Delaware Bio and the Delaware Innovation Space are sponsoring a competition to win tickets to the 2019 BIO International convention in Philadelphia in June. Participants will produce a pitch video and receive pitch training from Mike Rinkunas, director of business acceleration and client development at the Delaware Innovation Space. The voting starts March 18. Visit […]

When we asked small business owners in listening sessions across Delaware what they wanted to see from the new Division of Small Business, one of the things that came up most often was an online search tool to help them navigate through the hundreds of small business-related programs offered in Delaware. They asked, and we […]

Spanish-speaking business owners seeking assistance from the Delaware Division of Small Business will now be able to obtain free translation services thanks to a partnership between the Division and of Small Business and $tand By Me Negocios, a program of $tand By Me Delaware. Approximately 9 percent of people living in Delaware are Hispanic. And […]

Real estate development projects in Wilmington, Dover and Milford will share in a new round of funding announced Wednesday by Gov. John Carney and the Delaware State Housing Authority. The state’s Downtown Development District program will distribute a total of $4.6 million in rebates to eight projects in the three cities. The DDD program provides a rebate to developers […]

A recent New York Times article takes a look at how the next generation of billion dollar tech startups will differ from their predecessors. CB Insights crunched the numbers for the Times and came up with a list of what the venture capital analytics firm thinks could be 50 startups with the potential to reach […]

Valentine’s Day is all about showing your special someone how you feel about them and Americans are willing to open up their wallets as well as their hearts. Americans are expected to spend a record $20.7 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, a 6 percent increase from 2018, according to a survey conducted for the […]

This op-ed originally appeared in The News Journal. Small business plays an oversize part in Delaware’s economy, accounting for 98 percent of businesses and employing almost 220,000 of our friends, neighbors and loved ones. The Division of Small Business, an agency of the Department of State, is moving in an exciting new direction to help […]

Science-based startups have until March 31 to enter the competition to win a one-year DuPont FastPass at the Delaware Innovation Space in Wilmington. The winning company will receive a prize packages valued at $50,000 including one year of free access to the Delaware Innovation Space’s chemistry material science incubator or biotech incubator including lab space […]

Researchers at the University of Delaware are studying whether a new program for providing physical activities for disadvantaged youngsters would also benefit small business owners. They’re holding a focus group on Thursday afternoon to seek input from small business owners located in New Castle County. Participants receive a $20 Wawa gift card for taking part […]

  Thinking of taking a hobby and turning it into a business? Before you do, consider these suggestions from the Small Business Trends website: Seek constructive criticism of your business idea . Try your idea out as a side business before jumping into it full-time. This will let you determine whether there’s a market for […]