RocGrowth Candids in November was held at City Center. It featured Erica Fee, festival producer of the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival Alex Zapesochny, publisher of the Rochester Beacon, led the discussion.
Twenty-five semifinalists, from a pool of 101 applicants, will get a chance to participate in LuminateNY’s Lightning Rounds this week at the Strong Museum of Play. For Luminate’s Round III,…
The United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has agreed to support the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics with $279.9 million in funds for three fiscal years, beginning in 2020.…
The New York State Innovation Summit will showcase cutting edge technologies in Rochester. Hosted by NYSTAR, Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation, and FuzeHub, a statewide nonprofit that…
KickStart Wayne County, an initiative of the Wayne County Economic Development Corporation, is looking to provide resources and opportunities for Wayne County residents to start new businesses in the County.…
Jorsek, a provider of knowledge management software for the technical documentation market, has raised $2.7 million in funding led by Armory Square Ventures, along with participation from Greycroft and Drake…
Rochester Institute of Technology had its second best year ever in sponsored research funding, with 366 new research awards totaling $74 million in funding in fiscal 2019. Research expenditures grew…
RocGrowth Candids in September was held at City Center. It featured George Daddis, CEO of Omni-ID, and Ralph Dandrea CEO of ITX. Alex Zapesochny, publisher of the Rochester Beacon, led…
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Entrepreneurs Conference (RIT)
A beneath-the-surface solution (Rochester Beacon)
Why more VC dollars are flowing here (Rochester Beacon)
Hack Upstate XIV: The Results Are In (Hack Upstate)
Parcel 5: a historic opportunity (Rochester Beacon)
TEN calls for applications for women accelerator (TEN)
Rochester, N.Y., vibrant college town (Democrat & Chronicle)
Co-founder of Chloe Capital sees inner strength as essential to good leadership (Syracuse.com)
The way forward for upstate businesses (Rochester Beacon)
URMC spinoff’s pioneering research gets a boost (Rochester Beacon)
Northeast’s best beer town (Matador Network)
Craft brewers barrel ahead (Rochester Beacon)
Where U.S. Millennials Are Moving to Most (Rochester made the list) (Bloomberg)
The Luminate wager (Rochester Beacon)
Martin Babinec’s 5 keys to startup success (Rochester Beacon)
Connections: Why a Silicon Valley company chose to move to Rochester (WXXI)
A conversation with the inventor of the digital camera (Rochester Beacon)
Mazzullo named to Tech Power 50 (City and State NY)
Small Business Spotlight: The Perfect Granola (WHEC)
Heads-up display could revolutionize motorcycle helmet (RBJ)
T-Mobile merger deal to bring jobs to Rochester (WXXI)
The Customer is Still King: Optimax understands this reality (Forbes)
A different growth model (Rochester Beacon)
‘Innovation is a muscle’ — 8 questions about the iZone (University of Rochester)
Saving laser research (Rochester Beacon)
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