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MANSFIELD – Three entrepreneurs, including two Richland County residents, pitched business ideas at Tuesday night's Sundown Rundown event.Dozens of potential investors and others crowded into the Old Bag of Nails Pub, 625 Lexington Ave., to hear three business ideas. Each entrepreneur gave a five-minute presentation, followed by a five-minute question-and-answer session, which included audience participation. […]

Matt Miller will be the next mayor of Ashland.Miller, who will take office in January, overwhelmingly defeated fellow City Council member Sandra Tunnell in Tuesday’s general election. Miller received 3,448 votes to 1,070 for Tunnell in unofficial totals released by the Ashland County Board of Elections.Miller, 40, will give up the remainder of his term […]

Radiation is energy that’s being transmitted. Visible light, like the ultraviolet light we receive from the sun, and signals for TV and radio communications are all forms of radiation we encounter every day. It’s useful—we can harness the power of radiation to heat our homes, arm ourselves militarily and combat the growth of cancerous tumors. […]

For all the hoopla around the digital revolution and how much time and money it will save businesses, the reality is it's complicated.Many companies still rely — at least in part — on manual processes. Even those who have digitized nearly every aspect of their workflow struggle to make disparate systems talk with one another. […]

Data is transmitted, stored and neglected across our networks every day. For most of us, this data is largely inconsequential and poses no serious risk. But for businesses dealing with sensitive information, a breach of the network is extremely significant. Customer data such as financial records, social security numbers and other private information, if left […]

Vlipsy, a Canton startup that helps people augment their online communications with video clips that include sound, announced it has raised $1.3 million in seed funding from investors that include JumpStart Inc., North Coast Angel Fund, Impact Angel Fund, Flashstarts, GLIDE and Cox Enterprises Inc.Specific terms of the investments were not disclosed.The funding comes after […]

Fresh off graduation from Techstars Atlanta, Canton-based startup Vlipsy (www.vlipsy.com) has announced $1.3 million in seed funding from multiple investors—including JumpStart Inc., North Coast Angel Fund, Impact Angel Fund and Cox Enterprises—as well as early distribution partnerships with Skype and Viber.Vlipsy offers users short, conversational video clips to share in their online communication—similar to the […]

Telematics insurer Root is in talks with auto manufacturers in search of alternative driver data from connected cars for claims and underwriting.Company CEO Alex Timm says that together, vehicle and insurance data can better inform carriers about driving frequency in real time—taking the speculation of how much policyholders drive away from carriers.Agreements with original equipment […]

A musician, who previously pitched his business idea at a Sundown Rundown event in Mansfield, recently had a chance to share his idea with a national audience.Brandyn Armstrong of Cleveland spoke about his startup company Studio Stick on episode 13 of Steve Harvey's "FUNDERDOME," which aired Sunday, Sept. 24 on ABC, and won $50,000 for […]

Sandra Tunnell and Matt Miller laid out for voters the reasons they should be elected as Mayor of Ashland this November.The two mayoral candidates took part in a debate Thursday night at Ashland High School’s Little Theater sponsored by the Ashland Area Chamber of Commerce. Close 1 of 8 Buy Now Tim Busbey Buy Now […]