Monus Fellow: Vionna Vincent Meet the newest member of our VGV team. Vionna Vincent is a YSU Monous Fellow majoring in Finance. She also is a waitress at The Lake Club, taking summer classes, and enjoys giving back to her community. She hopes to help VGV give back to Mahoning County, build a professional network, and explore the different areas of business. New Investment in TonDone, A Building Facility Software Company VGV announced its newest portfolio investment in TonDone, a simple, all-in-one facility and building service management platform. TonDone is trusted to manage millions of square feet of commercial space at hundreds of locations, from malls to hospitals. “When you’re building a startup, you need all the help you can get! Valley Growth Ventures has fully rolled up their sleeves to help us in a multitude of areas like company strategy, business development, and marketing,” said TonDone co-founder Matt Crowley in a statement. “Valley Growth Ventures has been extremely strategic for our company. They’ve helped position us for continuing growth and success in our target markets.” For more information, visit www.tondone.com or follow TonDone on LinkedIn for more company updates. S4 Medical Large Scale Human Trial Reaches Another Milestone S4 Medical Corp. began its first large scale clinical trial in September 2021 with clinical sites at The Ohio State University Ross Heart Medical Center, ProMedica with Dr. Kahaly and the EP team in Toledo OH, and most recently at Grandview Medical Center - Birmingham, AL with Dr. Osorio, Dr. Morales, Dr. McVey and others. The company recently reached its clinical trial goal of 120 patients. The company's main focus is a simple, yet comprehensive solution for reducing complications to the esophagus during catheter ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation. S4 Medical has already achieved several important milestones including first-in-human testing, securing intellectual property, and demonstration of compatibility with electrophysiology systems. It is not yet approved for commercial use. For more information, visit www.S4medical.com or follow S4 Medical on LinkedIn and Twitter for more company updates. YBI Presents 'Shark Tank' Calling all entrepreneurs! Applications are now OPEN for our partner YBI's 3rd Annual Shark Tank on Oct. 6, 2022 at Mr. Anthony’s Banquet Center. Shark Tank invites businesses and entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to a live audience in order to gain exposure and potential investment. The six “sharks” that will serve on the panel : Lenny Fisher, CEO Handel's Homemade Ice Cream, Lena Esmail, Owner/CEO QUICKmed Urgent Care, Ray Mancini, Entrepreneur and Boxing Legend, Ellen Tressel, Philanthropist, Herb Washington, CEO/Founder of HLW Fast Track Inc. and Tom Stabi, Senior Advisor, SSB. EMCEE will be Youngstown State University President, Jim Tressel. Tickets, table reservations, and sponsorship opportunities can be found at ybi.org/sharktank/ Visit www.ybi.org for more information or follow YBI on LinkedIn to stay up to date. TikTok Taking the Business World by Storm What started as a simple app, has now become a serious marketing weapon. For those of you who are not familiar, TikTok is an app where users can share short videos. They can add effects and music to these videos. Each user had a unique experience in this app due to their algorithm. The creators made a way to fine-tune each app to the users' likes. This could be the reasoning behind why so many individuals are addicted to it. Now one might be asking themselves, how did an app affect business?
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