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On March 27th, Joe Morone of Worldleaders visited NextCorps to present a highly informative Lunch & Learn workshop on how to find, close, and manage new sales. We learned so much and are excited to share that knowledge with you. Here’s a recap of 13 things you...

Back in January, NextCorps hosted a Hardware Challenge, where 11 teams came out to pitch their hardware companies to a panel of esteemed judges. You can catch the recap here. One of those teams was selected to move on to compete at AlphaLab Gear in Pittsburgh, where...

Have you been thinking about the social impact of your business? Is doing social good important to you as a business owner? The MeasureUp Finger Lakes program aims to inspire positive change and have a collective impact on workers, communities, and our environment...

Every company, big or small, needs some kind of writing done. You have to share your mission and vision with the world. My company is solving a problem, it’s fixing a pain point for these people. Here’s why you should care about what we’re doing. You have to speak to...

This is a guest post by Devin Sandon, New Venture Specialist at NextCorps. The first NextCorps Hardware Challenge brought together a diverse group of passionate, articulate entrepreneurs addressing a wide...

This week at NextCorps, we’re hosting the Hardware Challenge Pitch Competition (save the date: it’s 1/26). We’re inviting hardware startups to come pitch to a panel of esteemed judges. Startups can be from any number of industries and will compete in three categories:...

At this month’s sold out Lunch & Learn, we were joined by three professionals in the venture capital space in Western New York. Rami Katz of Excell Partners, Inc., Steve Nicosia of Launch NY, and Dorrance Lamb of the Rochester Angel Network all came...

There’s a new program here at NextCorps! We are thrilled to announce that we’re the upstate home of Hardware Scaleup. What is Hardware Scaleup? Hardware Scaleup is funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to...

Here’s a fun fact for you: did you know that the very first startup incubator originated right in our backyard? In 1959, Joseph L. Mancuso opened the Batavia Industrial Center in a Batavia, New York, warehouse—less than 35 miles away from our location here...

Last week, over 120 of the brightest minds in New York’s bio/med industry came together at the Saunders Research Building on the University of Rochester campus for learning and networking. We were lucky enough to go, so we’re passing that luck along to you...