i2E - Turning Innovation Into Enterprise

Program helps educators with grading capabilities		06/30
OrthoCare step closer to tapping into defense funding		06/30
Military funds to promote prosthetics in Oklahoma		06/29
BusinessWeek: Why Less Is More for Startups		06/29
Avansic Chief Named Entrepreneur Honor Finalist		06/25
Four Oklahoma researchers attain nanotechnology grants		06/25
Oklahoma Innovations for June 27 & 28		06/24
Visa issue forces worker back to Russia		06/24
OCAST names four nanotechnology award winners		06/23
Company skips ‘beta’ to launch social network video site		06/23
Doctor's creativity runs through his veins		06/23
Exerbotics featured in Muscle & Fitness magazine		06/19
Oklahoma Innovations for June 20 & 21		06/18
Q&A with Scott Klososky		06/17
uVizz Featured on Texas Startup Blog		06/17
Oklahoma City company's funding pushes forward efforts		06/16
Pharmaceutical company secures seed money		06/16
Legislation would open grants to venture-backed firms		06/15
Research fund’s slow start still holds promise for state		06/15
Innovators help improve our lives		06/14
Weather Decision Technologies releases alert systems		06/11
25 entrepreneurs advance in Spirit challenge		06/11
Oklahoma Innovations for June 13-14		06/11
Advice to Entrepreneurs (from New York Times)		06/11
Oklahoma entrepreneurs hope to make the grade		06/09
Businesses can survive despite low budgets		06/09
Tulsan invents desk to ease back problems		06/09
Oklahoma Venture Forum newsletter for June		06/08
Oklahoma Innovations for June 6-7, 2009		06/04
OrthoCare names research officials		06/03
Tulsa tech sector moves up in rankings		06/03
Oklahoma teams get second place in competition		05/30
Oklahoma Innovations For May 30 & 31, 2009		05/29
OU, OCU boast wins in collegiate competition		05/29
Researcher’s work yields fourth company		05/26
Show-off: State’s bioscience sector impressing		05/26
Bio Conference Attracts Oklahomans		05/25
Oklahoma company gets a warm reception		05/22
Fourth biotech company comes from scientist’s lab		05/21
Oklahomans spread the word about biofuels		05/21
BIO 2009 trade show highlights switchgrass		05/19
Oklahoma gets chance to brag at biotech trade show		05/19
Put your feet up ... while you work		05/19
Local university researchers unite		05/18
State delegation to attend biotech conference		05/14
DigiTouch creates concierge network		05/12
iThryv partners with bill-paying service		05/12
Scientist’s ‘accident’ may be a real life-saver		05/12
With no niche here investors fly over		05/10
OCAST approves health projects		05/08
OSU-Tulsa research center focuses on advanced materials		05/08
Oklahoma Innovations for May 9-10, 2009		05/07
Lack of capital not a 'death sentence' for start-ups		05/06
Oklahoma geniuses		05/06
Entrepreneur creates wake-up call for hard-of-hearing		05/05
Oklahoma Innovations for May 2-3		04/30
One step closer with grant		04/28
About OCAST		04/26
OMRF work improves, extends lives		04/26
Technology Benefits Oklahoma		04/26

INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS IN OKLAHOMA

OBR Awards Scholarships to Gov. Cup Participants	04.28.09	Comments
Timothy Harlin, with Hexakit and Oklahoma City University and Nicholas Harrison, with Bio-Oil Extraction LLC and the University of Oklahoma were each awarded a $5,000 Oklahoma Business Roundtable Scholarship as part of the Gov. Cup.>More info
OSU’s Innovative Solutions Team Wins 2009 Innovation Award	04.27.09	Comments
The Innovative Solutions team from Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business in Stillwater, OK earned the Innovation Award in the 2009 Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition.>More info
OCU’s Hexakit Team Takes First Place Graduate Division Honors in Governor’s Cup	04.26.09	Comments
Hexakit won $20,000 and earned the opportunity to compete with five other teams in the second annual 2009 Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup on May 27 in Las Vegas for $90,000 in cash prizes.>More info
OU's Renephron Team Takes First Place in Governor’s Cup Undergraduate Competition	04.25.09	Comments
Renephron Pharmaceuticals won $20,000 and earned the opportunity to compete with five other teams in the second annual 2009 Tri-State Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup on May 27 in Las Vegas for $90,000 in cash prizes.>More info

CAPITAL NEWS

i2E Participates in ACA North American Summit	04.28.09	Comments
Members of the i2E staff joined 300 angel group leaders and investors from the United States, Canada, and several other countries at the Angel Capital Association’s 2009 Summit, the largest gathering of angel investing groups in North America. >More info