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
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
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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
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.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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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December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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!!!
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Washington DC. Thursday 12/4 vs Friday 12/5.
Go Ronan! library.syracuse.edu/news/six-stu...
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.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Go Ronan! library.syracuse.edu/news/six-stu...
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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November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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 #NYSIS25. "Bay Area's tolerance for failure enables bigger capital formation. Upstate NY's traditional accountability constrains it." startup-iq.com/the-startup-...
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…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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-...
As our team watched most of the pitches live, we can only say congratulations to the winners, and the judges! fuzehub.com/manufacturin...
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.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
As our team watched most of the pitches live, we can only say congratulations to the winners, and the judges! fuzehub.com/manufacturin...
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
October 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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
Jack Nolan on "Customer Traction is Your Only Currency" from the podcast with Travis Hall and John Staub at Dataliction. youtu.be/g9Prgi9U6Yo
Dataliction Podcast - Traction Is Your Currency - October 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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.
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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/
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Startup IQ is going to the New York State Innovation Summit, hosted by FuzeHub and supported by NYSTAR. Register here nysinnovationsummit.com/register/
October 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is our announcement of a future announcement. Can you guess what it is?
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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.
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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.
October 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Many thanks to Bailey Burke and The Hudson Valley Venture Hub for the lively discussions around entrepreneurship and funding at SUNY New Paltz.
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...
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.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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.
October 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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.
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Bootstrap as long as possible" - Kevin Rose at Startup Grind AI Summit