie wants to create world-class outdoor programs that cultivate adaptive leadership skills of diverse high school students, enabling them to understand and thrive in complex…
Read MoreIf I could talk to my younger self… with Dennis Lafferty
15 minutes with Dennis Lafferty (LC Honorary, CLI Honorary) Principal, NEO Regional Strategic Consulting What was your first job? And did you learn skills then that you incorporate still today? My early role as a staff member of the predecessor organization to the Greater Cleveland Partnership taught me what today is referred to as “servant…
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