The Debrief: Dan Polner, go-to incubator guy
As incubator advocate – yes, that’s the actual title – in Stony Brook University’s vast business-development ecosystem, Dan Polner is a busy man. A 20-year finance professional (Berenson & Co….
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It’s crunch time for Decision Nutrition
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a chip off the old fitness-nutrition multimedia empire. Great Neck-based Decision Nutrition, which husband-and-wife power duo Keren and Jonathan Gilbert have nurtured into a national…
A&Z plans $4.9M Hauppauge expansion
A&Z Pharmaceutical, a maker of dietary supplements for the Chinese market, plans a $4.9 million expansion at its two buildings in the Hauppauge Industrial Park. The firm plans to construct…
An app for the unforgiving world of co-parenting
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Moiety App is an out-of-the-blocks sensation, with 45,000 Facebook “likes,” a burgeoning following on BlogPress and a just-announced partnership with Brighter Children, a charity supporting…
Telemedicine startup Call9 dials into LI
By GREGORY ZELLER // Call9, a Silicon Valley startup and Y Combinator star, has relocated its doctors-on-demand service for nursing homes to Long Island, with a planned push into dozens…
Big growth in the ag-tech sector
Funding in the ag-tech sector nearly doubled in 2015, with more than $4.5 billion invested in everything from food e-commerce platforms to farm-2-consumer services, cannabis technology and drones used in…
Kordeleski, back at the cutting edge
By GREGORY ZELLER // Kirk Kordeleski is back. The former CEO of Bethpage Federal Credit Union might argue that he’s been back for quite some time: He launched Syosset-based community-banking…
Verint buys Virginia ‘customer care’ firm
Verint Systems Inc. has acquired a Virginia-based cloud- and mobile-solutions firm, moving the Melville software company a step closer to global actionable-intelligence supremacy. The undisclosed deal for Contact Solutions, a…
The Economic Justice Tour, Long Island, Feb. 23, 2016
The Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice rolled through Long Island on Tuesday. The Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury was one of the first three stops on the…
Re-invention and finding a little Wuggle room
By GREGORY ZELLER // An attorney and inventor trying to help Long Island spread its innovative wings has finalized a big deal involving a plush-toy powerhouse and a global toy…
Woman entrepreneur? You wanna go to Graceland
Women run almost 9.5 million businesses in the United States, racking up annual revenues of $1.5 trillion and employing more than 8 million workers. So where’s the best spot for…
Solar jumped 17% in 2015, topping natural gas
The United States installed 7,286 megawatts of solar power in 2015, the largest total ever and a 17 percent jump over 2014. In another first, solar additions topped the expansion…
Stony Brook gets mobile transfusion certification
In a New York State first, Stony Brook University Hospital’s ambulance service has been approved to administer blood transfusions on the road. The certification allows standard ambulance crews to administer…
The Debrief: Carol Lane has a few capital ideas
The Long Island Capital Alliance’s quarterly Capital Forums are increasingly hot tickets for entrepreneurs and investors, thanks primarily to Carol Lane, who’s been organizing the schmear-and-schmooze breakfast networkers since taking…
MindYolk’s incredible Brazilian dry dock project
By GREGORY ZELLER // A third-party networking connection has taken MindYolk Animation Studios to Brazil – and brought an ambitious ship-repair consortium’s $530 million dream dock to life. At least,…