LIA leaders still set a high bar, almost a century later
By TOM MARINER // Since its 1926 inception, the Long Island Association has played a pivotal role in shaping Long Island’s economic, social and political landscapes – and leadership has…
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No. 748: Great French chefs, Great White Fleets, great big robots and science that will make you blush
Take your pick: Welcome to Friday, friends, and not just any Friday but the last Friday of Fall 2022 – Winter officially starts Wednesday, with a loaded holiday lineup…
Five-year NYSTAR boost backs Accelerate Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A reborn regional commercialization collaboration has received a $1.25 million boost from New York State. Accelerate Long Island is one of five Innovation Hot Spots recognized…
No. 672: On plumbers, paper-pushers and daring directors, with mulberry pulp and oatmeal waffles
That’s encouraging: It’s Friday, dear readers, and you’ve nearly completed another busy week of socioeconomic innovation. Just one more day to go, so let’s dig deep and finish strong…
Old friend takes the reins as Accelerate LI retools
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Can’t Keep a Good Commercialization Organization Down file comes Accelerate Long Island, which is charging forward with new leadership and a new business-building mission….
As LI’s legal landscape shifts, Nixon Peabody adds Sini
By GREGORY ZELLER // Timothy Sini has enjoyed some lofty perches in his storied legal career – and that definitely includes the former Suffolk County district attorney’s new home. Sini,…
Large buy-in has DepYmed eyeing huge clinical trials
By GREGORY ZELLER // Farmingdale pharmaceutical firm DepYmed is no stranger to capital investments – but a new infusion might be enough to push the rare-disease innovator over the commercialization…
IDA eyes better (maybe not bigger) StartUp Connect
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the hottest nights of the year at The Paramount is coming Oct. 3, with nobody whatsoever set to take the stage. But don’t let…
Lesko leaves, so Hofstra Entrepreneurship Sikes up
By GREGORY ZELLER // The student has become the master at Hofstra University, where Stacey Sikes is the new executive dean of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Sikes succeeds former Executive…
Envisagenics’ artificial intelligence wows real investors
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re on a major roll at Envisagenics Inc., a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory spinoff that’s piling up some hefty research grants. Now based in New York…
Heavy-hitting LI BioMentor Initiative makes it official
By GREGORY ZELLER // A high-octane effort to unite regional bioentrepreneurs with qualified business mentors has formally launched – though the Long Island BioMentor Initiative is already quite busy. The…
Debrief: Red flags, high hopes from Master Faltischek
When Innovate LI last debriefed Long Island Angel Network Chairman Michael Faltischek in May 2015, the LIAN already boasted a significant legacy: 600-plus financing applications reviewed, in excess of $5…
Infrastructure, Big Data: It’s all in a day for busy Bill
By GREGORY ZELLER // These are busy days for William Biamonte, a forward-thinking entrepreneur with multiple oars in promising waters. Bustling Bill heads not one but two startups with breakout…
Debrief: Accelerating with Peter Donnelly
Not to be confused with the Accelerate Long Island Seed Fund is the Accelerate New York Seed Fund, an all-new endowment operating under the auspices of nonprofit regional-commercialization booster Accelerate…
ThermoLift inks GTI collaboration deal
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook-based startup ThermoLift has a powerful new ally as it prepares second-phase testing of its revolutionary heating/cooling pump for the rigors of proof-of-concept testing. In…