By GREGORY ZELLER // Don’t hold your breath, but the world’s first “personal escape respirator” should arrive by spring. Lindenhurst-based Soteria Technologies has secured $200,000 in angel investments and will…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Heather Lehrman has learned a thing or two about Kickstarter campaigns. Her effort to raise $17,000 through the popular crowdfunding site to expand the wares of…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Empire State Development has welcomed a third LaunchPad Huntington-sponsored startup into its Innovation Hot Spot program. The state’s economic-development driver has opened the books for Smithtown-based…
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s not the first time entrepreneur Don Marchon has pivoted, but for surgeons and surgical patients around the world, this one might be the most important….
By GREGORY ZELLER // Entrepreneur James O’Sullivan has reached a critical point familiar to many innovators, particularly those offering digital services: How to monetize your beta-test hit? In O’Sullivan’s case,…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Meet Sanguistat, the corporate face of the latest technology spinning out of Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. For now, Sanguistat is not an Inc….
LaunchPad’s monthly pitch nights are always populated with innovative thinkers promising economic innovation, and the latest installment was no exception. Among others, pitches came from George Kramer, founder and CEO…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Lightning-round business pitches before an audience of potential investors have become the norm. What impressed Dave Calone on Friday was who was listening. Calone, president and…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A “lifetime” in the book business and five-plus years as a parent have led entrepreneur Eric Shmuely to a surprising new development. Literally. Following a “very…
Nomorobo’s alliance with Time Warner Cable is off to a flying start – and more big deals are pending for the Mount Sinai startup. Within five days of Time Warner’s…
By GREGORY ZELLER // From blogs to press releases to 24-hour news cycles, the flow of information is constant. Data isn’t big – it’s incalculably huge, and it’s everywhere, and…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A beta test covering a giant chunk of New York City proved two things to auto-repair innovator Adam Albertelli: A we-bring-the-garage-to-you repair service could work, but…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Industry leaders, inventive entrepreneurs and hungry investors will come together Jan. 22 for the Long Island Capital Alliance’s Healthcare Capital Forum. Featuring lightning-round business-plan presentations –…
Are you a Harvard Business School grad missing Cambridge? Head for Broadway. The school has launched a “Startup Studio” in NYC where entrepreneurial alum can hang out or rent co-working space. The…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nomorobo mobile. Maybe not easy to say three times fast, but it’s happening: Inventor Aaron Foss has cracked the technology necessary for a mobile-phone version of…