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SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Local Ties Matter in Business Success
MANLIUS, N.Y. — In the small-business community, we always talk about networking, connections, and working with trusted partners. That has never been truer than when
Application period opens for third year of Grow-NY business competition
The application window for the 2021 Grow-NY business competition is now open for submissions. Grow-NY is a business competition that focuses on “enhancing the emerging
Utica’s Be a Neighbor Fund awards final grant to Irwin’s Fine Food
UTICA, N.Y. — Irwin’s Fine Food of Utica will use a $3,000 grant from the Greater Utica Be a Neighbor Fund. Irwin’s represents the “fifth
Rome firm to add jobs with new $5M manufacturing facility
ROME, N.Y. — Cold Point Corporation of Rome plans to create up to 15 additional jobs “in the near term,” following the completion of its
CEDA helps new Hispanic market get off the ground in Auburn
AUBURN, N.Y. — When Robert and Elizabeth Quezada, immigrants from Ecuador, were looking to start their own family business, a new Hispanic market, in Auburn
CenterState CEO starts site with diversity, equity, & inclusion tools for business
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO recently launched a new website offering a series of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) tools for Central New York businesses,
New SBA administrator Guzman selects chief of staff
Isabella Casillas Guzman, the new Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), on April 1 announced Antwaun Griffin will serve as the agency’s new
VIEWPOINT: Seven Great Ways to Create a Really Inclusive Workplace
In a recent article in Harvard Business Review, Elisabeth Kelan writes about “gender fatigue,” which she describes as the phenomenon of people acknowledging that gender
VIEWPOINT: The Work-From-Home Vs. Return-To-Office Debate
What employees, bosses should consider Many Americans have been working from home full time for a year now since COVID-19 hit the U.S. And many
LED lighting products business formally opens Rome location
ROME, N.Y. — Green Ignite, LLC, a business sells an array of LED light bulbs, lamps, and other products, has formally opened its new location
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