The Brandery

I love this place! I used to go here like every day for about a year. More often than not there’s free beer, pizza and air conditioning. Wowee! Aside from the amenities, the people there are super helpful inside too. I’m not sure what they do on their computers all day, but I assume Minesweeper and Free Cell judging from the desperation in their eyes. They also make free stickers and put one of mine on the window! How cool is that?

A beautiful repurposed space located in the heart of OTR, the Brandery is a fantastic startup incubator /​accelerator that not only provides resources for new businesses, but encourages collaboration and cross-​pollination between creative entrepreneurs. There are multiple levels for workspaces and several large conference areas, and a healthy attitude towards mixing work and play.
Plus, hey, who doesn’t love a shared office space with house puppies?

The Brandery is a seed stage startup accelerator, a four-​month program for entrepreneurs, which includes mentorship and educational components focusing on consumer marketing and branding, culminating in a demo day in September.
The consumer marketing and branding focus is due to Cincinnati’s rich history in this area with the world’s leading consumer company P&G and branding organizations, LPK, Empower Media Marketing, POSSIBLE and Rockfish Interactive to name a few.
Entrepreneurs apply for the program and it was recently selected as one of the Top 10 accelerators in the 2013 Seed Accelerator Rankings announced at the South by Southwest interactive conference.
20 companies were launched from the program, which notably includes Ahalogy, donde, ChoreMonster, Roadtrippers, REPP
They also have community programs giving our city a link to innovation and have fire-​side chats hosted by Startup Grind Cincinnati with the founders of the startups in the programs and local business leaders.
Want to find out what the future of Cincinnati business holds, stop by The Brandery in the heart of Over The Rhine on Vine Street to find out.