Joan Soskin got her start in tech in Cleveland.
The Minnesota native and Duke grad went to Ohio for an industrial supply company’s management program but ended up cofounding a startup instead, under the mentorship of the cofounders of Cleveland accelerator Flashstarts. Her five-person company, Lufthouse, developed a proximity-based technology for museums and tradeshows using iBeacon and Bluetooth.
“We were both infected by the spirit of entrepreneurship here in Cleveland,” said Soskin and her cofounder Lauren Wyeth in an interview last year.
