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RocGrowth
by Roc Growth Team
RocGrowth is a grassroots organization with 3,000 followers empowering the New Rochester. We support and unite emerging leaders as Rochester thrives. Through showcasing innovators, we highlight incredible local talent. Our goal is "Creative Collisions," breaking barriers and fostering opportunities for interaction, promoting fellowship and pride in Rochester. We strive for social equity, aiming for equality in race, class, gender, and age, acknowledging past mistakes that hindered progress.
Episodes
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Passion Projects: Social Entrepreneurs Making a Difference 10/23/2024
Passion Projects: Social Entrepreneurs Making a Difference Michael Gilbert, Downtown ROCs Matthew Apple, Walking for Rochester Ray Mahar, Local Sound Collaborative RocGrowth Candids features regional entrepreneurs and innovators who share their personal stories and describe their journey building...
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Downtown Rochester at an Inflection Point 03/28/2024
RocGrowth is pleased to present A Candid In-Person event with Zoom Option Downtown Rochester at an Inflection Point Jenna Knauf, Roc Holiday Village Galin Brooks, Partnership for Downtown Rochester Suzanne Mayer, Hinge Neighbors RocGrowth Candids features regional entrepreneurs and innovators who...
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Innovative Community Building in Rochester 10/12/2023
RocGrowth Candids is pleased to present Andrea Westerlund, Founder, Flower Power Magazine Renee Long, Board Member, Clarissa Street Legacy Quajay Donnell, Co-Curator, Behind the Glass Gallery Innovative Community Building in Rochester RocGrowth Candids features regional entrepreneurs and…
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Steve Dubnik: The Strong Museum of Play and Its Impact Upon Rochester 03/22/2023
RocGrowth Candids is pleased to present Steve Dubnik - President and CEO The Strong Museum of Play and Its Impact Upon Rochester In recognition of relaxed pandemic protocols RocGrowth Candids is joyfully resuming its in-person event, providing a virtual participation option. We feature regional...
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Foundry Digital Rochester's Hypergrowth Digital Currency Startup 12/08/2022
Join us for a discussion with Mike Colyer, CEO of Foundry. Foundry was created to meet the institutional demand for better capital access, efficiency and transparency in the digital asset mining and staking industry. Headquartered in Rochester, NY, Foundry leverages its institutional expertise,...
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Rochester's Legacy: Using It to Create the New Rochester 2022-10-12
Please join us for a discussion with Peter Jemison, Seneca Nation ( Heron Clan), founder of the Seneca Art & Cultural Center and former site manager of Ganondagan, and Erica Mock, Executive Director of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiative (FDFI). The Finger Lakes was home to the Haudenosaunee...
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Strike the Hammer: Forging a New Rochester By Knowing Our Past 09/07/2022
RocGrowth Community Please join us for a discussion with historian, Laura Warren Hill, and business leader, Tom Mitchell. Dr. Hill recently published Strike the Hammer: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, New York, 1940-1970 and Mr. Mitchell is the former-CEO of Bergmann Associates and...
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Simeon Banister: A North Star for Rochester's Recovery 03-15-2022
Simeon Banister, the incoming CEO and President of the Rochester Area Community Foundation (RACF). Simeon is a Rochester native and a product of the Rochester City School District. He will discuss the North Star Coalition that he helped launch to ensure an inclusive and equitable post-pandemic...
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Cybersecurity, AI and More 2022-02-24
Please join us to hear a frank assessment of Rochester’s technology attributes from Steve Hoover, Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director of the recently announced Global Cybersecurity Institute at Rochester Institute of Technology and, previously Xerox’s Chief Technology Officer, and Walter...
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Social Enterprise Pitch Battle: Imprintable Solutions 2021-10-28
Congrats to Tina Paradiso, founder of Imprintable Solutions for winning the Social Enterprise Pitch Battle. All the startups had a great pitch and are going to make a social impact. Tina's pitch discussed how a social impact is embedded into her business model. This includes benefits and...
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Social Enterprise Pitch Battle: TheirStory 2021-10-28
Congrats to Zack Ellis, founder of TheirStory for pitching on the Social Enterprise Pitch Battle. All the startups had a great pitch and are going to make a social impact. Check out this excellent pitch. Thanks to Michael Thaney and the Startup Grind team for partnering with Roc Growth to bring…
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Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Rochester Success Stories 2021-06-03
Amy Bach, Founder and Executive Director of Measures for Justice, and Jaime Saunders, President and CEO of United Way of Greater Rochester, discuss their organizations' innovative approaches to tackling some of our community's greatest challenges. Measures for Justice (MFJ) equips communities…
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Making Real Change: Diversity in the Workplace 2021-04-08
RocGrowth's mission includes a commitment to promoting greater equity in our community. We also attempt to empower the new leaders of Rochester and highlight our community's great innovators. With that in mind, we proudly co-produce this event with Conscious Capitalism. Building a Diverse Talent...
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Marijuana Legalization: Opportunities and Challenges: Zack Sarkis and Jason Klimek 2021-02-18
Hear Zach Sarkis, founder of NY HempLab, and Jason Klimek, Esq., Chair of the Cannabis Practice at Boylan Code LLP, to discuss the likely legalization of marijuana in New York State this spring. The legislation is currently being crafted and negotiated by the governor and legislature. This is a...
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Building World-Class Companies in Rochester: Jay McHarg 2021-01-12
Hear Jay McHarg, CEO, AeroSafe Global, describe how his company is playing a critical role in distributing the COVID vaccine throughout the U.S. Having raised over $125 million from leading private equity firms and Merck, AeroSafe Global provides a critical link in the "cold chain" by ensuring...
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Innovation and Public Media: Norm Silverstein, CEO, WXXI 2020-12-15
Norm Silverstein, CEO of WXXI, has been one of the most impactful and underrecognized innovators in our community. Celebrating 25 years as the leader of an organization that includes numerous TV and radio stations, along with City Newspaper and The Little Theatre, he has had a lasting and…
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Building World-Class Companies in Rochester: Austin McChord and Nick Conn 2020-11-17
Hear Austin McChord, founder of $4.5 billion publicly-traded Datto, describe why he has returned to Rochester to build his next billion dollar company. He will be joined by Nicholas Conn, PhD founder of Heart Health Intelligence (HHI). Austin and Nick share a strong connection to RIT and are...
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ROC Innovators respond to Pandemic: Jay McHarg-Aerosafe, Fred Beer-ITX and Bleu Cease-RoCo 2021-01-12
RocGrowth Community- Please join us to learn how three of Rochester's leading innovators responded to the unanticipated challenges faced by the sudden onset of the pandemic. Aerosafe Global, ITX and Rochester Contemporary Art Center are among the vanguard organizations in our regional economy.…
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How Diversity Enhances Innovation and Entrepreneurship: 2020-03-04
TEDxRochesterSalon in partnership with RocGrowth, focusing on how diversity enhances innovation and entrepreneurship. We live in a dynamic city, and Rochester is looked at nationally as an innovation hub. Innovation work requires a vibrant and open community in which people feel welcome, have…
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Hinge Neighbors: Suzanne Mayer & Shawn Dunwoody * 2020-02-07
Hinge Neighbors works to empower people in the neighborhood to raise their voice in a way that will be heard. Hinge Neighbors works along with residents and other community partners currently separated by the Inner Loop North to prepare them to raise their voice in a way that will be heard....
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Mary Kruger * Roc NORML 2019-10-04
:Roc NORML – Mary Kruger [email protected]
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Innovation in the Arts: Bleu Cease, K.C. Sullivan, Sarah Rutherford 2018-07-11
Recognizing the co-existence of a healthy creative class with a vibrant entrepreneurial environment, this is the launch of a series that will feature Innovation in the Arts! This will include the visual, culinary, theatrical, musical and performing arts. Here are some of our area's most…
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Aaron Newman * Founder & CEO CloudCheckr 2018-05-02
Aaron Newman is a dynamic serial entrepreneur who, prior to founding CloudCheckr, already had several successful startups to his credit. Founded just seven years ago, CloudCheckr already employs more than 100 people in Rochester’s Village Gate. Aaron’s innovative approach to technology and...
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J Mikael Totterman * CEO Clerio Vision, Inc 2017-09-06
Mikael Totterman, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Clerio Vision talks about innovation, creating new companies and why he chooses to do it in Rochester. We are pleased to feature Mikael Totterman, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Clerio Vision, Inc. Clerio is a UR Medical Center spin-out that has...
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Optimax Systems with Rick Plympton & Mike Mandina 2017-03-01
Our esteemed guests are Rick Plympton and Mike Mandina, CEO and President of Optimax Systems. This optics company is no traditional success story. The website states it well: “We leverage our optics manufacturing technology for programs that benefit mankind and projects that defend our freedom.”...
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Arunas Chesonis * CEO Cranberry Capital 2016-05-11
Our next guest speaker is one of the more notable local success stories, Arunas Chesonis. Currently, Arunas and his colleagues operate an investment firm, Cranberry Capital, which provides hands-on support and funding to a portfolio of start-up companies. Arunas moved to Rochester upon graduating...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
RocGrowth is a grassroots organization with 3,000 followers empowering the New Rochester. We support and unite emerging leaders as Rochester thrives. Through showcasing innovators, we highlight incredible local talent. Our goal is "Creative Collisions," breaking barriers and fostering opportunities for interaction, promoting fellowship and pride in Rochester. We strive for social equity, aiming for equality in race, class, gender, and age, acknowledging past mistakes that hindered progress.
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Roc Growth Team
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RocGrowth is a grassroots organization with 3,000 followers empowering the New Rochester. We support and unite emerging leaders as Rochester thrives. Through showcasing innovators, we highlight incredible local talent. Our goal is "Creative Collisions," breaking barriers and fostering opportunities...
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