Some entrepreneurs will say one of the toughest parts of starting a business is finding resources to do so. Five years ago, non-profit organization Upstate Venture Connect began helping entrepreneurs and start-ups by connecting them to mentors, funding and other help. Jon Dougherty has more in this week’s Capital Region Business Beat.
by: Emily O’Neill Albany. Troy. Hamilton. Syracuse. Ithaca. 5 cities with hundreds of miles driven in between, 8 events spread across 4 weeks and one significant, experiential realization: the entrepreneurial community in Upstate NY is booming. Truth be told, I’m
by: F. Paul Vellano III, Esq. So you have invented the greatest thing since the heated driver’s seat, congratulations! You have even gone ahead and filed a provisional patent application, another great move! However, filing a patent application, whether it be a
By: Maureen Newman, UVC Biomedical Engineering Community Connector In one fell swoop, Gorbel Medical took the physical rehabilitation market by surprise and unveiled its SafeGait 360° Balance and Mobility Trainer at the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) 2015, the annual conference
By Joe Cunningham, UVC Community Connector Getting your business started is a long and complex process. As with many things, money can solve a lot of your problems. When pitching to investors shows no quick fix, there is another way that’s
By: Michael A. Oropallo, Esq. So, you have decided to jump in to the entrepreneurial pool, and have worked on a computer application for the latest and greatest way to build a better mouse-trap, and the software you have developed
By: Jonathan Grutka A few weeks back I had the neat experience of speaking with Matt, Morgan and Ben in the Venturetechnica studio. They have a brilliant vision to build out and scale a media company playing in the “New Media”
By: Maureen Newman, UVC Biomedical Engineering Community Connector David Patteson, President and CEO of Advion, knows that when you have a dream of a not-yet-existing product, sometimes you just have to make it yourself. For example, when he was President
By: Michael Raspuzzi Life Changing Labs (“LCL”) is an organization that supports Cornell’s top entrepreneurially minded students. Founded to provide students with early hands-on experience working on or with early stage ventures, LCL has grown to provide structured support, resources,
By: Maureen Newman, UVC Biomedical Engineering Community Connector In 2004, Welch Allyn, Con Med, Sensis (acquired by Saab in 2011), and Bristol-Myers Squibb came together to form a biomedical community in Central New York. Their vision was a network of
