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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 […]

Many entrepreneurs know their jobs aren’t 9 to 5. Their work doesn’t stop after the sun goes down.Knowing this, Paul Proffitt of Columbus began the Sundown Rundown Group, a program that began offering evening pitch events in May 2013. It started in Columbus and has since expanded into Mansfield, Akron, Canton and Youngstown.“When we started […]

The Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law is joining with Attorney General Mike DeWine's CyberOhio Business Summit to present two days of collaborative learning between technology, business, law and government, cutting-edge topical discussions and engaging keynotes from national leaders.

Ohio recommended 320 census tracts (25% of 1,280 eligible tracts), its full allocation. The three Mansfield tracts were the sole Richland County recommendations.Based on the timeline outlined in legislation, the Ohio Development Services Agency reached out to local units of governments from municipalities to county commissioners, local development professionals, development organizations, port authorities, and more. […]