Five healthy years later, Rockin’ on in Hauppauge
By GREGORY ZELLER // New blood and a new order-fulfillment deal are part of the growth formula for Rockin’ Wellness, a feel-good story dancing to its own tune. Embracing a…
Startups
Exploring the science of recruiting, with savvy
By GREGORY ZELLER // Felicia Fleitman is in no rush. Don’t call her “slow and steady,” because development of her first-ever startup, Westbury-based Savvy Hires, is not going slowly, but…
View from the top, now on the bottom rung
By GREGORY ZELLER // If there’s one thing Corrinne Graham learned from starting at the top, it’s the value of starting at the bottom. A multiple degree-holder – including a…
Beware, bathroom burglars: Shlocker’s locked in
By GREGORY ZELLER // It was the toothbrush on the floor that got him. Tal Berke wouldn’t be the first inventor to think up a new-and-improved product in the shower,…
PreciseLED: Bright lights, big thinking
By GREGORY ZELLER // Changes in the science of lighting gave Daniel Machlis’ inner entrepreneur a bright idea. Working for a Brooklyn-based family business that distributed products – including lighting…
Following crash course, ParqMi shifts into drive
By GREGORY ZELLER // A software startup determined to help you find a parking space is hitting the gas. Fresh off a three-month stint at StartFast, the mentorship-driven “venture accelerator”…
As a brain beverage, Alpha Wolf stands alone
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Future Physician, Heal Thyself file comes the promising tale of Alpha Wolf LLC and its brawn-meets-brains founder, who was really tired of being tired….
A fresh idea that’s doing well (and doing good)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten-thousand donated meals, three boroughs and two ousted competitors later, OurHarvest is still talking fresh. Seems it’s always growing season at the 2014 Hicksville startup, which…
App-maker Science Mobility ready for its close-up
By GREGORY ZELLER // Judy Wieber remembers computing when reel-to-reel mainframes filled entire rooms. Now she’s putting the power in palms through a series of high-minded data-sharing apps, with a…
Infinity, ‘where fashion and function collide’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A 2010 fashion startup is looking to ride a new Kickstarter campaign to infinity – and beyond. Laura Russo didn’t set out to stake a fashion…
A front-row seat to the Hispanic market
By GREGORY ZELLER // Some people want to build walls. Others want to help Hispanics score good seats for the futbol match. Fantástico, a Spanish-speaking online ticket retailer, falls squarely…
Fish-Tank Chemistry 101, Now On Your Phone
By CARL CORRY // Gabriel Ruttner can thank his father for killing his fish – it became the inspiration for a business that’s landing some impressive bites. The president and…
Stopping cyberattacks before they start
By GREGORY ZELLER // Consider Uncle Sam an honorary cofounder of Code Dx Inc. So says Frank Zinghini, founder of the Northport Village spinoff and CEO its parent company, Applied Visions,…
Brew Bus Rolls Through Insurance Roadblock
By GREGORY ZELLER // Running the LI Brew Bus has been an education – and that, according to founder Brad Darrohn, is kind of an important point. Among the primary lessons…
Entrepreneurial success, now snack-sized
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s a good chance your Memorial Day snacks, and other sweet and salty selections in your summer picnic basket, come courtesy of Jake Schmigelski. Forget trying…