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Louisville Future
1y ago
Here's a review of this week's questions: What 1990s hip-hop group included Louisville native William Hughes, aka “Skinny DeVille”? What restaurant on Main Street is located in a building from 1869 that once housed barrels of five different distilled spirits? Ziba’s Bistro, Heart and Hooves and Ferrerabee’s Butchery are all vendors at what downtown Louisville ..read more
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1y ago
Here's a review of this week's questions: What Louisville corporation was originally called Extendicare in 1968? What was the name of Louisville’s indoor lacrosse team from 2011-2013? What Louisville neighborhood was originally called Henderson but changed its name in 1849 based on its location being in the “far west” of the city? And here are ..read more
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1y ago
Podcasting has exploded over the last couple of years. According to Buzzsprout, in 2022, 62% of the population 12+ has listened to a podcast and roughly 79% are familiar with the medium. Podcasts are proving to be lucrative for companies and are a great way to get a brand message out there. Jacob Bozarth ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
Here’s a review of this week’s questions: The stadium where Lou City plays soccer is named after a philanthropic optometrist. What is his name? This tiny restaurant on Bishop Lane in Louisville was the first in the city to serve Peruvian style charcoal chicken. What is its name? Across Main Street from Louisville Slugger Field ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
Resound's beta for streamlining manual editing of podcasts. Podcasting has exploded over the last couple of years. According to Buzzsprout, in 2022, 62% of the population 12+ has listened to a podcast and roughly 79% are familiar with the medium. Podcasts are proving to be lucrative for companies and are a great way ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
XpressRun cofounders Jordan Mariotti-Wood, Ahmadou Diop and Sada Wane; photo courtesy XPressRun Less than a year after being founded, Louisville-based ecommerce startup XpressRun has acquired about 50 customers for its last-mile delivery marketplace service. XpressRun aggregates the buying power of local businesses to give them affordable, customizable access to a delivery network it’s ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
Paducah's Computer Services Inc. acquired for $1.6B Fintech firm Computer Services Inc. will be acquired by investment firms Centerbridge Partners L.P. and Bridgeport Partners for $1.6 billion. The all-cash deal is valued at $58 per share, a premium of about 53 percent on the stock's last closing price. Computer Services provides IT servicing, digital banking ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
The team at the University of Louisville's new Center for Organizational Readiness towards Enterprise 4.0: Will Metcalf, Lihui Bai, Faisal Aqlan and Dr. Kunal Kate Research universities are uniquely important for the innovation economy. And, according to a recent report from the Brookings Institute, “downtown universities punch above their weight as economic anchors ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
Here's a review of this week's questions: For nearly 30 years, this TV news personality has appeared on the same Louisville station, WAVE 3. She currently hosts “WAVE Country.” What is her name? What is the name of the New Albany, Indiana steak restaurant that has brought high class dining to Southern Indiana, courtesy of ..read more
Louisville Future
1y ago
Brandi Harless, the CEO of PreventScripts, talks about her interest in preventative healthcare and the app her company created that takes care of assessments for doctors while patients are in the waiting room and delivers prevention programs to them, saving time and cost ..read more