Registration is now open for our next Business Plan Class, A 7-week course open to all Co.Starters graduates. For more information and to sign up, please email tmarshburn@incworks.org.
Small Business Guide for the Holiday Season
It is gift-giving season and over the next few days, we will be sharing a list of small businesses that you can support while searching for that perfect gift! The impact of shopping local and supporting small businesses is felt throughout a community, so we hope these lists will help! Happy shopping!
Small Business, Big Thinkers: Kelly Design and Development
In this series of Small Business, Big Thinkers, we are highlighting the entrepreneurs we have worked with through our Accelerator cohort called CoStarters cohort, who later moved on to graduate from our Business Plan course, the first of which took place earlier this year. The participating small business owners developed their small business plan, and then later presented it to …
Small Business, Big Thinkers: Manifestation Wellness Center
In this series of Small Business, Big Thinkers, we are highlighting the entrepreneurs we have worked with through our Accelerator cohort called CoStarters cohort, who later moved on to graduate from our Business Plan course, the first of which took place earlier this year. The participating small business owners developed their small business plan, and then later presented it to …
Small Business, Big Thinkers: Wynn Yarrow, Arts Comfort
One of the things we love about our work here at IncubatorWorks is how diverse the passions and interests of the creatives, entrepreneurs, and small business owners are and how, through their stories, we find ways in which we can support them. We also love sharing their talents with the world. And in that spirit, we present our next Small …
Small Business, Big Thinkers: Scott Stewart, Stewart Microgreens LLC
Scott Stewart, a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, and retired firefighter of 23 years, was in high school when in 1988, as a part of the Future Farmers of America, a new facility was built with an aquaponic system. It was here that he kicked off his education about the future of food and gained a passion for working to fill …
Small Business, Big Thinkers: Barbara Vassallo, Rabbit Row Yarns
Barbara Vassallo grew up in Endicott, NY but had moved away. When she returned 8 years ago, she and her family moved to Corning from the DC area and found that a lot of what she remembered the Finger Lakes to be had changed. She immediately fell in love with Market Street and all the great things happening in the …
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: Emmi Saufley, Founder of Runway For A Cause and Le Kim
Emmi Saufley lives in Elmira, NY, the community she has grown up in most of her life. Emmi is the co-founder of Runway For A Cause, a nonprofit organization, and Owner of Le Kim, a clothing line. Runway For A Cause provides a platform for creative artists to showcase their work at a fashion show while giving back to a …
IncubatorWorks Celebrates Entrepreneurship Week
National Entrepreneurship Week, a non-partisan, congressionally chartered initiative founded in 2006, takes place the third week of February annually. IncubatorWorks is celebrating the week with a series of workshops and events for local entrepreneurs. This year the celebration takes on new meaning, as there are a near-record number of entrepreneurs registering new businesses. Many people have discovered during the pandemic …