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Making It Happen - THE TECH GARDEN
Hear the stories behind building a tech startup outside Silicon Valley. See how we’re making it happen at Central New York’s premier tech incubator.
Episodes
20 episodes
WindShape: Repeatable. Reliable. Revolutionary.
In this episode of Making It Happen, the final company of the GENIUS NY 5 cohort, WindShape, sits down for an interview with host Thomas Culeton. Nico Bosson, the COO of WindShape, explains the development of the company's central prod...
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16:24
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CarScanner: Details Matter
This episode of Making it Happen features the founder and CEO of CarScanner, Slawek Potasz, who describes his experience coming to Syracuse from Poland to build his company in the US. From explaining the genesis of his comp...
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Airtonomy: Advancing the Energy Market
This episode features a conversation between Making it Happen host Thomas and Airtonomy CEO and Founder Josh Reidy. Dr. Reidy discusses the benefits of being in the GENIUS NY program while developing a product that would advance the en...
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27:15
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Airial Robotics: Taking Flight in Central New York and Beyond
Our host Thomas speaks to CEO and co-founder of Airial Robotics, Joerg Schamuhn, in the latest episode of Making it Happen. Thomas and Joerg discuss the genesis of Airial Robotics, an uncrewed aerial systems company that is taking the ...
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24:44
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Circle Optics: Building the Camera of the Future
In this episode, our new host Thomas interviews Zak Niazi, founder and CEO of Circle Optics, and Ian Gauger, COO of Circle Optics, to speak with them about their experiences in the GENIUS NY program. From building their camera of the future to ...
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32:02

Marquardt - Growing Manufacturing in CNY
In this episode, we speak to Chris Berry, Business Development Manager and Scott Hansen, Director of Industrial Engineering at Marquardt. Marquardt is a global company with a huge footprint in Cazenovia, NY. They manufacture electro-mechanical ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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30:27
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Rosie: Advice From Atop a Mountain
What happens when you put two C-Suite executives that have known each other since kindergarten on top of a mountain in Park City, Utah? In this episode, we host a Founders’ Chat with co-founders, Nick Nickitas and Michael Ryzewic (“Ryz”) of Ros...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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58:33

The Alvina Group: Boomeranging Back to CNY
In this episode we speak with Kristin Mannion, CEO and founder of The Alvina Group, a business operations and technology consulting company tha...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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33:29

Tonquin: On Demand Auto Parts Delivery
In this episode we discuss with Jeffrey Lyman, a 25-year-old entrepreneur from CNY, his journey of working in his family’s auto shop to becoming CEO of a
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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18:07

WexEnergy: Efficient, Affordable Window Retrofits
In this episode, we talk all about building a clean-energy business in Central New York including the manufacturing process, business incubators, accelerators, competitions and more with
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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38:28

Fotokite: Drone Kites for Public Safety
In this episode, we talk about the public safety application of drones with Craig Marcinkowski, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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22:46

TruWeather: High Tech Weather for Drones and More
In this episode we talk about leadership, the future of weather technology, and what exactly micro-weather is with Don Berchoff, CEO of TruWeather ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:42

BotsAndUs: Customer Service Robots, From the UK to NY
In this episode, we talk all about the future of robots in customer service and what it’s like to bring an international startup to the American market through GENIUS NY with
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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19:23

Eco-Baggeez: The Sandwich Bag of the Future
In this episode we talk all about entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, and more with mother-daughter duo Beth and
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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34:36

ResilienX: The Future of Drone Tech and Safety
We sit down with Ryan Pleskach and Andrew Carter, co-founders of ResilienX, to talk ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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25:26

Iterate Labs: Wearable Tech for Workers Safety
We talk with Jason Guss of Iterate Labs, a company founded by two graduate students out of Cornell University that produces a smart wearable device that ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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23:53

Imajion, Geopipe: What’s New in Virtual and Augmented Reality
We come together through the powers of the internet and talk all about virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence (VR/ AR/ AI) with Adrian Hatch, CEO and co-founder of Imajion...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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39:27

Density’s Charissa Lawrence: An Unexpected Path to Software
We sit down with Charissa Lawrence, Customer Implementation Engineer at Density, one of our fastest-growing startups, to hear what it is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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29:35
