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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 […]

The Ohio Third Frontier program is looking to approve spending at least $82 million before the end of 2019.The 17-year-old program, which has spent more than $2 billion to stimulate new business development, awaits decisions from the administration of Gov. Mike DeWine on its future. Earlier this summer, the Ohio Development Services Agency released requests […]

I’ve written about a conflict that exists between inventors and patent attorneys. I’ve been a little hard on them, even. But there’s more than one side to every story of course. With that in mind, I interviewed two patent attorneys I know who have a great reputation among independent inventors about their practices.Let me be […]

Amy Hiner can thank her mischievous 2-year-old boy and an aging, but still rambunctious dog for the inspiration to start her first business.The Ontario mother launched Gate Genie earlier this year, a business selling fashionable, but affordable fabric covers for child and pet safety gates."Initially, I wasn't using safety gates. I refused to use them […]