In response to the 2014 opening of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, CNN Business ran the headline: “Can this Small Town Compete with Silicon Valley?” While Ithaca has made headlines for its oversized number of startups per capita and having the highest R&D expenditures in New York state, 10 years later, it’s clear Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is not interested in competing with Silicon Valley, but in imagining an entrepreneurial ecosystem entirely its own. Over the past 10 years, Rev’s member startups have created over 1,000 jobs and generated over 100 million dollars in revenue.
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Celebrating 10 years at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator Teams Pitch Startups in NYC
The Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA), offered by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, is an intensive, summer-long program that guides MBA student founders through three phases of entrepreneurship education: customer discovery, developing solutions, and testing.
Empire State Development Announces Selected Finalists for Round Six of Annual $3 Million Grow-NY Global Business Competition
Inventing a new product that you can hold in your hands and bring successfully to an eagerly awaiting market is sometimes likened to childbirth: If we knew from the outset how hard it was going to be, fewer of us would do it.
Dairy Runway Welcomes a Fresh Batch of Entrepreneurs
This month, a new cohort of dairy innovators started Dairy Runway, a free entrepreneurship program supporting early-stage ideas for value-added dairy products using New York State cow’s milk.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works puts new entrepreneurs through their paces
Inventing a new product that you can hold in your hands and bring successfully to an eagerly awaiting market is sometimes likened to childbirth: If we knew from the outset how hard it was going to be, fewer of us would do it.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works unveils new “Protofacturing” program
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works launched applications for the business incubator’s new Protofacturing Hardware Accelerator — a program connecting the existing Prototyping and Manufacturing Hardware Accelerators and helping entrepreneurs refine their prototypes.
Introducing the 2024 Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator Cohort
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management has selected the 2024 cohort of startup teams participating in its Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator.
Kessler Fellows Embark on Global Internships
The 2024 Kessler Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience in industries ranging from supersonic airliners to a sustainable interior design company. This year’s fellows had an interest in international startups, with some heading to Shanghai, Kent, Edinburgh, and Wales to pursue their summer internships.
Green Technology Innovation Fellows Pitch Environmental Startups
Cornell University’s 2023-24 cohort of Green Technology Innovation Fellows gathered in Statler Hotel’s amphitheater on April 27 to showcase their green technology startups and to celebrate the conclusion of the program’s core course, Green Tech Entrepreneurship in Practice.
Big Red Ventures shares portfolio updates at Annual Meeting
Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell University’s early-stage venture capital fund run by MBAs and other graduate students, presented its portfolio and announced a new investment during the Annual Meeting on April 18 at Cornell Tech.