The American midwest is home to the country’s scrappiest tech startups

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Written by Bailey Reutzel.

Engineers in hoodies walk around a bright office, while casually dressed marketing executives grab snacks from the kitchen’s unlimited supply. Visitors pass through a workspace divided into “team pods” as interns between meetings play foosball in the common area…

… “There’s a bias in people to focus on what’s in their backyard,” says Chris Olsen, a partner at Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital…

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Originally published October 16, 2016.