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Entrepreneur Spotlight: Stephen Jordan (Director of Innovation Strategy, Batterii)

Stephen Jordan is the Director of Innovation Strategy at Batterii, a Cincinnati tech startup with a mission to empower people to make a difference as creative collaborators. We sat down with Stephen to pick his brain about his biggest inspirations, what he gained from 15 years in the corporate world and the lessons he’s learned transitioning into […]

From Kickstarter to Shark Tank: What Corporates Can Learn from Mensch on a Bench

In December of 2014, Neal Hoffman walked onto the infamously brutal Shark Tank stage and pitched an idea for investment that he had been working on for almost two years: Mensch on a Bench, the Jewish answer to Elf on the Shelf. The sharks ended up investing, and to date, Neal has sold $2 million worth of Mensches […]