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The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees recently approved funding for a number of economic development projects.As part of the Foundation’s $1.1 million, five-year economic development plan, the board approved two scale-up projects to be managed through Braintree Business Development Center.The Phoenix Brewing Company received funding to purchase additional equipment and supplies to maximize the […]

SunDown Group is the parent organization that operates SunDown RunDown, business pitch events for entrepreneurs assembled and hosted at venues in six Ohio cities. According to those who run its earliest chapters, the events are helping to fill a gap in their respective markets.Bob Cohen, Mansfield and Canton Chapter coordinator, SunDown RunDown “There is limited […]

A former professional baseball player is using logic from America’s favorite game to hit home runs in the real estate business, and it’s being noticed at a national level.The Holden Agency, 28 Park Ave West, was recently named one of 32 finalists for the Most Innovative Real Estate Brokerage title, awarded each year by Inman […]

Being a farmer was not the original life plan for Jay Miller, but those who follow him on social media would never have guessed that.Nearly a decade ago, Jay's brother, Matt Miller, approached him asking to help him farm. Close 1 of 10 Buy Now Noah Jones Buy Now Noah Jones Buy Now Via Farm […]

Two area companies were among six tech startups to receive a share of $225,000 in the round of investments announced by Innovation Fund Northeast Ohio.The startups will use the money to test technologies and prove business models, according to an Innovation Fund news release.O2 RegenTech of Akron, a medical device company focused on easy-to-use wound […]

Sometimes the best startups can be found in the most unusual places. There's a great bastion of entrepreneurial spirit in the hinterlands of Ohio and that's where one particular tech company is solving a staffing problem in the medical field.Michael C. DeAloia (Courtesy photo)Startups in the Hinterland. When one typically thinks of Mansfield, entrepreneurship does […]

Bob Cohen, shared stories of recent start-up business ventures happening right here in Stark County, thanks in large part to the Stark Entrepreneurship Alliance, of which he’s a member. The Stark Entrepreneurship Alliance is a one-stop shop for early-stage and start-up companies in Stark County, OH. The alliance provides assistance in all aspects of creating […]

You know the feeling: What you want to say is really best summed up by a quote from the great George Costanza. Maybe, for example, you need to convey exactly how you feel about getting stuck with the bill for someone else's big salad.But where to find it — especially if you don't want to […]

1. What does your company do?Baloonr removes bias from collaboration and decision-making, so that companies gain access to otherwise unreachable insights.2. What impact are you making? What does this impact look like in 10 years?When developing Baloonr, our team dug into hundreds of studies across the areas of cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience, social science, public […]

Humphryes Manufacturing Co. began their foundry business in 1882, and served as an anchor of Mansfield’s industrial strength for decades making pumps and then cast iron bathtubs and sinks.In the 1950s they consolidated with Borg-Warner and expanded their product lines to include vitreous china; and expanded their industrial sites to include West Fourth Street and […]