When starting or growing a business, there’s no shortage of important decisions you need to make. We’re here to help with that. Our Preferred Partner Matrix is a highly-curated set of resources and offers provided by organizations we know and love, designed to help you navigate the startup journey. Whether you’re just getting started, hiring your first few employees, or scaling globally – there’s something here for you (and we’ll be adding something new each month!).

Like many of the companies we serve, we were founded in central Ohio. After more than half a century, we are the area’s largest independent accounting and consulting firm, with offices in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and New York. While our size permits us to serve even the most complex organizations, our independence allows us to keep all decision‐making authority in one place. GBQ’s entrepreneurial spirit is most evident in the close personal attention provided by our associates. They deliver a no‐nonsense approach with local expertise and a broad range of consulting skills—a combination that saves you both time and money.

Dickinson Wright is a growing, full-service law firm of experienced, creative, diverse and dedicated legal professionals. Our lawyers are respected by their peers, honored by industry endorsements and recognized through significant appointments to bar associations and the judiciary system. But, the most important thing to us is the respect we’ve earned from our clients. For more than 137 years, we’ve put our clients first.

We focus on hiring top talent and managing first-rate facilities so our clients can focus on managing product and deliverables.

Heartland Bank has long been known for being a strong community bank and community partner--one in which we know our customers by name, because our team members are an active part of your community…where sound banking principles are practiced by bankers with unquestionable integrity.

Laurel Ventures is an commercial real estate brokerage and angel investors.

King Memory is a fast growing company ecommerce company and has been named to the Inc. 5000 and is Columbus Business First Fast 50 company.

An elite team of product creators and data problem solvers.

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We’re a venture development organization: part VC, part accelerator – with the expertise and connections to fuel startup success. In fact, we’re the first and only organization in the region that provides this unique blend of services, connections, and funding to help entrepreneurs increase their probability of success.