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The Rochester-based Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship is partnering with Daemen University to offer its two-year certificate program graduates the option to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Daemen. Daemen will offer transfer students from Golisano a 35% tuition discount in addition to any state and federal aid they may be eligible to receive, the…

Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship has established a partnership with Daemen University, allowing graduates to smoothly transition into earning a bachelor’s degree. This new joint degree option allows students to transfer up to 69 credits and become eligible for a 35% tuition discount. This collaboration aims to broaden educational pathways for Golisano students, with…

Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship is partnering with the company GrowthX to launch a revenue accelerator program. The goal is to help drive revenue growth for regional startups. Fifteen companies have been selected from the Rochester and Buffalo regions. The start-ups are competing in a 16-week sales program designed to kick-start the businesses in…

President of Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, Dr. Ian Mortimer, spoke with Randy Gorbman of WXXI Business Report to share how a partnership with venture capital fund GrowthX will help local business startups while teaching Golisano Institute business students about real-world situations. Listen here.

Golisano Institute’s on-campus Clothing Closet helps students dress and feel their best, at no cost. Now, with a generous donation from the family of Rochester-based suit manufacturer, Hickey Freeman, students can choose from high quality suit jackets that will help them shine. “My hope is that when a student puts a jacket on, they feel…

The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) presented to an Investor Panel at Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship, where 27 middle and high school students pitched startups to local business leaders, hoping to gain real funding for their passion projects. Watch the full segment at https://foxrochester.com/news/good-day-rochester/young-entrepreneurs-academy-hosts-shark-tank# 

Published 2/15/24 Rochester Business Journal By Caurie Putnam, Rochester-area freelance writer Three years ago, Richard DeMartino, Ph.D., a professor in the department of management at the Saunders College of Business at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), began thinking hard about traditional four-year degree programs and the number of people struggling to finish or finishing with debilitating…