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The organization is making plans for a busy 2021.
Cynthia Bent Findlay
The Central Ohio tech community’s push to join hands and aid those in need just wrapped its first year and is still snowballing.
The effort was the brainchild of Jordan Davis of Smart Columbus and others musing on how to harness the power of the tech community to help Columbus make it through the pandemic. Over the year since its inception, Can’t Stop Columbus has worked with more than 1,700 volunteers.
Among other things, the collaborative shipped out more than 12,000 3D-printed face shields, helped provide more than 22,000 meals (which also helped local restaurants), set up a local “shop small” collective, and provided funds for public art and performances.
Virventi virtual event platform launched by Columbus entrepreneurs Derek Grosso and Nicci Sprouse-Grosso columbusceo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from columbusceo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Augustwenty launched mid-pandemic as a skilled jack-of-all-trades.
Cynthia Bent Findlay
For Columbus CEO
Some companies are named for their founders or their products. Augustwenty is a new software consultancy tagged by its founding date, in the midst of the pandemic summer of 2020.
Husband and wife founders Angela McManaway, CEO, and DJ Daugherty, who serves as chief technology officer, spent years working together at Columbus software firm Pillar Technology, which was purchased by consulting giant Accenture in 2018.The pair felt stifled in the enterprise-scale environment and wanted to create their own smaller outfit that could be more nimble. “We lost that feeling of being able to make a difference and really be part of a family,” says McManaway.