Stories

Launching a Non-High Tech Start-Up

By: David Dussault Chapter One: Where do you start? The Start-Up Scene in Upstate NY Over the last several years, I have become actively engaged in the start-up ecosystem that is emerging in Upstate NY. High tech incubators and accelerators

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Pre-Seed Workshop Rochester 2014: Day Two

By: Maureen Newman, UVC Biomedical Engineering Community Connector Mirroring my thoughts concerning PreSeed Workshop (PSW) Day One, I am a firm believer in the benefits of PSWs and similar start-up weekends after the close of Day Two. HEMO-BOX and its

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Pre-Seed Workshop Rochester 2014: Day One

By: Maureen Newman, UVC Biomedical Engineering Community Connector As a student in the Technical Entrepreneurship And Management (TEAM) Program at the University of Rochester, I was fortunate to be a part of the Pre-Seed Workshop (PSW) held by High Tech

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Adarza Biosystems’ Journey to Series-A Financing

By: Maureen Newman, UVC Biomedical Engineering Community Connector Randolph Henke, PhD, had a strong track record of success in technology development and consulting the day he learned about the concept of Arrayed Imaging Reflectometry (AIR). As an Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) at

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Startup Optimism Grows in Mohawk Valley

No one is likely to mistake my hometown area of Upstate’s beautiful Mohawk Valley with the dynamism of Silicon Valley. But those who know me are also aware of my deep commitment to help foster an Upstate wide startup ecosystem

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Why We Should Actively Track and Measure Startup Communities

By: Shane Reiser, Co-founder Startup Genome http://www.kauffman.org/thoughtbook2015/paths-to-entrepreneurship#startupcommunities Startup community builders are a special breed of people. Usually entrepreneurs themselves, these are the people who give their time and money to help other entrepreneurs in their city, state, or country. As I

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From Licensing the Technology to Striving for Market Dominance

By: Debra Eichten: Entrepreneurship at Cornell staff, interview with the founders of Agronomic Technology. [EaC}: How did adapt-N transition from Cornell research to commercialization?  What was the process for licensing of the technology? [Steve Silbulkin, CEO Agronomic Technology Group ]:  “From

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