GENIUS NY Companies Visit Local Startups and See Growing Entrepreneurship Community

Last month the new GENIUS NY companies had the opportunity to tour and speak with some of CNY’s top founders. Teams visited Jeff Rubin at Sidearm Sports, Jeff Knauss at Digital Hyve, Devin Daly at Spincar and Raymond Moore at TCG Player. These companies reflect the startup growth Syracuse has been seeing over the past few years and is proof that founders can build a successful startup in Syracuse instead of a popular tech hub like the Silicon Valley. The founders talked about success in the area with top talent coming from Syracuse University, Cornell and Clarkson, investment with now two local VC firms, as well as community resources and support.

Chief Innovation Officer, Ray Moore, hosted the GENIUS NY finalists the at TCGplayer Headquarters where he discussed the company’s history, recent growth, and their deep Syracuse, NY roots.

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Jeffrey Rubin, CEO and Founder of SIDEARM Sports, shared an inspiring story of how he grew their Syracuse based technology platform from an idea to now more than 1,400 collegiate athletic partners across the nation.

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Our tour wouldn’t be complete without meeting with Jeff Knauss, founder of Digital Hyve where we learned how him and Jacob Tanner grew their business in Downtown Syracuse to a second location in Rochester NY. We're very lucky to have these two entrepreneurial ambassadors in our city.
Did you know the two co-founders met at a Tech Garden networking event?