Will Zell has been a part of the central Ohio entrepreneurial scene for the better part of a decade, founding multiple startups in diverse fields and racking up the stories along the way. The Nikola Labs founder and president has also added a new project to his plate, the formation of his new venture capital firm, Zell Capital. We caught up with the Columbus enthusiast and serial entrepreneur to talk about his new venture, running for city council as a high schooler and turning Columbus into the next Silicon Valley. For those who aren’t familiar, what is Nikola Labs? Nikola Labs is a spin-out from the Ohio State University that focuses on solving problems related to the Internet of things. It’s built on deploying sensor technology in any given environment, whether it’s a smart home, smart city, smart manufacturing facility or smart farm, whatever it may be. What makes something smart is that you have sensing technology capturing data and delivering that to the end user. One of the big problems with those sensors is power — if you have thousands of sensors but a battery that only lasts for six months, it’s a problem. We launched Nikola Labs around … Continue reading Movers & Shakers: Will Zell on Columbus entrepreneurship, his ever-evolving career path and his new venture capital firm