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Small business optimism posts increase in April
Optimism increased among small business owners in April, rebounding from a drop in March, according to a monthly index from the National Federation of Independent
Former CEO of furniture supplier joins e2e board
ITHACA — Peter Cohen, a co-managing director of 22 Holdings Corp., is now a member of the board of directors at e2e Materials. 22 Holdings
SOUTH EDMESTON — Greek yogurt maker Chobani is this year’s winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2012 Entrepreneurial Success of the Year Award. KeyBank,
OnRoute Digital launches mobile-marketing product
SYRACUSE — A new Syracuse company has launched a software platform for mobile marketing that its leaders intend to spread around the country and the world. Co-founders Noel Bonk and Shane Bogardus began working on the company, OnRoute Digital Media, LLC, three years ago. They first met while working together on a project for Bonk’s
M&T CEO details importance of small business to the economy
Small businesses remain a key piece of the U.S. economy, but they are struggling to create as many jobs as they have in the past, M&T Bank Corp (NYSE: MTB) Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers said. Wilmers focused his April 17 annual message to M&T shareholders on the importance of small businesses and some of
Students take home awards in Panasci competition
SYRACUSE — A website launched in Syracuse in October that now has more than 4,000 users won the first place $25,000 prize in the annual
Business contest winner MicroGen plans for growth
ITHACA — MicroGen Systems, Inc. expects hiring this year in the wake of winning the $200,000 grand prize in the Creative Core Emerging Business Competition. The company, based in Ithaca, plans to add four to five new employees this year to its current staff of five. MicroGen had been a finalist in the Creative Core
Advanced Business Systems opens Syracuse branch
EAST SYRACUSE — The office-technology company Advanced Business Systems, Inc. is opening its first branch office in an East Syracuse building it purchased in March. Advanced Business Systems acquired the 5,300-square-foot former United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 624 building at 714 W. Manlius St. in a deal that closed March 27. It is the company’s
CNY Mobile Billboards takes advertising to the streets
SYRACUSE — You could say that Derek Zehr traffics in advertisements. Zehr is the operating partner of CNY Mobile Billboards, a Syracuse–based firm that rents out space on billboards mounted on the back of trucks. The billboards can reach territory not covered by other advertisements, Zehr says. “You can’t throw us away and you can’t
Brothers band together to start music store in Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Two brothers are trying to amp up retail outlets for musicians in Central New York with a new store located off Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse. The brothers, Ryan Gorham and Brad Gorham, opened Gorham Brothers Music at 118 Seeley Road in December. The Gorhams, members of the rock band Engineer — Ryan
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