The historic factory town of Elyria, Ohio is perhaps not the most likely place to start a tech revolution, yet something radical is happening on the campus of Lorain County Community College, located just 30 miles west of Cleveland. A group of organizations here are trying to attract new forms of capital to this manufacturing town and others across Ohio.
In a glassy, new office building tucked into the trees at the edge of campus, a brain trust of innovation gurus is studying how to attract more venture, seed and early-stage capital to grow startups across Ohio. The programs they’re developing at the Entrepreneurship Innovation Center could not only attract more capital from the coasts to Ohio, but also help average Ohioans invest in the state’s future.
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