David Mammano hosts The David Mammano Show, a high-energy podcast for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and ambitious individuals. Mammano is also a professional speaker, inspirational humorist, and entrepreneur. He is a three-time Inc. Magazine “5000 Growth Company” winner, a two-time TEDx speaker, and an adjunct professor at the University of Rochester. An author, his most recent book Crash and Learn: Lessons in Business.

Primary contact: David Mammano

Email: dmammano@golisanoinstitute.org

Flower City Union is an American pre-professional soccer club based in Rochester, New York. The men’s team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and won the league’s championship in 2023. The women’s team, known as FC1872 in honor of Susan B. Anthony, is an amateur team in the United Women’s Soccer (UWS) league. Flower City Union’s home stadium is Rochester Community Sports Complex.

Primary contact: Mark Washo

Email: community@flowercityunion.com

GrowthX runs a 16-week, cohort-based, equity-neutral sales coaching program for tech startups in Western New York. Each cohort of startup founders works side-by-side with a dedicated sales coach to turn sales challenges into scalable revenue. The program was created and is led by Andrew Goldner. GrowthX is currently based in the Revenue Accelerator located at the Rochester campus center.

Primary contact: Andrew Goldner

Iron Bay Capital is the manager to the Iron Bay Fund LP, which invests in the securities of publicly traded financial-services companies domiciled in the United States. The firm has a particular focus on community banks and thrifts. Iron Bay Capital seeks to invest in companies that have attractive valuations based on fundamentals, merger-and-acquisition opportunities, increasing dividend payouts, and above-average capital deployment opportunities.

Primary contact: Robert Bolton

Email: info@ironbaycapital.com

New Vision is real-estate development company that creates communities and neighborhoods that prioritize affordability while embracing a range of amenities that promote health, wellness, entertainment, education, and sports. New Vision’s goal is to infuse lives with comfort and wealth in an accessible manner, reaching across diverse demographic boundaries.

Primary contact: Dale Twardokus

Email: info@newvisiondevgrp.com

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) is a groundbreaking program that was established to transform middle- and high-school students in the Rochester, New York, region into confident entrepreneurs. Through the year-long program, students in grades 6-12 generate business ideas, conduct market research, write business plans, pitch to a panel of investors, and launch their very own companies.

Primary contact: Gayle Jagel

Email: info@yeausa.org