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SparkBase is a nice success story. They've been hiring like crazy in Cleveland, particularly in the last year and a half and are up to 50 people working out of their new offices. They're one of several middleware vendors in the retail space that are emerging to collect and analyze retail data. Read More ...

Miach Medical Innovations is one of seven northeast Ohio startup businesses to receive money through the Innovation Fund, founded by the Lorain County Community College Foundation. Read More ...

Derek Haake got his law degree, as well as an MBA, from the University of Akron in the last few years. And he’s still not earning a regular paycheck. But that’s OK with him.

The indispensable ingredient in great whiskey is time: years of aging and mellowing in casks. But in the world of craft whiskey, a growing number of distillers are unwilling to wait that long.

Derek Haake is a Texas A&M graduate and the founder and president of Campus Shift, a business he started with the sole purpose of saving students money and making college more affordable.

SGM Games™, a mobile application developer of funny games, launched Checkpoint Madness HD for the iPad®, the first of its kind, full-scale TSA simulation game that puts players in charge of managing airport security with a tongue-in-cheek attitude.

Polyflow and private-equity firm Ambassador Enterprises of Ft. Wayne, Ind., have agreed to create a new company, Renewable Energy Solutions by Polyflow, to commercialize Polyflow's energy recovery equipment and technology.

The Cuyahoga County Department of Development recently awarded local software development company In2une, based on Parkland Drive, a $125,000 loan through its North Coast Opportunities program.

What does it take to succeed as a start-up or an older company looking to do something new?

Via680, a portfolio company of the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI), announced the availability of free Ving interactive video email accounts, which are active for the lifetime of the product.

In a quest for feedback that will help reinvent e-mail, via680 invites users to set-up free accounts. Ving video email enables fast and easy transmission of video, audio messages, documents and surveys all in one package and provides automatic feedback to senders.

Investigators at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, have begun studying the imaging capabilities of an innovative radiation therapy system from ViewRay(TM) Incorporated.

Thanks to the revolutionary focus from GlamNatural and Lumson, two highly innovative products are now available to consumers globally.

The Cleveland-based bioengineering firm OsteoSymbionics specializes in craniofacial implants — prosthetics meant to take the place of skull and facial bones that are missing as a result of injury, disease or congenital deformity.

LaunchHouse is a perfect fit for company that designs logos and websites for other startups

Partners in an Akron startup called Hydrogen Energy Systems LLC revved up a small engine Wednesday to show off what they say is breakthrough technology they hope to soon commercialize.

Throughout automotive history, no general theme that fundamentally changes the chassis of the vehicle has been more recurrent than 3-wheeled autos.

In advance of the 2012 Brinks Innovation Competition to be held in September, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione held its annual “Where Are They Now?” luncheon for members of the legal, investor and clean technology communities at the firm’s Chicago office on May 9, 2012.

Neurostimulation pain-relief device company SPR Therapeutics has been approved for a $900,000 loan from the state of Ohio.

The owner of Bubba Q's, Al Bubba Baker, shows us how to make ribs in less than five minutes in preparation for the holiday weekend.

Announced early this year, the technical assistance program combines loans from the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County with technical assistance from NASA. The space agency will offer up to 40 hours of engineering work to each company from its technical experts.

AxioMed(R) Spine Corporation, a spinal orthopedics company focused on the development of products designed to restore spinal function in patients with degenerative spine disease by advancing the standard of care beyond fusion and first generation disc replacement, announced today that it has completed the final closing of its Series D financing, raising $5 million in two tranches from current and new investors.

Abakan’s company, Powdermet has reported significant developments in the commercialization of MComP nanocomposite metals and become a part of a joint venture development team, consisting of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Eck Industries and Oshkosh, to advance nanostructured high-strength light-weight metals.

Most of us are unaware of how much we depend upon low-cost, reliable electricity in our daily lives. We don't give a second thought to how it really works and how that electricity is generated and delivered to our homes and businesses when we need it. I suspect most people don't realize that changes are coming that will impact our electricity capacity and infrastructure and force us to develop new capacity to meet our needs.

The Innovation Fund, founded by the Lorain County Community College Foundation, is awarding $375,000 to six technology startup companies spread across five Northeast Ohio counties. The funding round, which is comprised of three $25,000 awards and three $100,000 awards, includes the first award winners from Lake and Stark counties. Other counties represented are Lorain, Cuyahoga, and Portage.

AxioMed Spine Corp. has announced it has received the CE mark approval for its Freedom cervical disc, according to a news release.

AxioMed(R) Spine Corporation announces the receipt of CE Mark approval for its Freedom(R) Cervical Disc, an elastomeric total spinal disc replacement device.

Biomarker test company Cleveland HeartLab made a splash recently at TEDMED, with about 500 conference-goers taking the company’s heart inflammation tests.

Gritty Rust Belt cities, once left for dead, are on the rise -- thanks to young people priced out of cooler locales

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NaviNet, America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, serving more than 121 million covered lives, and CoverMyMeds, the leader in prior authorization tools for doctors and pharmacies, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to offer a multi-payer solution for electronic drug prior authorizations (ePAs). Read More ...

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MAR Systems, Inc., headquartered in Solon, Ohio, won the Most Promising Innovation Award at the Cleantech Forum held in San Francisco from March 26-28. The Cleantech Forum is recognized internationally as the premier event devoted to catalyzing global venture capital and private equity investment, business formation, and industry mergers and acquisitions. Read More ...

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