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As the Ohio Third Frontier Commission re-evaluates the Entrepreneurial Signature Program (ESP), Mark Kvamme — president of JobsOhio and an Ohio Third Frontier Commission member — said that of the six nonprofits funded by ESP,  CincyTech has “by far the best portfolio,” Crain’s Cleveland Business reports. Although some believe Kvamme’s affinity for CincyTech will result in a push for the other five organizations — JumpStart, TechColumbus, Rocket Ventures of Toledo, the Dayton Development Coalition and TechGrowth of Athens – to adopt some of CincyTech’s traits, others are of the opinion that a “cookie cutter model” to which all six of the core ESP nonprofits would have to conform fails to consider regional market diversity, the article said. For more, read the full story (subscription required).