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Now Northeast Ohio has two angel investment funds. A group of 34 individual “angel” investors from Stark County and surrounding areas plan to form the Impact Angel Fund, which aims to invest in high-tech startup companies across the southern portion of Northeast Ohio — from Mansfield to Canton to Youngstown. After rejecting the group's proposal […]

Entrepreneurs have many reasons for launching an enterprise, but Pam Mack’s is unique: Mack wanted to leave a legacy for her grandsons in honor of their deceased mother, Mack’s daughter. Mack’s entrepreneurial enterprise, named L Marie Ltd. in tribute to her daughter, is a certified organic vegetable company with value-added products soon to hit store […]

Steve McKown could easily be considered a serial entrepreneur. Owner of Tan Pro West in Mansfield, McKown has expanded his business horizon by opening MoCoopinz, a full service company providing mobile marketing.MoCoopinz provides kiosks that are easy to use, noted McKown. A customer simply inputs their cell phone number. The system will then tell them […]

Bryan Burton, the entrepreneur behind digFlat Media, wanted to offer an affordable online presence to area businesses when he launched on Jan. 1 this year.“Simply put,” said Burton, “we build websites. But beyond the websites, we are trying to help them establish a good presence online. Whether it be with the websites, their Google listings, […]

InfoGPS Networks, LLC may be the newest innovation in the ever growing field of “Big Data.” The ability to tag and track data, to know where one’s information is, and to prevent it from being lost is a demand InfoGPS hopes to fill.“We’d like to consider InfoGPS to not be a data security company. We’re […]

Area entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, and community supporters turned out in force Wednesday evening for Mansfield’s second SunDown RunDown, held at the Old Bag of Nails Pub on Lexington Avenue. SunDown RunDown is a community event that allows entrepreneurs five minutes to pitch an idea or product followed by five minutes of questions from the audience.Wednesday’s […]

Braintree Business Development Center hosted its monthly Agribusiness breakfast Friday at the Der Dutchman restaurant in Bellville. The topic this month was “Centralized Operational Web-based-technologies Promoting Animal Traceability and Health” (COWPATH), featuring speaker Donald Sanders, entrepreneur, consultant, and United States Air Force (USAF) veteran.COWPATH represents a collaborative effort between The Ohio State University College of […]

Figg’s Liquid Innovations is expanding their product offering. Founder Korinna Goettel held a taste test last month in Bellville to determine the formula that will become Figg’s newest item: a refreshing beverage in a 16 ounce container.Currently, the company produces Figg’s Apple Pie, a non-alcoholic cocktail mix made from Ohio apple cider. The details of […]

Entrepreneurs Willie Davis and Dr. Samantha Kurtz have come full circle:  from early careers in criminal justice, diversification into other career paths, and back to the criminal justice field. This time, however, it is with their own venture: Right Time, a faith based, for-profit initiative to help reintegrate offenders into society.Right Time has developed, and is […]

MANSFIELD — State evaluators expressed concerns last fall that Braintree Business Development Center has not fostered many business start-ups in technology fields, but does well with other start-ups.Ohio's "Third Frontier" Commission recently awarded $450,000 in grants to Braintree, saying staff has done a good job promoting traditional business start-ups and the region needs a boost. […]