by Amy Higgs | Aug 17, 2020 | Enterpreneurship, Venture connectors news, Venture Sharks
Venture Connectors is pleased to announce that applications for its 11th annual Venture Sharks business pitch competition are now open! The competition was postponed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and has been relaunched as an all-virtual event....
by Amy Higgs | Aug 6, 2020 | Enterpreneurship, Restaurants, Technology, Venture connectors news
Venture Connectors' August virtual lunch featured digital transformation leader Mike Nettles, who gave a fantastic presentation on how some major players in the quick-service restaurant industry have used artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to...
by Amy Higgs | Dec 5, 2019 | Enterpreneurship, Venture connectors news
Our December lunch featured an insider's perspective on the business of horse racing from two leaders in the industry. Mike Ziegler, executive director of racing at Churchill Downs Inc., and Richard Rigney, co-owner of Rigney Racing and principal of Clarendon Flavors...
by Amy Higgs | Nov 11, 2019 | Enterpreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, Urban development, Venture connectors news
At our November lunch, Portland Investment Initiative founder Gill Holland gave an update on the historic neighborhood, including an announcement about a 24-unit affordable housing project called Montgomery Street Apartments that will be opening soon. Holland also led...
by Amy Higgs | Oct 4, 2019 | Enterpreneurship, Restaurants, Venture connectors news
Ben Self Louisville is known as a great city for bourbon, but our craft brewery scene is just as vibrant. It’s about to get even better with the addition of West Sixth Brewing, a Lexington company that’s turning a 120-year-old carriage house in NuLu into a...
by Amy Higgs | Sep 5, 2019 | Enterpreneurship, Venture connectors news
What are the challenges and opportunities in our city’s tourism industry today, and what does the future hold? Venture Connectors' September lunch featured three tourism experts — Cleo Battle, Chief Operating Officer for Louisville Tourism (formerly the Louisville...
