News Articles with Topic: Business

Basilard CEO Brynley Lee and founder Masa Rao

Highlander Venture Fund invests in Basilard BioTech

The UC Riverside-based startup will use the investment to develop next-generation prototypes
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology, Business
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Hot in 2020: Riverside’s startup scene

UC Riverside has helped the city become a testing ground for the technology of the future
By Holly Ober | | Business
FarmSense Flight Sensor

FarmSense invited to UC Startup Pitch Showcase

The UC Riverside entrepreneurs are in the running for $10 million in funding
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology, Business
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The Hechinger Report writes about UC Riverside’s commercialization efforts

UC Riverside is one the universities making it easier for new discoveries to benefit the public
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology, Business
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Inland Empire helps drive California’s economic expansion

The region has a higher share of job growth than the nation, California as a whole, and neighboring Southern California metros
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business

Riverside makes Inc.’s top 50 Surge Cities list

UC Riverside drives the fast pace of entrepreneurship
By Holly Ober | | Business
Basilard CEO Brynley Lee and founder Masa Rao

UC Riverside biotech startup will mass-produce engineered cells

The licensed technology is a tipping point for emerging lifesaving therapies
By Holly Ober | | Business, Science / Technology
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Inland Empire business activity outpacing U.S. GDP growth

Local manufacturing industry remains a key growth sector
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business

Housing scarcity: the Inland Empire’s natural barrier to economic growth

UCR’s Center for Economic Forecasting says the region’s housing problem is a land use issue solvable at the local level
By Holly Ober | | Business
Ribbon cutting ceremony for UC Riverside's Wet Lab Incubator

Entrepreneurship incubator boosts Inland Empire biotech startups

UC Riverside’s Wet Lab Incubator, the first of its kind in the region, has officially opened its doors
By Holly Ober | | Business

Governor’s initiative misunderstands inland California’s economies

‘Regions Rise Together’ comparison to coastal regions may distort policy direction
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business

Agreement expands innovation and entrepreneurship support for the Americas

UC Riverside and the Organization of American States partner to grow entrepreneurship and technology commercialization in 34 countries
By Holly Ober | | Business

Business size matters when it comes to economic growth

New analysis finds small businesses are powering establishment growth, but medium and large firms contribute more to job gains
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business
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Inland Empire business activity jumps following first quarter slowdown

New analysis reveals region’s most and least competitive industries
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business

Federal Economic Development Administration invests in Inland Empire entrepreneurship

Latest grant to UC Riverside will create an angel investor network to take regional tech startups to the next level
By Holly Ober | | Business

Inland Empire wage gains continue

Wage growth still trails state but fuels impressive jumps in local taxable sales
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business

How to improve corporate social and environmental responsibility

Targeted violation reports are more likely to encourage vertical integration and reward “good” firms
By Holly Ober | | Business
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Inland Empire outpacing California in business establishment growth

Region has more than offset establishment losses from the ‘Great Recession’
By Victoria Pike Bond | | Business
aerial view of an Inland Empire city

Conspicuous slowdown in business activity hits Inland Empire

Region’s job growth underperforms state for first time since 2012
By Holly Ober | | Business
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UC Riverside gets $2.5 million for Inland Empire’s first entrepreneurial life sciences incubator

Life sciences startups will have local wet lab space and guidance from experts
By Holly Ober | | Science / Technology, Business