Entrepreneur Radhika Reddy encouraging more NE Ohio companies to do business...
With a new pro-business prime minister in India, Radhika Reddy said it's a great time to try to woo businesses to expand to Cleveland, and for Cleveland businesses to export products to India. Team...
View ArticleFirstEnergy could improve power plants without direct PUCO control
FirstEnergy wants to add another $464 million to customers bills during the next 31 months in order to make sure Davis-Besse and the coal-fired Sammis plants survive competition with cheap electricity...
View ArticleWhat should be done with the former Lake Shore power plant land? The Beat (poll)
After demolition, what should be done with FirstEnergy's former Lake Shore power plant land? Tell us in today's business poll. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- FirstEnergy announced over the weekend that it is...
View ArticleWhat else would you like to see come to the Flats? The Beat (poll)
A change in ownership for an old institution, a cool new "eatertainment" experience, and more housing options are just a few of the recent happenings in the Flats area of the city. What else would you...
View ArticleArhaus furniture investing $43 million in its retail future with new...
Arhaus, with 57 stores nationwide and 13 more planned by the end of 2016, is consolidating its corporate offices, distribution center and warehouses into a single massive 770,000-square-foot building...
View ArticleLGBT small businesses getting a diversity boost with corporate vendor support...
Little-known outreach efforts by the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce are getting attention from the Small Business Administration to help mirror initiatives aimed at creating economic...
View ArticleDrilling for wind: LEEDCo fields international geotechnial team 10 miles...
The Lake Erie Energy Development Co. has assembled an international team of engineers to figure out if the non-profit company can use a new, lower cost foundation for the six turbines it wants to...
View ArticleHow Hugo Boss plant became Keystone Tailored Manufacturing: Made in America...
This is a Labor Day story about how the improbable can become the possible. The old Hugo Boss plant now has new life as Keystone Tailored Manufacturing, which is part of W Diamond. The union there was...
View Article3,200+ - including John Cleese and Nick Offerman - converging in Cleveland...
"Imagine, for a moment, that Cleveland captured just ten percent of the entire market for Content Marketing," said Andrew Davis, a speaker at Content Marketing World. "Ten percent of a growing...
View ArticleA 'little push' made Susan Rozman the entrepreneur behind Fiddlehead Gallery:...
Susan Rozman's 'little push' landed her in the entrepreneurship world as the owner of Fiddlehead Gallery. See what advice she offers those thinking about reinvention. Watch video CLEVELAND, Ohio -...
View Article15 Things to Know about Content Marketing World 2015 in Cleveland (photos)
Content Marketing World, or #CMWorld as insiders call it, is a major economic and marketing force helping make Cleveland cool among digital influencers who would otherwise never consider coming to...
View ArticleStartMart gets grant; pitch competition set: Local Business Briefs
StartMart gets grant; pitch competition set: Local Business Briefs. StartMart meets goal, gets $40,000 grant from city CLEVELAND, Ohio - StartMart, an entrepreneurial hub in downtown Cleveland,...
View ArticleHow Rust-Oleum used content marketing to become a $1 billion consumer brand
"Rust-Oleum is so much more than spray paint," said Lisa Bialecki, Rust-Oleum's senior director of integrated communications, at Content Marketing World 2015. Rust-Oleum encompasses a family of...
View ArticleCleveland Whiskey advertises with a hybrid of crowdfunding to attract...
After winning several awards for its new bourbon products, Cleveland Whiskey is marketing the need to raise $2.5 million for further expansion. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Whiskey, a startup with a...
View ArticleNRG to keep burning coal at Avon Lake power plant, but add mercury pollution...
NRG Energy will continue to burn coal at its Avon Lake power plant rather than switch to natural gas NRG Energy will add new pollution controls to its Avon Lake power plant in 2016 rather than switch...
View ArticleTalking up Cleveland's digital economy, focus of Fred Talks event today
The Cleveland Foundation's fourth discussion Monday is sold-out with nearly 300 people expected to attend the "How to Build a Digital Economy in Cleveland" event at the City Club. Dubbed "Fred Talks,"...
View ArticleWelty Building Company will move Cleveland office to former Sammy's in the...
A group led by Cleveland-area investor Joel Scheer plans to refashion the buildings as an office complex called Settler's Point. CLEVELAND, Ohio - A growing construction-management business is laying...
View ArticleNatalie's Candy Jar welcomes travelers with a sweet tooth to Cleveland...
Besides more than 400 kinds of chocolates, sours, gummies, jubes and jells, sugar-free treats, nuts, trail mixes, boxed chocolates and candy gifts, Natalie's Candy Jar will also offer Malley's...
View ArticleMacy's hiring 85,000 for the holidays, joining Walmart's earlier-than-ever...
Macy's announcement that it is hiring 85,000 for the holidays is yet another sign that Walmart jump-started the 2015 Christmas shopping season on Aug. 26. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Add Macy's Inc. to the...
View ArticleFuel event to ignite Cleveland business leaders next week
Fuel, a high-impact one-day leadership event, is coming to Cleveland next week with national thought leaders, celebrity entrepreneurs and local innovators. Find out more information here. CLEVELAND,...
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