As a brain beverage, Alpha Wolf stands alone
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Future Physician, Heal Thyself file comes the promising tale of Alpha Wolf LLC and its brawn-meets-brains founder, who was really tired of being tired….
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A fresh idea that’s doing well (and doing good)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten-thousand donated meals, three boroughs and two ousted competitors later, OurHarvest is still talking fresh. Seems it’s always growing season at the 2014 Hicksville startup, which…
Women take the lead in entrepreneurial activity
U.S. startup activity jumped 15 percent over the past two years, led by growth among women, millennials and minorities, according to a just-out report from the Kauffman Foundation, which has been…
Hofstra, SCCC land entrepreneur training funds
Hofstra University and Suffolk Community College are in line for grants of about $81,000 each to help local entrepreneurs write business plans, attract financing and develop markets. The money comes…
App-maker Science Mobility ready for its close-up
By GREGORY ZELLER // Judy Wieber remembers computing when reel-to-reel mainframes filled entire rooms. Now she’s putting the power in palms through a series of high-minded data-sharing apps, with a…
Entrepreneurial success, now snack-sized
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s a good chance your Memorial Day snacks, and other sweet and salty selections in your summer picnic basket, come courtesy of Jake Schmigelski. Forget trying…
Real estate by the techies, for the techies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Tech companies are their own corporate species, including their unique habitats. That’s the professional assessment of Ross Selinger, a commercial real estate veteran who’s spent 26…
5 incubators, 40 startups, one big showcase
The full calendar is here. Stony Brook University’s vast business-development ecosystem will take a bow, and enjoy a healthy dose of self-promotion, during the university’s first-ever Business Incubator Showcase. The…
Half of U.S. unicorns founded by immigrants
Immigrants launched more than half of U.S.-based startups valued at $1 billion or more according to a new study by the non-partisan National Foundation for American Policy. The 44 companies…
The Lesson: Big markets mean big startup costs
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Good Problem to Have Department comes ClipFix, the Commack tech startup looking to conquer the world one busted modular plug at a time. Since…
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…
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…
Brought to you by the letters V and C
Sesame Workshop and the Collaborative Fund are launching a $10 million fund to invest in startups focused on technology that advances children’s education, health, nutrition and development. Sesame Workshop is…
Sam Altman is, no surprise, focused and intense
Sam Altman is the just-turned-30 president of Y Combinator, the world’s most prestigious accelerator and the booster behind $30 billion worth of startups, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Zenefits and Stripe. He…
Fred Dunwoody has the write stuff
By GREGORY ZELLER // Fred Dunwoody’s decades in the sales divisions of major-league imaging firms like Canon, Minolta and Konica taught him the future wasn’t in the copiers they sold…