Cadence Watch Company, based at the Marketplace Design Center, integrates publicity with design to create affordable timepieces that appeal to very specific audiences.
Debra Pierson founded her company in her dining room, with a six-month-old banging on the baby gate. Today, that daughter is 19 and her other baby, Pierson Computing Connection, employs 48 and is steadily growing.
LiftDNA, which manages online publications that derive revenue from ads, was recently acquired by a California company and is set to double staff in the coming months.
In its second season, Fertile Grounds, a farm and CSA in Wyoming County has about doubled its members. And with a $300,000 USDA grant, the farm is expanding its line of "value-added" products for sale at NYC farmers markets and local retailers.