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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Read More ...

Magnet, the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network, is making some new hires to support its focus on the Partnership for Regional Innovation Services to Manufacturers, or Prism program. Read More ...

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission voted Wednesday to approve more than $12.8 million to fund cutting-edge biomedical companies and help entrepreneurs and technology start-up companies get their businesses off the ground. Read More ...

An Akron partnership formed to boost medical-related research and economic development in the region is drawing international attention. Read More ...

To keep pace with the dramatic transformation of America's health-care industry, Cleveland State University (CSU) in conjunction with Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), is pursuing a bold new collaborative approach to health-care education. Read More ...

The Fund for Our Economic Future has awarded a one-year grant of up to $550,000 to bioscience advocacy group BioEnterprise Corp. to advance efforts to strengthen the growing bioscience industry in Northeast Ohio. Read More ...

The Innovation Fund, a pre-seed fund for technology startups in Northeast Ohio, said it has awarded $25,000 grants to each of six young companies. Read More ...

Marty Albrecht's fourth attempt to get a big company interested in one of the many inventions to come out of the machine shop in his Lakewood basement would have failed — just like the first three — if he hadn't taken that six-hour meeting with Russ Donda. Read More ...

Swing hard. Fail fast. And don't spend too much time pursuing that idea -- even if it's a great one. Read More ...

Since 1998, the Cuyahoga County North Coast Opportunities (NCO) Technology Fund has been helping high growth technology companies thrive and create jobs, and the deadline for the latest round of funding is November 18. Read More ...

Rebecca Bagley leads NorTech, which promotes regional innovation. Read More ...

The leader of the Bizdom Cleveland business accelerator is moving to Colorado. Paul Allen said he plans to leave early next year, once he is able to hire and train someone else to run Bizdom, a three-month long boot camp for entrepreneurs. Read More ...

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) recently awarded its Excellence in Economic Development Awards to organizations involved in three ongoing efforts to improve Cleveland. Read More ...

A Case Western Reserve University professor has received a $69,000 grant to help develop a free online course on how communities can support and grow new companies – with a focus on Northeast Ohio. Read More ...

The Northeast Ohio Medical University is marking its 40th anniversary with two new buildings — the first major additions to the rural campus since its inception. Read More ...

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron wants regional and national training programs to become a backbone for the center’s financial health going forward. Read More ...

Success in business is often measured by dollars, but entrepreneurs just starting out bank more on advice and support. Read More ...

The Youngstown Business Incubator is working to form a fund that would invest in young tech companies in the Mahoning Valley and surrounding areas, including Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Read More ...

What's not to love about operating a business incubator in one of Ohio's smaller communities? After all, they juggle tight budgets, dispersed populations and limited local markets. Read More ...

Louis D. Barone, B.S., Pharm.D., R.Ph., FASHP, was recently appointed as associate dean of clinical and strategic partnerships for the Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Pharmacy. Read More ...

The Fund for Our Economic Future said its governing board has awarded a grant of up to $500,000 to early-stage support organization JumpStart Inc. “to sustain and strengthen Northeast Ohio's culture of high-growth entrepreneurship.” Read More ...

Todd Federman has served as the executive director of North Coast Angel Fund since its founding in 2006. The first angel fund in Northeast Ohio, NCAF is a group of 180 individual investors that pool their time and capital to invest in promising Ohio startups. Read More ...

Two tech-based companies — Creative Target Systems and Amvonet — are the first to receive $35,000 low-interest loans from the recently launched Alliance Startup Fund, following their selection by the city of Alliance and the Technology Accelerator Alliance. Read More ...

A local medical leader was recognized during a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday for her efforts to improve the health of Akron-area residents. Read More ...

Andrew Yang, whom Fast Company magazine named one of the most creative people in business in 2012, will help introduce the work of Cleveland's newest business incubator. Read More ...

Nearly two years ago, Dr. Sundara Manickam came up with an idea that could help every hospital in the country cut its need for oxygen in half. Read More ...

The Hudson Library & Historical Society is launching its first business-pitch contest—culminating in Pitch Night on Oct. 28—to celebrate the fifth year of the library’s free Entrepreneurship Series of workshops. Read More ...

Thanks to the efforts of Dr. George Newkome, vice president for research and dean of the University of Akron Graduate School, the university now offers a library of thousands of resources to hundreds of Northeast Ohio polymer companies. Read More ...

Venture for America announces the recent arrival of eight Venture Fellows to work at startups in Northeast Ohio. In addition to the eight Fellows placed in 2013, about a dozen more will join Northeast Ohio startups and growth companies in 2014. Read More ...

A state grant of $175,000 will boost a business incubator program at Lorain County Community College.
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An annual study conducted by Cleveland State University's Center for Economic Development at the Levin College of Urban Affairs shows that startup companies in Northeast Ohio contribute significantly to the economy. Read More ...

TECHudson has enough operating funds to see it through January 2014, said Director George Buzzy, as he made his quarterly report to city council on Tuesday. Read More ...

A crowdfunding campaign helped Christine Zadnik Mehling move her 7-year-old home-based designer and artisan baking business, Better Bit of Butter Cookies, from Cleveland Heights, to a shared retail and work space in South Euclid. Read More ...

Northeast Ohio Medical University was awarded a $798,000 state AmeriCorps grant funding from ServeOhio, the state’s governor-appointed commission on service and volunteerism. Read More ...

The Youngstown Business Incubator is listed 11th among the 30 best university affiliated incubators in the world, according to the University Business Incubator Index, a research initiative based in Stockholm that specializes in benchmarking incubators. Read More ...

Four Northeast Ohio startups will receive financial help to launch products from the Incubator at Magnet. The details provided in the news release show this year's grantees encompass a wide variety of technology applications. Read More ...

The Northeast Ohio Medical University has received a $500,000 gift from Signet Enterprises to establish the Signet Enterprises Executive Boardroom in the university's new health, wellness and medical education complex. Read More ...

Team NEO honored communities and organizations for 2012 economic development initiatives that created or retained jobs, attracted investments and developed opportunities for Northeast Ohio at the organization’s seventh annual Economic Development Plus Awards ceremony. Read More ...

Signet Enterprises has announced a $500,000 gift to establish the Signet Enterprises Executive Boardroom in the new health, wellness and medical education complex being constructed at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). Read More ...

The Burton D. Morgan Foundation announced this week it has distributed grants totaling $982,500 following its June meeting. Read More ...

When other teens talk about how they spent their summer vacation, Copley junior Robert Wagner will be able to say he created a device that could someday save a life. Read More ...

Last week, fifteen early stage business owners pitched their companies on the Cavs’ practice court at Open Pitch Night. Read More ...

Never mind the rust. Young tech companies are hot in Cleveland, where creating a startup has never been easier.
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Paul McAvinchey has been in Cleveland for only a year, but it didn't take long for him to feel energy from the growing start-up tech community here. Read More ...

Although it was rolled out roughly five years ago as a collaborative effort among neighbors to transform a Rust Belt city into a hub of biomedical innovation, the Austen BioInnovation Institute is looking beyond its Akron roots in hopes of generating enough revenue to transform the money-losing nonprofit into a sustainable operation. Read More ...

After years of talk, Kent State University has committed to creating a multimillion-dollar center tasked with helping local flexible electronics companies become so good at launching and manufacturing products that the industry can't help but gravitate toward Northeast Ohio. Read More ...

The Fund for Our Economic Future said it has approved nearly $2 million in grants to “support regional strategies and initiatives to strengthen Northeast Ohio’s economy.” Read More ...

The University of Akron has received a $300,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to help students turn research into commercially viable projects. Read More ...

FlashStarts was started by serial IT entrepreneur Charles Stack, who began mentoring college students five years ago after selling one of his companies, Flashline, to Oracle. Read More ...

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) held a grand opening of its Blackstone LaunchPad program on April 23, paving the way for students in all majors to test their ideas and become entrepreneurs. Read More ...

Rather than investing in an industrial park, city officials’ new economic development project is in an empty basement-level office suite. Read More ...

It’s a do-or-die year for TECHudson. The city-sponsored business incubator was launched two years ago with the hope of helping entre­preneurs grow their software technology into job-producing companies. Read More ...

A report based on data from 10 private-sector economic development organizations in Northeast Ohio — including the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber — shows business investment projects in the region are projected to retain 36,363 jobs and $1.6 billion in payroll. Read More ...

The numbers indicate Northeast Ohio’s economy is recovering. Numbers such as 36,383 jobs created or retained in the region during 2012. Those jobs translate into $1.65 billion of payroll. Read More ...

Lorain County Community College (LCCC) and the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA) are leveraging their complementary strengths to build a partnership to accelerate the commercialization of novel medical technologies that can advance economic growth, stimulate job creation, foster talent development, enrich patient care and improve community health in Northeast Ohio. Read More ...

Big changes could be on the way for Ohio business incubators that receive state money — and they are changes some incubator directors don't like. Read More ...

The American middle class is under stress, but American innovation is alive and thriving. Lots of people and organizations are trying new ways to strengthen the nation’s beleaguered middle class. No single group or government entity, of course, has all—or even any—of the best answers. But together, they might. Read More ...

The Innovation Fund, which was started in 2007 to help fund technology startup companies before they attract larger investors and has become the first source of funding for entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio, continues to receive state funding to continue its mission of rewarding new businesses. Read More ...

Alliance has created the Alliance Startup Fund, seeding it with $300,000. The fund plans to make payment-deferred loans of up to $35,000 to promising tech startups. Read More ...

The National Business Incubation Association awarded Mike LeHere with the 2013 Member Emeritus Award today during NBIA’s International Conference on Business Incubation in Boston. Read More ...

Four area universities embark on a joint project aiming to help entrepreneurial students turn school day fantasy into business reality. Read More ...

JumpStart Inc., the nonprofit venture development organization in Cleveland, has committed to invest $250,000 in a medical device company that just moved to Akron from Kentucky. Read More ...

This summer, area high school students have the unique opportunity to explore the world of medical device development, community health improvement and entrepreneurship through the inaugural BioInnovation Academy, being launched by the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron (ABIA). Read More ...

The business incubator will receive $50,000 in funding from the city to operate for 2013, with the possibility of $25,000 in additional funding if matching grants are received. Read More ...

Investment in Northeast Ohio is outpacing the nation….at least in startup IT and biomedical companies. Venture capital and angel investor cash went up by 34 percent in 2012. Read More ...

Catherine Benton has little spare time thanks to her demanding studies as a first-year pharmacy student. So she was quick to sign up for the first on-campus housing at the Northeast Ohio Medical University. Read More ...

IdeaCrossing, a free online resource operated by the Northeast Ohio nonprofit venture development organization JumpStart Inc., brings the components of this entrepreneurial ecosystem together in one place. Read More ...

A new agreement between Kent State University and the Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center will expand the resources TBEIC can offer a company interested in partnering with it, officials say. Read More ...

BioEnterprise recently announced that Choose Ohio, a novel program designed to speed the growth of established life science companies in Ohio, is open for the Spring 2013 round of company submissions. Read More ...

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded to Shaker LaunchHouse a $200,000 grant, which the business incubator will use to fund a new program called the LaunchHouse Institute. Read More ...

Lithuania, a tiny country with a population of roughly 3 million, has something the city of Akron wants: Innovators hungry to turn their ideas into commercial products. Read More ...

With their graduation today from the Goldman Sachs “10,000 Small Business” program, the owners of 36 small, Northeast Ohio businesses took another step on the path to growth. Read More ...

Research at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center to find a viable domestic source for rubber is very promising, the project leader said. Read More ...

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has extended its chief executive’s contract and recruited another experienced entrepreneur to help lead the regional partnership. Read More ...

The Youngstown Business Incubator plans to unveil its five-year strategic plan and fundraising campaign at a press conference today at its West Federal Street campus. Read More ...

Young technology companies in Northeast Ohio attracted a total of $201 million from investors last year, up 34% from the 2011 total. Read More ...

Bucking the national trend, Cleveland's high-tech sector enjoyed a burst of momentum last year as venture capitalists poured new levels of money into the region. Read More ...

The board of directors for The Entrepreneurial Center of Hudson, a nonprofit business incubator in Hudson, named George Buzzy as acting executive director beginning Feb. 1. He has been providing consulting services to TECHudson since July 2012. Read More ...

The board of directors for TECHudson, the Hudson business incubator, named George Buzzy as acting executive director Jan. 17 after James Phipps resigned the position. Read More ...

As a surgeon working in a hospital, Dr. Conor Delaney experienced the big data problem present in so many hospitals today. Read More ...

It only took 11 weeks for Cleveland entrepreneur Kazell Pugh to see results. He said his sales at TLC Springwater increased 55 percent in 2012 over 2011 and he has added three new employees. Read More ...