It's "Giving Tuesday"
As a non-profit entity, UVC’s ability to sustain these efforts depends upon financial support from those who believe in our mission. As we start year six of the UVC journey, your donation will help us continue to strengthen and grow our fledgling startup community. Your contributions will enable us to:
- Double the number of organizations visible on the UNY Startup Map to more than 1000
- Increase startup activity and connectivity by growing our email and social media platforms to over 10,000 followers
- Assist more communities in creating angel funds, student sandboxes, and venture accelerators
- Launch the New York Entrepreneurs Foundation
Thank you for all that you have done to help entrepreneurs in our region and thank you for the support and encouragement you have provided us over the past five years!
RocGrowth Candids Launches on 12/10
RocGrowth Candids is a new event created to educate, inspire, and connect Rochester’s entrepreneurs. The monthly event features a local founder who shares personal stories and lessons learned on the path to building a successful company. Rich Rund and Dan Welch, Co-Founders of
CATERTRAX will be the inaugural guest. Event starts at 5:30pm at Press Coffee in Rochester. Get your tickets
here
Community Connector Corner
David believes that startups are the best way to sustainably transform our economy in Upstate NY and keep friends close. He co-founded
Algonquin Studios in Buffalo, NY in 1998, and went on with his partners to start more than nine other businesses since then. Together, they’ll launch an accelerator focused on healthcare IT startups,
VCAMP. David enjoys mentoring founders and serves on the board of Startup Grind Buffalo and Startup Scramble and is a
community connector for UVC. Thiemecke earned an Executive MBA from the University at Buffalo, and BS in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He’s a Buffalo native.
