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Entrepreneurs – Tell us what you want/need in our OKC Entrepreneur Ecosystem!
Welcome to the Equity for Every Entrepreneur (E3) Scorecard Hello OKEMP Friend! The Oklahoma Entrepreneur Mentoring Program (OKEMP) & Creative Oklahoma encourage you to participate in the Forward Cities’ Equity for Every Entrepreneur (E3) scorecard process! It will provide an accurate picture of the work that Oklahoma…
Read More →Surprise! Behind-The-Scenes Look At One of Top Animation Shops in the Country (And Based in Oklahoma!)
Join Creative Oklahoma in learning more on animation in film from one of the top animation, design, and brand studios in the country. Based in Tulsa! “Animation: Behind the Scenes with Signal Factory” Tulsa FMAC presents a behind the scenes look with Signal Factory on animation in film. A live look into projects + Q&A…
Read More →Oklahoma Mourns Passing of Creativity Leader 💖
Creative Oklahoma Advisor and Global Creativity Leader Sir Ken Robinson Passes Away August 21st, 2020 will be a date that Creative Oklahoma will always remember. One of our dearest friends, Sir Ken Robinson, left this world but will always stay in our hearts. Creative Oklahoma wouldn’t be what it is if it weren’t for the…
Read More →Creative Oklahoma Announces Selection of Six New Entrepreneurs for the OKEMP Mentoring Program
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 15th, 2020) — Creative Oklahoma is delighted to announce OKEMP’s successful exit from its pilot stage and the addition of six dynamic and industry-pushing entrepreneurs to its mentoring program. The Oklahoma Entrepreneur Mentoring Program (OKEMP) is licensed from and modeled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Venture Mentoring Service (MIT VMS). OKEMP is a…
Read More →Creative Oklahoma Opens Entrepreneur Mentoring Program For Second Round of Participants
OKLAHOMA CITY (June 9th, 2020) — Entrepreneurs throughout the Oklahoma City Metro area may now apply for the Oklahoma Entrepreneur Mentoring Program (OKEMP), an initiative of Creative Oklahoma. The program, launched last year, provides entrepreneurs who are accepted with a long-term team of seasoned mentoring executives who help them with advice across a broad range…
Read More →Top US firm to offer small business help; Girls get goodie bags from Creative Oklahoma
Where Creativity is Shared Through a Can Worried about what art supplies the students of nonprofit The Oklahoma City Girls Art School would have at home during this time of “staying in place,” long-time Creative Oklahoma board member Doug Sorocco (Dunlap Codding) set out to make sure it wasn’t nothing. With him leading the charge, Creative Oklahoma gathered up bags…
Read More →Creative Oklahoma’s 2020 Oklahoma Creativity Ambassadors Gala Postponed
In light of growing concerns about the containment of COVID-19, Creative Oklahoma has determined it would be prudent at this time to postpone the 2020 Oklahoma Creativity Ambassadors Gala that was scheduled for April 6th in just a few weeks. We will monitor the situation and based on conditions, we will reschedule! In the meantime, we will use this extra…
Read More →Entrepreneurs, You’ve Got Less Than 24h to Apply to Rise of the Rest!
Revolution’s Rise of the Rest is a nationwide effort to invest in and work closely with entrepreneurs in emerging startup ecosystems. You have less than 24 hours left to apply to pitch Steve Case and the Revolution team for a $100,000 investment. This is your final chance! Your application is due today, Monday, February 24 at midnight ET. Don’t…
Read More →GET YOUR TICKET! Phil Gilbert, GM of Design from IBM is coming to OKC! February 18, 2020
PresentsPHIL GILBERTGM of Design – IBM Tuesday February 18th 2020 IBM is flipping traditional tech product development on its head with an unprecedented culture change that spans 387,000 employees and 170 countries. Hear why, and how their customers are loving it, from the man who’s making it happen: Phil Gilbert, General Manager of Design at IBM! …
Read More →YOU Are the Lifeblood!
You get the importance of Creative Oklahoma’s mission – advancing the development of a vibrant, creative and innovation-based economy to make Oklahoma a place where our entrepreneurs, innovators and game-changers want to grow and thrive! But we can’t do it alone. We rely on people like you that understand and want to keep this critical work continuing. Will you help us by donating now? In 2019,…
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