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We have an exciting announcement! Ed Bond, a Horseheads entrepreneur and long-time client of Incubatorworks, is now the part-time Makerspace Coordinator on our Elmira campus! Ed will be helping fellow entrepreneurs in the Incubatorworks community use the available equipment, which includes: - A Glowforge Pro laser cutter - Two Creality 3-D printers - A Cricut station - A computerized sewing and embroidery machine - A computer station and digital camera Makerspace...

Sharing photos our IW team took from our latest CoStarters graduation, Cohort 14! Congratulations to all the participants and the pitch competition winner, Michelle Riedl of Fire! Food! Safety! w/ Chef Michelle, pictured her Jodi DeRico – IW Facilitator. For more photos, visit our photo gallery here. ...

Don't miss the 4th Annual Allegany County Startup Collegiate Competition taking place on April 6, 2024,  hosted at Alfred University! Students from Alfred State College and Alfred University will pitch their best start-up ideas for a chance to win up to $5,000 in prizes! Want to sign up...

There are a few seats left in our Business Plan workshop! We welcome all CoStarters graduates to apply now! Classes start Thursday, October 19th in Elmira IncubatorWorks. For more information and to register, please email lobrien@incworks.org. Check out the photos from our most recent Business Plan graduation celebration!...

We are so thrilled to share that State Senator Tom O’Mara (R-C, Big Flats) today announced that he will honor Nancy Kirby, a longstanding advocate, and leader for small businesses and entrepreneurship throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions, as a 2023 New York State Senate “Woman of Distinction.” Nancy will represent Senator O’Mara’s 58th Senate District as part of the Senate’s 25th Annual “Women of...

At what stage in your business did you connect with IncubatorWorks?  When I got connected with IncubatorWorks, I was about a year into my business making organic skincare products, but, at that time, all of my operations were on hold. I was actually considering giving up. My youngest sister attends Alfred University, and one day as we were driving her back to campus, my mom pointed...