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Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Local startup looking for kids to test new product
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The winner of the Youngstown Business Incubator's Shark Tank competition last year is looking for families to test its new product. Read next: New retail theft task force makes first arrest in Ohio Little Tusk is a financial literacy edtech startup dedicated to teaching children in kindergarten through eighth grade about financial responsibility in a fun and engaging way, according to a news release from YBI. It is the brainchild of Jordan and Lauran Woolley, of Austintown. The company is now looking for local children ages 8 to 12 to participate in a user testing experience designed to gather feedback and shape the future of the project. 'We're excited to take this next step in bringing Little Tusk to life,' said Lauran Woolley,founder of Little Tusk. 'Participation and feedback are vital to our success, and we can'twait to showcase what we've been working on.' Parents and guardians who are interested in the opportunity can sign their children up for consideration beginning Friday, June 13, online here. The testing takes place at YBI, at 252 W. Boardman Street in Youngstown, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 12. There will be various sessions, and selected participants will be contacted with more details. There will be prize packs for kids and Dunkin' Donuts gift cards for their accompanying adults as a thank-you for their time and insights. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Youngstown Business Incubator hosts its first Advanced Manufacturing User Expo
NILES, Ohio (WKBN) — A local organization is focusing on the future of technological advancements in manufacturing. Advanced manufacturing is on full display at the Youngstown Business Incubator's first Advanced Manufacturing User Expo, bringing leaders, innovators and technology experts together for a day of networking and more at the Eastwood Event Centre. 'We're competing against China and if we can bind together and come together to create stronger better, more durable more advanced technologies, we can absolutely win on that stage,' said Barb Ewing, YBI CEO. Athens, Ohio-based Vitruvian was one company taking part in the inaugural event, bringing along its modified spider crane called The Scorpion. 'Understanding the level of advanced manufacturing technologies that are in this area and be able to be part of this, not only YBI, but America Makes and this ecosystem — it really does something for not only Vitruvian but the area,' said Stefano Alva, Vitruvian Technologies Director of Operations. Vitruvian has a 3D printer on the head of its crane, which is used to lay concrete. 'We believe with technologies like this we can bring a new generation of construction workers, people that are technically savvy, intellectually curious, that want to work with new technologies and redefine the way we do construction,' Alva said. 'Technology is changing the world. It's changing how we make things and our companies stand a chance of being at the leading edge of that rather than on the bleeding edge,' Ewing said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
