The University of Louisville hosted serial entrepreneur and America Online co-founder Steve Case and others as part of a summit focused on growing regional startups and innovation.
The Louisville Entrepreneurship Summit, presented by the UofL Office of Research and Innovation, brought together more than 300 innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and supporters from throughout the region for a fireside chat, startup expo, networking and signing of Case’s new book, “The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream.”
“Entrepreneurship and innovation is so core to what we do and who we are as a university, whether that’s by educating the next generation of founders, developing research-backed products or launching new companies,” said Kevin Gardner, UofL’s executive vice president for research and…