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Jessica Carver, a mother of four, Carver found her passion for baking when decorating cakes for her children. The oldest is now 17. "So I started with my kid's birthday cakes and then friends asked, 'Why don't you do mine?' And it kind of blossomed from there," Carver said. She has made dozens of cakes, […]

About the time Victoria Norris-Diez announced she would be a Democratic mayoral candidate in Mansfield, she got a call from the Fox News Channel about featuring her e-commerce product on TV.Rather than worry about her NytStnd product appearing on the conservative show "Fox & Friends," Norris-Diez decided it made perfect sense.It made even more sense […]

According to Darlene Mast, I’ve traveled quite a bit, and I want to bring all of that back here," Mast said. She doesn't consider herself a "foodie," but when she travels, she makes a point to stop by bakeries and sample their selections. "I take pictures of every bakery I go to," Mast said. "I […]

Security professionals across all industries face a common challenge: they cannot protect data if they don’t know where it is kept. The simple reality is that risk stakeholders at most organizations do not know what data is on their network. In turn, this knowledge gap makes it difficult to prioritize often-limited information security resources. The […]

“NECIC has received funding to provide training, technical assistance, and microloans to small startup organizations,” said Executive Director Deanna West-Torrence. Loans may range up to $1,000, and poor credit may not be a barrier, she added. In fact, the program’s goal is to assist potential low-income and minority small business owners in exploring the concepts […]

A food system intervention project developed by Dr. Kent “Kip” Curtis, a professor at The Ohio State University at Mansfield, has made it to the final stage of the Alliance for the American Dream competition.Along with two other projects, this unique collaboration between community partners and The Ohio State University, will advance to Phoenix, Arizona […]

Silicon Valley remains the undisputed leader of the U.S. startup scene. But 2018 also left some investors envious of the exits taking place in other parts of the country — with Cisco acquiring Michigan’s Duo Security for $2.35 billion and SAP acquiring Qualtrics for $8 billion.This year proved that big exits in “nontraditional” tech hubs […]

Victoria Norris-Diez has announced her candidacy for the Mayor of Mansfield in the 2019 election.She is a local entrepreneur of NytStnd, an e-commerce business that designs and manufactures charging docks geared towards Apple products at Braintree in downtown Mansfield. The product is sold exclusively online and launched in 2015. NytStnd was featured in the 2018 […]

The billion-dollar startup that by far has raised the most venture capital backing in Central Ohio since the 1990s had not one but two of the biggest rounds of 2018 after unofficially leading last year's pack.Root Inc. raised $51 million in March and $100 million in August. The second round set a unicorn-level valuation of […]

MANSFIELD – The Old Bag of Nails Pub bustled with excitement Tuesday evening as three entrepreneurs prepared to pitch their business ideas at Sundown Rundown.A college student, a recent college graduate and a stay-at-home mom each were allotted five minutes to share their idea and an additional five minutes to take questions from the audience, […]