Startup Tech Valley usually skips October. But this year, the monthly networking and… more
Startup Tech Valley is heading north next month.
In October, the monthly networking event series for entrepreneurs, investors and mentors to meet and discuss business over brews will be held in Saratoga Springs. The events are usually held in Revolution Hall at Brown's Brewing Co. in downtown Troy.
Startup Tech Valley usually skips October. But this year, the monthly networking and… more
"We're excited to be partnering with Saratoga TechOUT and the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce to bring Startup Tech Valley up north, which is something we hadn't done before," said Jason Kuruzovich, the founder of the program, sponsored by Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
]]>Kuruzovich started the series in October 2013 to build an entrepreneurship community. He lives in Saratoga and considered bringing something similar to that city.
Startup Tech Valley is teaming up with Saratoga TechOUT and the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce for the event. TechOUT, which runs semi-monthly, draws around 100 people for networking at the city's restaurants and bars.
"In October we have a yearly celebration called the entrepreneur of the year, so we usually don't host Startup Tech Valley. But I said, 'If you want to run it, we'll help promote it.' Steve Wilcox, Todd Shimkus and Cathy Hill have really put it together," Kuruzovich said.
Each event draws between 100 and 180 entrepreneurs, investors and potential collaborators from the area for each session. The format in Saratoga will be the same: five startups do five-minute presentations followed by five minutes of Q&A.
"[Saratoga], like Troy, has an emerging tech scene and we want to show we're all one big happy tech community," Kuruzovich said. "There's definite value in trying to spread what we've been trying to do in Startup Tech Valley. Maybe this is something we do in October in Saratoga and something we do in the spring in Schenectady."
The October event will be held on Oct. 14 at Universal Preservation Hall. Register for it here.
Universal Preservation Hall is a former church built in 1871 at 25 Washington St. in Saratoga. In recent years, it's been used as an event and performance space. The Albany Business Review profiled the hall's evolution last month.
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