What you need to know Blue North Executive Director Dave Knox wants Starter Coffee to become the unofficial brand of entrepreneurial progress in Northern Kentucky. Knox, who leads Blue North, the region’s primary resource and advocacy organization for entrepreneurs, spearheaded an effort to revive the dormant coffee brand, reintroducing it as an asset for SparkHaus, […]
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Community Voices: Is your website a digital dumpster fire? Here’s how to fix it
This Community Voices column is written by Tonya Bolton, who shares advice, tips and ideas for entrepreneurs. You can reach her at info@tonyaboltonphotography.com. Your website is your business’s online handshake. But for too many local businesses, it’s more like a limp fish, or worse—a mysterious junk drawer from 2007. We’ve all seen those sites: tiny fonts, blurry […]
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Entrepreneurship a key driver in NKY economy: ‘We need to keep that support going’
What you need to know Following the recent opening of SparkHaus, Northern Kentucky’s economic development leaders have a renewed focus on marketing the upsides of the region’s entrepreneurial community. To align with SparkHaus’ opening, BE NKY Growth Partnership, Northern Kentucky’s leading economic development organization, commissioned a report with Blue North, Northern Kentucky’s key entrepreneurial resource […]
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NKY-based online marketplace expands reach for local businesses
What you need to know What started as a chef’s side project to bottle bold Cajun and Creole flavors has evolved into Origin Trade Goods, a Covington-based food brand that’s gaining momentum through new local partnerships. Covington-based chef Thomas Hull, the brand’s founder, previously worked at Rich’s Proper Food and Drink, located at 701 Madison […]
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NKU student turns beef tallow skincare passion into business
When Northern Kentucky University student Hannah Wayne couldn’t find the perfect beef tallow skincare product, she decided to make her own. Wayne, the founder of Carroll and Co., said she fell in love with beef tallow as a skincare ingredient after using it for about a year; however, she said she couldn’t find exactly what […]
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Dice on Draft: Covington’s new tabletop gaming bar nears opening
What you need to know McKenzie Crist wants to bring people together through tabletop games. What began as a fun college hobby grew into a community-building business opportunity that merges her passion for tabletop gaming with her love of bringing people together. For her, tabletop games, like Dungeons and Dragons, provide a way to escape […]
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SparkHaus opens in Covington as NKY’s new hub for entrepreneurs
What you need to know It’s not about the building itself, but the people inside that make it special. That’s the message Blue North Executive Director Dave Knox wanted to resonate with people during the grand opening of SparkHaus, the new capital building of Northern Kentucky’s entrepreneurial community. “It’s about the people inside, because those […]
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Covington Business Council launches fellowship for entrepreneurs at SparkHaus
The Covington Business Council has created a new fellowship in partnership with SparkHaus, Northern Kentucky’s entrepreneurship hub along Madison Avenue. The CBC Foundation Fellowship will cover the costs of a SparkHaus coworking membership for 10 individuals for six months. Preference will be given to applicants who are not currently based in Covington. Recipients will also […]
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LifeSciKY welcomes three biotech startups to Covington’s new OneNKY Center
What you need to know Kuntal De understands the urgency required in cancer treatment. Earlier this year, the founder of PAN Biologics lost his aunt to a particularly aggressive form of cancer. He said this personal experience drove his company’s mission to develop targeted alpha-emitter radiotherapy for glioblastoma. De’s therapy isolates cancer cells so healthy […]
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Covington gets its first taste of Nepal with Bridges Nepali
What you need to know Ash Chipalu aims to introduce people in Northern Kentucky to Nepali cuisine, which he believes can help bridge the cultural gap between his home country and American communities. Chipalu hails from Nepal, a landlocked, mountainous country in south Asia, nestled between India and China. In 2015, the country was devastated […]
