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StartFast gears up for second annual Demo Day event
SYRACUSE — StartFast Venture Accelerator’s second Demo Day, set for Thursday, Aug. 22 at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse, promises to be bigger and better than last year’s inaugural event. The gathering, which features technology companies pitching themselves to investors after spending the summer participating in StartFast, sold out the Everson Museum auditorium last […]
Kishmish continues growth trend
SYRACUSE — With a newly created leadership position to head up the sales and marketing department, network and IT services provider Kishmish, Inc. is on track to generate double-digit growth this year. Founded in 1999, Syracuse–based Kishmish (www.kishmish.com) has produced steady growth yearly since its inception, averaging sales increases between 28 and 30 percent
NFIB: small-business optimism up ‘marginally’ in July
Small-business optimism “sighed” in July, with a monthly index that measures the optimism up 0.6 points for a reading of 94.1, according to the National
Mid-York Press thrives in sluggish economy
SHERBURNE — “Nothing gives me cardiac arrest anymore,” says Robert W. Tenney, president and CEO of Mid-York Press, Inc., a printing and packaging firm located in Chenango County. Tenney rolls his eyes as he thinks back to his first day as president of the Sherburne–based business in November 1982. At age 23, and just six
Associates for Women’s Medicine opens location in Camillus
CAMILLUS — Associates for Women’s Medicine (AWM), which provides obstetrics and gynecology services, has opened a new location in Camillus, the fifth site for the
Retired couple purchases Clinton bed and breakfast
CLINTON — David (Dave) and Ellen Varecka on Wednesday announced their purchase of The Arbor Inn, a bed and breakfast (B&B) in Clinton that has
Anaren profit, revenue rise in latest quarter
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) reported net income of $3.4 million during its fiscal fourth quarter ending June 30, up 15 percent from the
SBA offers disaster loans for Upstate flood victims
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on Friday announced Upstate flood victims, including those in the Mohawk Valley, can apply for low-interest disaster loans.
Pinnacle grows assets 189 percent in six years
SYRACUSE — On May 22, Pinnacle Investments, LLC, announced that James A. Mirabito of Binghamton had moved his wealth-management practice to Pinnacle. “The plan is to open a Binghamton office by the third quarter of this year,” says Michael R. Gagliardi, a senior vice president for branch management with the firm. “Binghamton will be our
Express Employment Professionals to open location in New Hartford
NEW HARTFORD — Express Employment Professionals, a franchise that focuses on helping people find jobs and providing human-resources services for businesses, announced it plans to
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