2022 IncubatorWorks AHA! Startup Allegany Collegiate Competition

A recap of 2022 IncubatorWorks AHA! Startup Allegany Collegiate Competition. 7 teams from Alfred University, Houghton College, & Alfred State College pitched their business idea and 3 teams walked away winners! Stay tuned for next year’s competition and contact us for more information on how we help entrepreneurs and start-ups fulfill their dreams.

Allegany County Startup Collegiate Competition Winners!

Our 2nd annual Allegany County Startup Collegiate Competition was a huge success! Thank you to all the participants, judges, sponsors, and attendees! Congratulations to the winners! First-place winners ($5,000) were the Eco Guys, Inc., Zackary Martin and David Benson from Alfred State College, Second-place winners  ($1000) were Alfred’s Flamingo Restaurant, Brian Ngatunga, Ryan Hughes, Alyssa Dimillo, John Stika, Tiara Rodzai, …

Small Business, Big Thinkers: Aiden LaCourse of Glass Lab

In April of 2021, Startup Allegany launched the County’s first tri-collegiate business plan competition, the Startup Allegany Collegiate Competition. The event was hosted by Alfred University and its Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology (CACT) and was organized by IncubatorWorks of Alfred, a state-of-the-art incubator offering services and facilities to foster the growth of entrepreneurial businesses in ceramics, glass, advanced materials, …

Start-Up Allegany Pitch Competition Winners

Think Orange AgTech from Houghton College, with team members Stephen Harper with a Major in Business, and Micah Condie with a Major in Physics & Computer Science, are the winners of the inaugural Start-Up Allegany Pitch Competition that was held on Saturday, April 10, 2021. The event had been originally planned for 2020, but like so many things, was canceled …