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Simply Vague bringing Ohio-focused product line to Polaris
Central Ohioans wanting to shop local soon will have options at all of the area’s major shopping destinations. Simply Vague, which already has a store at the Mall at Tuttle Crossing, is set to open at...
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Salt Mines digs up more co-working space in Columbus
Co-working choices for solopreneurs and small startups are growing in October when the Salt Mines triples its space after less than a year in business. The co-working community that opened in a...
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Pure Barre franchisee opening 3rd fitness studio, adding New Albany to...
Pure Barre calls itself the fastest way to tone the body, but it’s proving to be a speedy way to grow a business as well. The Denver-based workout studio chain was founded in 2001 and only has been...
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Aspiring fashion designer heading to L.A. with crowdfunding support
An aspiring fashion designer from Columbus is taking a big stage next month, thanks in part to crowdfunding. Tina Hughes is taking her startup clothing line, Tina Marie, to L.A. Style Week Oct. 12-18,...
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Entrepreneur says he’s solved small businesses’ e-commerce problem
Mom-and-pop retailers, Harrison Watson feels your online pain. The Columbus founder of Espire Marketing LLC is so confident he has the cure for what ails the online sales presence of small business...
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SBA says smaller businesses getting capital, latest lending totals show
Small Business Administration lending throughout much of Ohio increased in fiscal 2013, but failed to reach levels from two years ago, according to new figures from the SBA’s Columbus district office....
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SBA lending fell during government shutdown in Central Ohio
Government-backed small business lending took a dip throughout much of Ohio last month, a period marked by 17 days of government shutdown. There were 99 deals approved through the Small Business...
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Social media training firm Mindset Digital brings on former Manta CEO Pamela...
Pamela Springer, the former Manta Media Inc. CEO, has invested in and been named CEO of Columbus-based Mindset Digital LLC, which provides professional trainig in social media for Fortune 500...
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Central Ohio down, but statewide home sales still surging
The lack of homes on the market in Columbus is being blamed for contributing to lower sales here, and a continued surge in other Ohio markets seems to lend some support to that. The Ohio Association of...
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Husted says green energy amendment ‘doesn’t make any sense’
The Ohio Ballot Board cleared the way Tuesday for supporters of a clean energy amendment to the state constitution to begin collecting the signatures needed to place their issue on the November 2014...
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Pistacia Vera adds North Market pastry shop
The latest addition to the North Market is a familiar name. Pistacia Vera opened a stall at the Columbus public market Saturday, expanding the pastry and dessert shop from its 6-year-old home base at...
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Ohio State, TechColumbus create $1M investment fund for OSU spinoffs
Ohio State University and TechColumbus are pooling $1 million for seed investments in university spinoffs. Investments can only go to companies based on inventions or processes developed at the school,...
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Business sales saw uptick in Columbus in 2013
More companies were bought and sold in Central Ohio last year, paralleling the country’s increasingly active business-for-sale marketplace, according to BizBuySell.com. A total of 54 transactions were...
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Mizzen & Main getting Super Bowl showcase
Super Bowl XLVIII is creating a big stage for a young Columbus store. Online dress shirt retailer Mizzen & Main will be one of two pop-up shops in New York City’s Saks Fifth Avenue store for Super...
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Meleca Architecture rebrands as David B. Meleca Architects
What’s in a name? Meleca Architecture Inc. has entered its 18th year in business as David B. Meleca Architects LLC. Principal David Meleca told me the name change better reflects the attention smaller...
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Ohio-focused shop Devoted opening at South Campus Gateway next to OSU
South Campus Gateway shopped local for its newest retailer. Andrea and Nate Archibald, owners of Simply Vague stores in the Mall at Tuttle Crossing and Polaris Fashion Place, plan to open a T-shirt...
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Valentine’s Day special: Husband-and-wife e-learning business expanding in...
Just as the economy spiraled into recession in 2008, Ron and Angela Horne started a business “out of necessity.” Not only has it survived, MediaScript LLC just opened an expansion. MediaScript, which...
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Studio 35 and Gateway teaming up in fight against multiplexes
Locally owned theaters assemble! A pair of Columbus movie theaters – Gateway Film Center and Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse – are teaming up in a partnership meant to strengthen both in the face of...
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Central Ohio down, but statewide home sales still surging
Central Ohio down, but statewide home sales still surging
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Husted says green energy amendment ‘doesn’t make any sense’
Husted says green energy amendment ‘doesn’t make any sense’
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