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Akron-area heavy hitters offer advice on ‘One Crucial Thing' North Coast Ventures GOJO CEO Carey Jaros and J.M. Smucker CEO Mark Smucker were two of the presenters at North Coast Ventures' "One Crucial Thing" virtual event on April 13. If you had a busy Tuesday on April 13 and didn't have time for YouTube, you missed the live broadcast of North Coast Ventures' "One Crucial Thing" virtual event. But you haven't missed it entirely. The event had 25 speakers, including big hitters from the Akron area, such as J.M. Smucker Co. CEO Mark Smucker and GOJO CEO Carey Jaros, all giving advice to curr...

Ohio City software company that targets colleges and universities is sold to Washington firm Kate Volzer Ohio City-based Wisr, which provides colleges and other educational institutions with software, is being acquired by EAB, a Washington, D.C.-based education research company. The first software from Wisr, a company launched in 2016 by co-founders John Knific, Kris Ciccarello and Kate Volzer, focused on engaging students with alumni, with the goal of easing the transition from college to the work world. Its services have expanded, including adding software that helps new, incoming students ...

80-year-old Progressive works to stay in touch with startup businesses Screenshot Tricia Griffith, CEO of Progressive Corp., speaking at the virtual annual meeting of the North Coast Venture Fund. Progressive Corp., the Mayfield Village-based insurer, may be the largest company in the region and, at 83 years old, one of its great growth stories, with a worldwide market. But, said CEO Tricia Griffith, it's important that the company think young and stay in touch with what's happening at companies in Northeast Ohio and elsewhere that are struggling to get off the ground. "That's how I think abo...

The restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are opening up the Tuesday, Feb. 23, meeting, which will feature a chat with Tricia Griffith, president and CEO of Progressive Corp., who will discuss the company's data and technology strategy, its approach to innovation and its recent partnerships with technology startups.

Entrepreneur sees a business angle for software startup Emvitals in pandemic Jennifer Hunter Editor's note: This article was updated at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, to clarify that results of the Emvitals software's assessment of an employee's emotional health are confidential and are seen only by the employee. Certainly she couldn't have anticipated it, but entrepreneur Jennifer Hunter sees a role for her nearly 2-year-old business, Emvitals Inc., in easing the emotional stresses aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic — maybe even helping people cope with the recent clash at the U.S. Capitol. Hu...