Think Small

I am always amazed at how many really interesting companies there are in Rochester.  I was speaking with someone yesterday who told me about Cerion Energy.  Talk about cool, cutting edge, emerging industry, HOT!  They specialize in nanotechnology.  I love that word, yet didn't really know what it meant.  In lay-mans terms, it means it helps things get where they need to go more precisely, such as medicine or process more efficiently, such as fuels.  Cerian Energy is focusing on biofuels and healthcare uses of nanotechnology.

Small companies like this are sprouting up all over Rochester.  Smart people who've been laid off from the big companies over the past years are using their talents to build new ventures. 

As a job seeker, our challenge is to find out more about these companies that are running low under the radar.  They don't have big budgets for marketing, and their networking circles may not intersect yours.

Here are some ideas of where to go to find names of small companies with future hiring potential:

• Read the RBJ

• Attend Digital Rochester

• Bigger Impact Weekly

• Go to some of the office parks and take down company names

• COMIDA

• Ask librarians to help you do some research

If you have other ways of sleuthing and sourcing, please share!

Comments

[Career Sherpa]

Tom, thank you so much! These are great resources. I also want to thank Lee Drake who provided me with these two sites as well...
www.ten-ny.org and www.rochesterstartups.com
Happy Hunting! but more importantly, good luck "Start Ups!"

[Tom Lathrop]

Hannah,

You're right about the large number of small startup companies in Rochester. Many of these companies are doing interesting, cutting-edge work.

Both RIT and the University of Rochester Medical Center have business incubators that help start companies using technology that was developed by the university. Their web pages have information about the companies that they are helping, and in the case of RIT, that they have helped in the past.

RIT:
http://www.rit.edu/research/vc/

University of Rochester Medical Center:
http://www.htr.org/rbec.asp

Tom