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For an athlete, speed can be the difference between a casual hobby and a shot at a scholarship or a professional career. So why are the tools athletes use to improve their quickness often so clunky and outdated? That’s the problem Todd Kelley of Aspire Technologies is trying to fix. Aspire works with various resistance-based […]

Fledgling company Balloon announced today that it has raised $2.1 million in seed funding, led by angel investor Jason Calacanis, who was an early investor in Uber. Balloon, however, has nothing to do with the sharing economy. Rather it is a workplace communication platform similar to Slack but anonymous so co-workers can share ideas without […]

After weeks of anticipation, the Richland Area Chamber has named Baker’s Collision Repair and Hess Industries Ltd. the winners of this year’s Small Business of the Year award.Hess Industries received the honor in the 14 or fewer employees category; Baker’s in the 15 or more employees category.The two businesses were honored along with four additional […]

JumpStart, which has offices in Cleveland and Toledo, led the proposal to the state’s “Entrepreneurial Services Program,” program, part of Third Frontier. The state awards money to organizations with a proven track record of boosting technology-based start-ups, whether through money, office space or other services.JumpStart in Cleveland received $26.5 million, and the organization in Toledo […]

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission approved $76.85 million to startup and early-stage technology companies statewide to help accelerate the commercialization of institution-owned technologies, according to a statement from the Ohio Development Service Agency.Under the Ohio Third Frontier Entrepreneurial Services Provider Program (ESP), $26.5 million in grants were awarded to JumpStart Inc. to help entrepreneurs in […]

“At Farm Fare, we help small- and medium-sized family farms, usually between 15 and 50 acres, gain access to markets like hospitals, public schools and universities,” said co-founder and CEO Cullen Naumoff. “We help regional food hubs collaborate and provide farms with data that tells them exactly what to plant based on what those institutions […]

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:Revenue potentialLeadership teamBrand/product tractionCompetitive landscapeAdditionally, all companies must be independent (un-acquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.Farm Fare […]

Taking ownership of DECA Manufacturing is really the culmination of 15 years of work for Haring. He had always known he wanted to be an entrepreneur of some kind, and now, everything has come full circle.“I’m finally getting where I’ve always wanted to go,” he said. “This transition has been pivotal in my life.”As both […]

Dozens of big ideas were presented Tuesday night at the second annual Richland Idea Audition, but the best -- as determined by a panel of judges -- was presented by a detective from the Mansfield Police Department .Ryan Anschutz and his girlfriend, Nichole Minnich, won $5,000 for their new business, Big Iron Concealment, which provides […]

Root had already been valued at more than $1 billion with $150 million raised in two rounds last year, also the highest in the state for 2018. Statewide Ohio startups set a record last year for a combined $1 billion in VC funding, according to JobsOhio. That's for hundreds of deals.Before this latest round, Timm's […]