Scalerator NEO

FMD Architects is pleased to share some exciting news! As part of our growth plan, we have officially acquired Shelter Planners of America, a nationally recognized animal shelter design firm in Dallas, TX. This expands, with great alignment, our national animal care design studio. By combining the strengths of Shelter Planners of America with FMD’s strengths in animal clinics, specialty hospitals, training, daycare and boarding centers, our collective team now has incredibly deep knowledge and extensive end-to-end coverage in animal care design. . . . . . #shelterplannersofamerica #shelterplanners #animalcare #animalcarearchitecture #rescue #animalshelters #petadoption #dogrescue #catadoption #catrescue #fmdarchitects #animalclinics

We are proud to announce that Cameron Haring and DECA's management team recently completed the Scalerator program. This 7-month program is designed to support and then maintain company growth for companies seeking to go up and through the $50M range. The Burton D. Morgan Foundation selected DECA to participate in this program which only has 10 slots per cohort. Haring and his team would like to express their thanks to MAGNET Ohio’s President, Ethan Karp, and Brittany Bush for facilitating this program. Read more in our latest blog. #scalerator #magnetohio #businessgrowth #manufacturing

This summer, Buckeye Innovation partnered with EDGE powered by MAGNET. Through their EDGE Fellows program, two college students served as Buckeye’s consultants for 10 weeks in an innovative internship program. They researched our industry, interviewed our clients, and ultimately outlined opportunities for our growth. We found our experience with the EDGE Fellows program to be insightful, enjoyable, and, most importantly- actionable. Learn more about the substantial progress we made with our fantastic EDGE Fellows, Brady Aneshansel and Michelle Clever, in our blog: https://ow.ly/92sx50SYPyB

✅ We are now accepting applications for the next cohort of Scalerator, beginning in January. ☀️ Burton D. Morgan Foundation, along with the Fasenmyer Fund, covers the entire cost for all qualifying companies in Northeast Ohio that want to scale up their companies. ☀️ Join us for a virtual information session on August 14 to learn more about Scalerator NEO and how it can benefit your business. Oh, did we mention it's FREE? Register: https://lnkd.in/ebJQMTxq Daniel Hampu Daniel Isenberg Michal Marcus Brittany Bush MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network EDGE powered by MAGNET Elaine Eisenman KEVIN MULCAHY Tim Marken Norma Rist

We're talking about the internet as a human right & bridging the digital divide in #Cleveland with Joshua Edmonds, CEO of DigitalC on Lay of The Land Podcast's 177th conversation. The digital divide — this gap between people who have access to the Internet and those who do not — is not uniquely a Cleveland issue, but has been pronounced here with roughly 35% of Cleveland households lacking at-home Internet access. DigitalC, based in Hough right in midtown Cleveland, was founded in 2015 to bridge this digital divide and build out a citywide network infrastructure to ensure an equitable digital future for Clevelanders. To this end, with the backing of the Ohio Department of Development’s BroadbandOhio, City of Cleveland - City Hall, and other funders — DigitalC has conditionally secured over $30mm in funding to offer affordable, fast, and reliable connectivity to the city. Joshua came to lead DigitalC after serving as the first municipal Director of Digital Inclusion at the City of Detroit, where he established the Office of Digital Inclusion (ODI), developed Detroit’s first municipal fiber optic broadband plan, oversaw the deployment of over $70 million dollars to bolster digital equity in Detroit, testified in front of congress on the matter and established a 600+member public-private partnership to the same end. Joshua had made his way to Detroit, originally by way of Cleveland after serving as a Digital Innovation Fellow at the Cleveland Foundation. He returned to Cleveland in 2022 to help DigitalC reorient around realizing its immediate goals of enrolling roughly 25,000 Cleveland households in Canopy, DigitalC’s $18 per month internet plan offering upload and download speeds of 100 megabits per second. This was an awesome conversation! We cover internet connectivity as a basic human right, the history and evolution of the digital divide and digital redlining in Cleveland, the importance of digital literacy beyond mere access to the internet, how DigitalC plans to make this a reality, the opportunity for Cleveland to set an aspirational example for other cities on how to bridge the digital divide, and Joshua’s journey throughout all of this. Full Episode: https://lnkd.in/e6TV-rQK h/t Scalerator NEO Burton D. Morgan Foundation Daniel Hampu Brittany Bush Valerie Jerome