From Crain's Akron Business: University of Akron law students say their school's research foundation has taught them to be leaders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Northeast Ohio and beyond.
The venture fund, quietly launched last year, offers students exposure to the VC ecosystem plus another source of startup capital for alumni and other entrepreneurs connected to the school. An evergreen fund supported by philanthropic donations, it will reinvest proceeds in itself to support its ongoing mission.
From Crain's Akron Business: Hoover, who's been running Hudson's Burton D. Morgan Foundation for the past 15 years, is stepping down at the end of June and was recently recognized by the Deshpande Symposium for her work. But she'll be back in July as CEO of the Entrepreneurship Education Consortium.
From Crain's Akron Business: Deborah Hoover is retiring at the end of June and will be replaced by a face already familiar to many of the entrepreneurs the foundation already seeks to support when Daniel Hampu takes the reins July 1.