No. 1,000: The more things change…
Welcome, intrepid innovators, to Wednesday and a landmark edition of your favorite innovation newsletter, and to a momentous day in Innovate Long Island history. It’s mindboggling that more than…
Marlene McDonnell
No. 968: On senior homes, junior electricians and a decade of innovation, brought to you by you
That’s so 2015: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday, but the last Wednesday – the last day, in fact – of April 2025. This is significant…
Welcome to Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast
The home of exceptional thought in Nassau and Suffolk and beyond goes one-on-one with regional innovation leaders – starting with Marlene McDonnell, the right president at the right time for…
The coronavirus ate our awards show
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you thought banning travel to Europe and suspending the NBA season were big deals, hope you’re sitting down. Yes, the nefarious pandemic that closed Italy,…
In our Roaring Twenties reboot, innovation rules
A new year? For sure. A new decade? That’s debatable. But whether you see Jan. 1 as the beginning of the end or simply a new beginning, this much is…
Mirabella bows, generations change at the LIBDC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A “council of elders” works great in the movies, but for 21st century business development, only fresh thinking will do. This is Edward Mirabella’s mindset, at…
New era, same mission as golden LIBDC plans ahead
By GREGORY ZELLER // Invention, and reinvention. They are the manifestation of creativity and the heart of innovation. True today, on a Long Island staking a claim as a leading…
USPTO, regional forces unite for Long Island inventors
By GREGORY ZELLER // Innovators, assemble – the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office is coming to Long Island. In another bringing-the-mountain-to-Mohammed moment, the USPTO is partnering with Farmingdale State College…
Morning of a thousand stars
(Photos by Bob Giglione) A dazzling array of sensational scientists, energetic entrepreneurs and regional rainmakers gathered April 24 for the 2018 Innovator of the Year Awards. Innovate Long Island’s third-annual…