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Jack Nolan at the RIoT State of the Region 2026 event riot.org/event/state-... where a new joint venture between NC IDEA and WRC was announced to expand support for entrepreneurs in North Carolina.

The huge impact of AI rounds in the 2025 VC funding.

Right 2 Start is committed to making entrepreneurship easier, more visible, and more celebrated across the nation. 2026 has a Roadmap.

America the Entrepreneurial We are championing a full reset of how America supports its entrepreneurs. When the entrepreneurial spirit thrives, our nation thrives.

250 years ago, America was launched as the world’s most courageous startup. Startup IQ is joining the America the Entrepreneurial movement to celebrate entrepreneurship and shape the next 250 years. 👉 americatheentrepreneurial.org

Jack attending Pitch Breakfast in Charlotte, NC. Three founders pitched their early-stage startups to three experienced investors. Thanks to Juan Garzón from Innovate Charlotte for hosting!

Happy New Year, Happy New You! 🎉

As we welcome 2026, we want to thank our community of innovators, founders, and partners for being part of the Startup IQ journey. Your ideas, ambition, and resilience continue to inspire us every day.

— Startup IQ Team

Kudos to the title copywriter.

Right after a funding round, optimism is real—and dangerous. Checks are written, incentives align, narratives glow. Then the money clears, investors look away, and scrutiny fades to quarterly calls. This is the dead zone where problems grow in the dark.
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It took Startup IQ a long time to learn that Santa is real. And there's two of them!!!

Washington DC. Thursday 12/4 vs Friday 12/5.

Six Student Ventures Awarded Fall 2025 Orange Innovation Fund Grants Recipients of the Fall 2025 Orange Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program that fuels early-stage ideas developed by student entrepreneurs.

Go Ronan! library.syracuse.edu/news/six-stu...

Startup IQ - The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Trampoline

A well-anchored trampoline would give entrepreneurs confidence to jump high. Upstate's uneven support system encourages them to keep their feet closer to the ground.
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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