Why north of course...
... to Youngstown
Startup Buses are launching from all over America, making their way to the SXSW Festival in Austin.
You can track these buses here, as they make their way across the USA with their precious cargo of entrepreneurs... entrepreneurs looking to hone their pitches for new companies.
One bus sponsored by southern Ohio groups such as CincyTech, The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, and the Greater Cincinnati Venture Association took a six-hour detour this morning.
A six-hour detour to Youngstown.
The media was there at the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI), watching as folks shared their business ideas. Some of the world-class talent associated with the YBI provided advice.
But a larger question arises:
Why Youngstown?
Why not visit one of hundreds of other incubators in the country?
Simply put, the Youngstown Business Incubator is on the mental map of the state and national entrepreneurs as a remarkable place to build a business.
So much so, it's a stop for a very cool national event like the Startup Bus.
You can watch the travels of the Startup Bus here, as chronicled by a great guy, Thomas Mulready of Cool Cleveland.
The soon-to-be four building campus in downtown Youngstown is home now to hundreds of employees, generating wealth, generating innovation, generating taxes for the region, and generating hundreds of other spinoff jobs in the region.
It's a tide rising all boats.
It's a tide selling product across the world, building a connected Global Youngstown.
It's a tide that is becoming more and more known across the nation.
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