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Reflections post NY State Innovation Summit 2025 Rochester — Startup IQ We attended the New York State Innovation Summit in Rochester at the end of October, organized by FuzeHub and supported by the Empire State Development 's Division of Science, Technology and…

Reflections post NY State Innovation Summit 2025 Rochester #NYSIS25. "Bay Area's tolerance for failure enables bigger capital formation. Upstate NY's traditional accountability constrains it." startup-iq.com/the-startup-...

FuzeHub Announces 2025 New York State Innovation Summit Commercialization Competition Winners - FuzeHub FuzeHub announces winners of the 2025 Commercialization Competition—supporting New York entrepreneurs and innovation through the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund.

As our team watched most of the pitches live, we can only say congratulations to the winners, and the judges! fuzehub.com/manufacturin...

Each of the Q Boys are good for one free drink. #NYSIS25

Our session brought in 35-40 founders and leaders from ESOs, accelerators, incubators, law offices. We got caught up in follow-up conversations and forgot to take a picture at the end. Thank you everyone! #NYSIS25

Great Venture Capital Roundtable at #NYSIS25

#NYSIS25 See you in Cascade at 2:30: The Founder’s Guide to Go-To-Market Strategy.

Beautiful day for the #NYSIS25 in Rochester. Presenting with the Downstate Q Boys at 2:30 in the Cascade room.

Dataliction Podcast - Traction Is Your Currency - October 2025

Jack Nolan on "Customer Traction is Your Only Currency" from the podcast with Travis Hall and John Staub at Dataliction. youtu.be/g9Prgi9U6Yo

Join us at the NY State Innovation Summit for a the Breakout Session - Build Traction Before You Build Your Product: A Founder’s Guide to Go-To-Marketing Strategy - Wednesday October 29th, 2:30 - 3:30 PM, CASCADE Room in the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

Startup IQ is going to the New York State Innovation Summit, hosted by FuzeHub and supported by NYSTAR. Register here nysinnovationsummit.com/register/

Mini-team meeting with the blessing of the Greek Gods. They gave us gyros and baklava. #RVA #Boston

This is our announcement of a future announcement. Can you guess what it is?

Startup IQ meeting with customers and planing a new event in Barcelona.

Many thanks to Bailey Burke and The Hudson Valley Venture Hub for the lively discussions around entrepreneurship and funding at SUNY New Paltz.

Founder Institute: World's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. We help idea-stage entrepreneurs and pre-seed startups get funding, build a team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, and launch impactful businesses.

The Final Application Deadline for the Caribbean 2025 Founder Institute accelerator is this Sunday (Oct 12, 2025). The program helps idea-stage and pre-seed Founders validate their business, launch, and fundraising. Use this link to get priority access: fi.co/apply/port_o...

The trip to UAlbany was another high exposure event. We really got to see first hand the rebuilding of the Troy startup ecosystem, and the rich resources Albany has ready for entrepreneurs.

Second day of Upstate NY tour took Startup IQ to Syracuse University, Jack Nolan's Alma Mater. Honest and eye-opening conversations with the youngest entrepreneurs from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and Blackstone LaunchPad.

"Bootstrap as long as possible" - Kevin Rose at Startup Grind AI Summit

Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for JPMorgan fraud Frank founder sold student aid start-up to the US bank for $175mn in 2021 but lied about its user base

Faking an user base will eventually catch up with you.
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Startup IQ's Upstate NY tour started strong with visits at NextCorps and Golisano Institute, fueled by some of Rochester's local favorites: Albunn Coffee House, Cafe Sasso, Locals Only, Java's, Sinbad's, Stever's, and The Frog Pond.

LaunchPad Workshop: Startup IQ with Jack Nolan '86 Alum Jack Nolan ’86 (College of Arts & Sciences) is bringing his company’'s Empire State tour the LaunchPad. In today’s unforgiving market, early-stage founders can’t afford to ignore Customer…

If you are a Syracuse University student (or professor) interested in entrepreneurship and startups, take advantage of the LaunchPad workshop Jack Nolan (SU '86) and Startup IQ are putting together at the Bird Library on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
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Insights into the Q3-2025 VC Funding Landscape: AI's Grip, Zombie Funds, and the Shift to Direct Investments — Startup IQ Family offices are filling early-stage gaps through co-investments and club deals (83% of their activity), offering more patient capital amid VC volatility. In pre-seed stages, the emphasis is on…

Family offices are filling early-stage gaps through co-investments and club deals (83% of their activity), offering more patient capital amid VC volatility. startup-iq.com/the-startup-...

What 60+ 2025 Funding Deals Tell Us About Early-Stage Dynamics — Startup IQ At Startup IQ we reviewed over sixty 2025 pre-seed funding deals across AI, fintech, crypto, consumer and healthcare. We didn’t just catalog them, we ran them through a set of custom-based models…

We reviewed over sixty 2025 pre-seed funding deals across AI, fintech, crypto, consumer and healthcare to capture how early traction (MQLs, LOIs, ARR) and investor interest interact in nonlinear ways. startup-iq.com/the-startup-...

On Wednesday, 9.24.2025 Startup IQ will chat with a select group of entrepreneurs in Albany ahead of Climate Week in NYC. The list of startups, investors, ecosystem leaders and partners in the link tinyurl.com/25albany

Startup IQ will tour the Upstate New York cities between September 22 and 26, 2025 with two workshops: Founders GTM Office Hours and a Pitch Deck Stress Test. New Paltz partners, date, location, and registration link tinyurl.com/25newpaltz

Second day of #NYTechWeek delivered a packed room of founders getting actionable, real world advice. Energy levels were sustained with Devocion coffee and Anita Gelato. The Madison Room in the historical St. James Building was barely big enough to fit everyone.

Fueled by the founders desire for success and a generous amount of Think Coffee, we kicked off NY Tech Week on a positive note by guiding 50 Underrepresented Minority Founders through an interactive workshop on the importance of Go-to-Market traction.

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LATAM Founders: Building and Scaling in the U.S. partiful.com/e/NRpDV0wHWG... #TechWeek

RSVP to Founders GTM "Office Hours" | Partiful Founders GTM "Office Hours" for Seed to Series A Founders and the Investors who love them. ❤️ In today’s unforgiving market, early-stage tech founders can’t afford to get Go-to-Market wrong. Whether…

Thursday Founders GTM "Office Hours" for Seed to Series A Founders and the Investors who love them. partiful.com/e/NRpDV0wHWG... #TechWeek

RSVP to Founders GTM "Office Hours" | Partiful Founders GTM "Office Hours" for Seed to Series A Founders and the Investors who love them. ❤️ In today’s unforgiving market, early-stage tech founders can’t afford to get Go-to-Market wrong. Whether…

Tuesday Founders GTM "Office Hours" for Seed to Series A Founders and the Investors who love them. partiful.com/e/UzcTchzHx3... #TechWeek