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Aspen Staffing Services is thriving despite a rocky start
Janet Hannaway and Teresa Shuler met while working together at a temporary staffing agency in Columbus.
In summer 2007, the women told their employer they believed it needed a presence in the downtown area, as they were finding it increasing difficult to work the legal market from a suburban location....
November 17th, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More
Sidecar Global Catering considers its first year a success
Barcelona Restaurant opened in Columbus’s German Village in 1996. More than a dozen years later, it continues to serve flavorful Mediterranean-inspired dishes at 263 E. Whittier St. and its owner, Scott Heimlich, launched a spin-off catering business a year ago this summer.
Created to meet guests’...
November 16th, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More
At Work: These Are Things’ pretty home office
Omar Noory and Jen Adrion of These Are Things
Jen Adrion and Omar Noory were not looking to start a business together. The two had been dating and liked to travel. They searched everywhere for a map to adorn their wall to pin and remember their travels. After an exhaustive search that turned up nothing...
November 15th, 2011 | At Work | Read More
Five tips for finding the ideal space to open a restaurant
Randy Sokol of Sokol & Associates
The majority of my restaurant experience comes from growing up in my family’s restaurants: Tee Jaye’s Country Place. From age 10 through college and all the way up to 2005, I worked at Tee Jaye’s. You could find me working every position, from dishwasher...
November 14th, 2011 | Tips of the Trade | Read More
nChannel to get up to $300,000 in funding from TechColumbus
TechColumbus yesterday announced that cloud-based retail solutions provider nChannel Inc. has been approved for up to $300,000 in financing from its Pre-Seed Fund.
Headquartered within the TechColumbus incubator, nChannel is developing an easy to use, cloud-based platform that enables retailers to...
November 8th, 2011 | Entrepreneurial Support | Read More
IM Creative eager to work with local businesses after relocating from NYC
Scott Ihrig and Shannon Morrison literally put the I and M in IM Creative, an event design and production firm that prides itself on creating integrated and interactive in-person experiences that reverberate long after they’re over.
IM Creative works with corporations, governments and non-profits,...
November 7th, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More
Advanced Language Access provides translating, interpreting services
While Brandi Young-Sharp was completing her psychology degree at The Ohio State University, she worked as a bilingual paralegal. During that time, she helped Spanish speakers understand their rights in regard to workers’ compensation.
She also created and conducted workshops and classes to help...
November 3rd, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More
Former OSU faculty member opens Elemental Veterinary Center and Pet Spa
Though Dr. Jane Flores was an award-winning faculty member at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she served as team leader of the general practice service in its teaching hospital, she longed to own a practice of her own.
However, that’s not the sole reason she opened...
November 2nd, 2011 | Business Profiles | Read More








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