Silicon Valley-based Plug and Play has hired its first Topeka-based staff member to lead the capital city s startup accelerator program.
Plug and Play a self-described innovation platform that aims to find, invest in and advance startup companies announced on Monday that Lindsay Lebahn, the former director of Topeka s Forge Young Professionals group, has been hired to manage the local Plug and Play accelerator.
She described her new role as the glue that keeps everything together, as she expects to lead the program s outreach, marketing and communication efforts. I ll be the point of contact for anyone that is interested, Lebahn said.
The Capital-Journal
The Topeka Capital-Journal is launching a handful of new podcasts this month in an effort to share across the digital spectrum the paper s unique community knowledge and perspective and to provide readers with alternative forms of reporting.
One such podcast is It s Your Business. Hosted by Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough, It s Your Business aims to explore the business side of community growth through conversations with those advocating for various improvements at the neighborhood, citywide and even regional levels.
In episode one of It s Your Business, which launches Wednesday, Yarborough sits down with Katrin Bridges, vice president of innovation for the Greater Topeka Partnership, to talk about her efforts to enhance Topeka s emphasis on innovation.