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A cornerstone of Long Island journalism for the past two decades, Innovate Long Island founder and Publisher John Kominicki passed away early Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 62….
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Applied DNA is talking Turkey (and West Africa, too)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Applied DNA Sciences is in one of those modes again: another week, another big leap into a potentially lucrative geographic or vertical market. This week, it’s…
Debrief: Feinstein’s busy Bouton strengthens his grip
It’s been a busy two years since Chad Bouton left independent R&D giant Battelle and hitched his wagon to the Feinstein Center for Medical Research, joining forces with bioelectronics pioneer…
Northwell sings the praises of $15 million CHIOR
Heralding “an incubator for innovation,” Michael Dowling and the Northwell Health system have opened the doors of the Center for Health Innovations and Outcomes Research. Dowling, president and CEO of…
The case of the $2M (and counting) stay-home dad
By GREGORY ZELLER // Philip Smith follows plenty of leads. It makes sense the Port Jefferson native and lifelong Suffolk County resident would land in the lead-generation business. Smith is…
With first national campaign, an even bigger Mission
By GREGORY ZELLER // Sprinting out of the Walk Before You Can Run File comes Dean DeCarlo, who’s landed a first-ever national account for his upstart digital-marketing firm Mission Disrupt…
As biopharma blossoms, ace DNA producer locks in
By GREGORY ZELLER // Applied DNA Sciences has long proclaimed textiles – your cotton shirt, your leather shoes and the industries that produce them – as its primary vertical market,…
E-whupped retail developers extoll mixed-use planning
By GREGORY ZELLER // The experts have spoken, and their message about the future of retail real estate is clear: Mix it up. Faced with rising e-retail options and dwindling…
Topspin finds an inspirational Remedy in NYC
A Long Island-born investment fund with a taste for tech has acquired an award-winning Manhattan-based digital health platform. Topspin Partners, formerly headquartered in Roslyn Heights and now based in Mamaroneck,…
In $2 million startup, 11,000 wines and one full circle
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the latest cog in a multistate corporate wheel likely to spin past $3 billion in revenue next year, Total Wine Spirits & More is not…
Comtech inks $96.2M in new emergency-call contracts
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-based communications cornerstone will manage a 911 emergency network and wireless 911 services affecting millions of U.S. customers, according to a series of new…
Northwell’s ‘Health Story’ dives into Maria’s devastation
Northwell Health’s latest “Health Story” takes listeners into the heart of the storm, both literally and figuratively. The newest episode of the New Hyde Park-based health system’s monthly podcast follows…
Island gets the lead out, with Albany’s help
By GREGORY ZELLER // Four Long Island projects are included in a $20 million state funding package for municipal projects replacing residential water-service lines made from lead. Twenty-six individual projects…
Nassau IDA incentives snag NYC tech firm
A New York City-based tech firm will relocate to Port Washington, bringing 163 existing jobs and creating 255 more. Lured by an economic-development incentives package from the Nassau County Industrial…
Northwell innovators think outside the box, and in
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bioelectronics and “smart” tech won the day in the Northwell Health 2017 Innovation Challenge. The challenge, which invited the New Hyde Park-based health system’s 63,000-plus employees…