By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s become vogue for research institutions to staff “entrepreneurs-in-residence,” experienced innovators who can help science-based startups find their commercial footing, because they’ve been there and done…
The Food and Drug Administration has rescheduled a critical public hearing on potential regulations for the burgeoning stem cell industry. “Request for Comments – Draft Guidances Relating to the Regulation…
By GREGORY ZELLER // There are good signs at Web4Sign, where everything is proceeding as planned. The graphometrically inclined Italian import has completed its move into Stony Brook University’s Center…
By GREGORY ZELLER // The irony is not lost on Salvatore Asaro. The president and CEO of Hauppauge-based Botticelli Foods recognizes the dichotomy in using social media, smartphone apps and…
By JOHN KOMINICKI // New Hyde Park resident Mary Putre is on the waiting list for “Shark Tank,” the insanely popular TV show on which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Special delivery from 1-800-Flowers: The national retailer has launched an automated “chatbot” that can answer questions, make gift suggestions and process orders through Facebook Messenger. The…
By GREGORY ZELLER // ExcelAire has landed in Oakland. Actually, the MacArthur Airport-based charter-flight manager has maintained and operated a privately owned Legacy 600 jet based at California’s Oakland International…
The Geek Squad is getting a little less geeky. Best Buy’s technical support unit will begin replacing its signature Volkswagen Beetles with Toyota’s Prius C hybrids, the company announced, each…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island public affairs veteran Anthony Manetta has hitched his wagon to legal powerhouse Harris Beach. The former executive director of the Suffolk County Industrial Development…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A modest grant from the Workforce Development Institute could help a longtime Long Island innovator hit the big time with an ultra-efficient drive system. Named by…
A partnership between the New York Power Authority and Talisen Technologies has been named a 2016 winner of the Grid Edge Awards, which recognize the top 20 companies or projects…
The interns aren’t the only ones doing the learning at ZimmEdU. Every semester, in addition to administrative help around the office, guest lectures from PR and media professionals and other…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A big win before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board will keep a versatile biomedical-research and drug-discovery tool in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s possession. The…
The National Academy of Inventors is coming to Stony Brook University. The NAI will officially introduce an SBU chapter Monday in a campus installation ceremony that also inaugurates 30 university…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten teams of innovative Long Island collegians are a little bit richer and a little bit closer to their dreams of commercial success. Entrepreneurial squads from…