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BizVoice/Indiana Chamber – July/August 2014
The “urban collisions” that occur at Velocity
Indiana on the banks of the Ohio River in
Jeffersonville were unintended when the
entrepreneurial space opened its doors in
2013. But those collisions “that occur in a
co-working space are pretty cool,”
managing director Tony Schy contends.
Unintended because Velocity was established as an
accelerator program – an initiative that has also
experienced early success. Additional space allowed the
introduction of more co-working. Entrepreneurs can
enjoy a variety of amenities for as little as $40 per month.
When a start-up business in need of development or
design services, for example, finds that talent down the
hallway in the form of another entrepreneur, you have an
urban collision of the best kind.
Kent Lanum, executive director of the Jeffesonville-
based Paul Ogle Foundation (a major funder of Velocity
Indiana), explains, “We wanted to make sure the accelerator
was our flagship program, but we also always meant for
it to be an education/entrepreneurial center. We have
new people coming on board, programming for kids,
outreach in Kentucky and to Indianapolis and Nashville.
There is a lot going on; we’re trying to keep the wheels
on as we assemble the parts.”
By Tom Schuman
VELOCITY’S
CRASH
COURSE
Working to Generate
Business Success Stories
Indiana Vision 2025
Velocity Indiana is quickly becoming a key location for training – and entrepreneurial activity.
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