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When Travis Behrendsen recently saw a Facebook post concerning the condition of Liberty Park, he did something most people don’t.He stopped scrolling and got involved.“There was a guy who posted on my Facebook feed. He was really concerned about the state of the park, and one of the things he asked for was for the […]

What started out as a hobby for Brian Halasinski is now a promising business, Smoke Staxx Pans LLC in Canton.Last summer, Halasinski started using a round smoker, and he had trouble finding a good, round barbecue pan to go along with it. He began brainstorming with his friend, Kirk Hyust, and in December, the two […]

Regulations aren't always bad for everyone's business — just ask Akron-based Wastebits.The company provides an online platform that helps waste generators, haulers and disposal sites handle many of the logistical challenges of matching waste generators with haulers and getting waste to the most cost effective and appropriate disposal sites. Perhaps more importantly at the moment, […]

Rotunda Scientific Technologies introduced two new advanced research spectrometers today at the Penn State Summer Symposium on Molecular Biology. The new “MiniScope” spectrometers are affordable and provide laboratories with enhanced performance at a fraction of the size and weight of anything commercially available – until now.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: […]

Young insurer Root Insurance is taking a big growth step.The 3-year-old company with a mission to sell insurance exclusively to good drivers received approval on Monday for state tax incentives for a project that is projected add 463 jobs in Columbus over the three years with an annual payroll of $38.9 million. The company currently […]

Root Insurance Co. plans to grow to nearly 550 employees and is moving its headquarters to the 80 on the Commons mixed-use building under construction alongside downtown's Columbus Commons Park, according to City Council documents.Just over two years old, the Columbus auto insurer offers paperless signup and management of a policy through a mobile app, […]

While some of Mesh Integration's neighboring startups sport flashier product displays, Mesh's customized software is doing some heavy lifting behind the scenes in the United States and across Europe.The founders developed Mesh Integration to fill what they saw as a void in the industry - a quick, cost-effective way to streamline and unify all the […]

ASHLAND SOURCE: What would you say has been your top accomplishment as mayor to date?MATT MILLER: I would say first and foremost, one of the things that we talked about a lot during the campaign was being more transparent and openly sharing city business with city residents, city taxpayers.One of the first things we did […]

While the Midwest continues to lag Silicon Valley in the total amount of venture capital raised, there is still progress being made as more of the region’s fast-growing tech startups raise rounds that are closer to Silicon Valley-size.Root Insurance, a Columbus-based car insurance startup that calculates insurance premiums based upon driver behavior, announced today that […]