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Program to train domestic violence victims in entrepreneurship
SYRACUSE — The WISE Women’s Business Center, Vera House, Inc., and Syracuse University’s South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) are launching a program to help Central
Business Plan Competition finalists named
BINGHAMTON — The Binghamton Local Development Corporation (BLDC) named nine finalists in the 2012 BLDC/Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP) Business Plan Competition. “We had a great
Competitions award seed funding
SYRACUSE — The third annual Emerging Talk event brought 37 startup companies more than $150,000 in seeding funding. The event took place March 29 and
Small business optimism dips in March, halts six-month climb
Small business owners soured on their prospects for the future during March, according to a monthly survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business
Nirvana lands SBA loan for new equipment
BOONVILLE — Nirvana, Inc. will receive a $4.3 million Small Business Administration loan to expand the business and create 60 new jobs. The bottled-water company
EI focuses on website marketing
ENDICOTT — With a new website and a new quarterly electronic newsletter, Endicott Interconnect Technologies (EI) is hoping to continue its bounce back from the
Layoff leads to new business venture
VESTAL — After spending 36 years working in the electronics industry, John Giangrieco is finally doing something he always wanted to do — run his own business. Giangrieco spent 34 years working at Universal Instruments, a Conklin–based provider of automation and assembly equipment products for the electronics-manufacturing industry, before the company downsized and left him
Small-business optimism edges up in February
Small-business owners became slightly more optimistic in February, raising their hopes for future sales but taking a darker view of general business conditions. Those are the results of the Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a small-business association with members in Washington, D.C. and all 50 state capitals. The
Excell Partners adds cash award to Pre-Seed Workshops
Excell Partners is launching a new component to the regular Pre-Seed workshops held throughout upstate New York. Excell, a state-supported venture fund that invests in early-stage firms, presented the first ever Excell Challenge award to a team from Syracuse University (SU) at a Pre-Seed Workshop held in Syracuse in March. The award recognizes the team
Fulton Cos. gets National Grid grant for expansion project
PULASKI — The Fulton Companies announced it has received a $221,000 capital-investment incentive grant from National Grid for infrastructure improvements to support the company’s 112,000-square-foot
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