LEXINGTON, Ky. — The 19th Annual Lexington Bluegrass Area Minority Business Virtual Expo, set for Aug. 5 and 6, will feature high-tech startups and help budding entrepreneurs turn their ideas into scalable companies.
The Aug. 6 morning session will be moderated by Taunya Phillips, director of the Office of Technology Commercialization at the University of Kentucky. Featured innovators are Mo Sloan, founder of EZ-Chow, an online restaurant ordering system that increases digital customer engagement; Ricky Mason, founder of BrainSTEM, an ed-tech startup offering STEAM-based education for Pre-K students through adults; and Jocari Beattie, founder of JoBe Products, a consumer products company.