RocGrowth

05/30/2026

Happening each Wednesday in June, join our friends at Startup Wednesday Rochester as they kick off on June 3rd — a month-long build program where entrepreneurs, makers, and builders spend four Wednesday nights turning ideas into real products. $5,000 in prizes. Mentors in the room every week. Open to anyone with an idea or just the drive to build something. Learn more and register at startupwednesday.org/rochester.

Here are our social channels, in case you want to share any recent posts
Web: https://startupwednesday.org/rochester
X (Twitter): x.com/StrtupWednesday
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/startup-wednesday
Instagram: http://instagram.com/startupwednesday
Facebook: facebook.com/startupwednesday

A month-long build-focused program in Buffalo, connecting entrepreneurs and developers every Wednesday. Join us to build your startup idea!

05/18/2026

Congratulations to Emmarae Stein, Ph.D. candidate in History. Emmarae has been offered a Fulbright Study/Research to Spain.

Emmarae was featured on one of the Covid lockdown RocGrowth Candids on 09-24-2020 -Virtual– Empowering the New Rochester: Listening to Our Future Leaders.

- Emmarae Stein, Nazareth, Senior

- Belle Sherwood, UR, Sophomore

- Oliver Haynes, RIT grad, Web Developer at Measures for Justice

- Maria Sykes, Nazareth and Roberts Wesleyan grad, Social Worker

- Ngozi Udo, Maternal and Infant Health Educator at Healthy Baby Network

- Nic Grunert, Roberts Wesleyan grad, Enrollment Outreach Manager at RWC

https://rocgrowth.com/2020/09/24/rocgrowth-virtual-candids-2020-09-24-empowering-the-new-rochester-listening-to-our-future-leaders/

05/07/2026

First Thursday Creative Colisions

04/26/2026

From our friends at RIT Center for Urban Entrepreneurship. Join the for:

Pitch N' Sip a casual pitch competition, below are some of the details:

Where: RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship (The historic Rochester Savings Bank) at 40 Franklin Street, First Floor, Rochester, New York 14604
When: May 7th from 5:30 to 8:00 pm
What: A casual networking and pitch competition in celebration of Rochester's Small Business Week. A chance for local entrepreneurs, RIT students, investors, and small businesses to tour the CUE and get a taste for the upcoming ideas that Rochester has to offer. Pitching participants will get the chance to win a portion of our $1.750 cash pool and there will be drinks and hors d’oeuvres from local businesses provided to all attendees.
Registration: Pre-registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rit-center-for-urban-entrepreneurship-presents-pitch-and-sip-tickets-1987864009765?aff=oddtdtcreator

For those who are interested in pitching, please have them email me at [email protected]. We will be accepting 8 - 10 businesses to give a 4-minute pitch.
NextCorps

Join us for exciting evening of innovation and opportunity at the “Pitch and Sip” networking event!

04/26/2026

Our friends at NextCorps has a summit you may be interested in: Advance Your Talent Pipeline and Business at the Manufacturing Workforce Summit

04/04/2026

The new Rochester is all about collaborating with others. Here is an event you may want to check out from RIT's Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.

Submit pitch to Ebony Miller ([email protected])

04/03/2026

03/24/2026

Our friends at NextCorps has an event on Thursday that you may be interested in.

Join NextCorps and BZDesign for design insights from local companies and a look at the fabrication tools inside the NextCorps FabLab.

03/20/2026

Another Third Thursday Creative Collision! Join us!