SBU commercialization shines at Incubator Showcase
By GREGORY ZELLER // Innovation is always on display at the Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology, but it truly shined this week, when the stars of Stony…
Business Incubator at Calverton
In the iced tea business, some like it hot
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the When You’re Hot, You’re Hot file comes the PeKANT Tea Co., a sort of Nestea plunge for the hot-pepper set. Cofounders Michael Circosta and…
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…
Filling a modest plate, sweetly, at startup Foodcubate
By AMY ONORATO // The food industry is Anna Kotler’s bread and butter. The 20-year marketing veteran built her career working on brand development for food-focused Fortune 500 companies like…
Innovation’s past, present, future at SBU showcase
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is gearing up for its annual business-development victory lap. Hosted by the university’s Office of Economic Development, SBU’s second-annual Incubator Company Showcase is…
New director for busy Business Incubator at Calverton
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s Business Incubator at Calverton has a new head honcho. Chris Kempner, a former executive director of the Town of Riverhead’s Community Development Agency,…
For this niche chef, the bright ideas keep coming
By GREGORY ZELLER // The lightbulb moment was clear. But the lightbulb? That was more happenstance. Entrepreneurial chef Alaila-Lee Lawrence can trace the branches of her Clovesz beverage line straight…
Her sofrito is better, and it’s nothing personal
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Different Definitions of Success file comes Vivian Jarrett, who boasts a dynamite product and a lock-down strategy to keep it quiet. She also has…
For Ms. Michelle’s, no place like HomeGoods
Add HomeGoods to the growing list of regional and national retailers carrying Ms. Michelle’s gluten-free cookies. Just two months after announcing a regional distribution deal with Walmart stores in New…