How strategic collaborations helped to create the Midwest’s #1 hub for entrepreneurs

Midwestern entrepreneurs with a good idea and a desire to innovate are increasingly setting up shop in Cincinnati. What gives the Queen City its competitive advantage is an unprecedented alignment between the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub, business connector REDI Cincinnati, and JobsOhio, the state’s private economic development corporation. Each of these plays a distinct but complementary role in a choreographed ecosystem designed to attract, develop, and retain entrepreneurial talent, as well as Fortune 500 companies with a pro-business checklist that includes a skilled, ready-to-start workforce and no corporate taxes.