Bounce Hub Partners To Offer Classes Aimed At Minority, Non-Tech Startups

The Bounce Innovation Hub in Akron is now taking applications from non-tech entrepreneurs for classes created through a new two-year relationship with a minority-focused business startup program... Ace Epps, newly promoted director of inclusive entrepreneurship at Bounce, will lead the program, which is officially called MORTAR at Bounce. The classes will take place in meeting rooms on the first-floor Generator space at Bounce. Adding the minority-focused classes is one way Bounce is taking part in the Elevate Greater Akron initiative, said Jeannine Black, the organization’s marketing officer. One top goal of the Elevate Greater Akron initiative is to expand economic opportunities for the region’s long-neglected minority population. MORTAR at Bounce also diversifies technology-focused Bounce’s offerings.