Allyson Springett, President of Mystique Natural, was recently featured in an article on NewburghNY.org. It explores how she came to start her company and documents her journey of starting, and growing, a business. Read the article HERE
Lucky Bug was featured in an article about local summer fun for the little ones on the Gardiner Association of Business website. Their fun designs and organic fabrics make them them a must-have for all babies and toddlers. Read the article HERE
Allyson Springett, President of Accelerator client Mystique Natural, was recently featured on "Women on the Move" on ABC in Atlanta! She spoke about the inspiration for her products and how she grew her business.
Another great article on Accelerator client Lucky Bug! They were featured in an article on newburghny.org titled, "How a Hudson Valley family of entrepreneurs bootstraps their textile business." Check out the article HERE
Vincent Cozzolino, managing partner of Galileo Technology Group and managing director of the Orange County Industrial Development Agency and The Accelerator, addresses the crowd of more than 75 business people at the Mid-Hudson Valley Manufacturing Technology Conference on Dec. 2. NEW WINDSOR, Dec. 8, 2016 – More than 75 business people gathered for the Mid-Hudson Valley Manufacturing Technology Conference, hosted by The Accelerator, at SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall on Dec. 2. The event’s keynote speaker, Robert Amler, MD, MBA – co-founder of BioInc@NYMC; vice president of government affairs, dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice and Institute of Public Health and professor of Public Health, Pediatrics and Environmental Health Science at Read More
NEW WINDSOR — The wearing grind of a daily commute between Middletown and Rockefeller Center in Manhattan got Stephanie Falsetta to thinking about starting her own business. It was 2014 when Falsetta tossed her career as a paralegal at Christie’s New York and the near-four hour round trip it entailed, to launch a soap and lotions company, Goats in a Coat. Though she had her doubts, the encouragement of her husband, Michael, and her mother, Marianne Markey, won out. “I never thought I’d have a soap company,” Falsetta, a mother of three children, said at The Accelerator, Orange County’s entrepreneur incubator. “I figured I’d retire from Christie’s … But my mom told me to follow Read More
On May 5, our own Laurie Villasuso was a guest on WTBQ Radio’s “The Three Amigos” show, a morning show hosted by Orange County Legislators Barry Cheney, John Vero, and Paul Ruszkiewicz. As the Chief Operating Officer of The Accelerator and the Orange County IDA, Villasuso answers questions about the IDA, PILOT programs, The Accelerator and it’s shift to a manufacturing focus, The Accelerator Without Walls and much more! Listen below!
FuzeHub to Host Event on Fashion Manufacturing in the Hudson Valley Regional Groups Partner to Support Reemergence of the Industry Hudson Valley, N.Y. - FuzeHub, a not-for-profit that works to connect small- and medium-sized manufacturers with resources throughout the state, has partnered with The Accelerator, Powered by the Orange County IDA, The Orange County Partnership and The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC) to hold an event that will promote the reemergence of the fashion manufacturing industry in the Hudson Valley. The event, “Evolution of Fashion Manufacturing in the Hudson Valley: Past, Present, Future,” will be held on Friday, December 11, at SUNY Orange’s Kaplan Hall, from 9a.m. to noon. “Our goal is to provide a platform Read More
NEW WINDSOR – A different kind of enterprise has found a place in Orange County’s Business Accelerator. Unshattered is a not-for-profit organization aiming to give women a renewed chance at life as they overcome issues including drug addiction and alcoholism. It’s the brainchild of Kelly Lyndgaard of Hopewell Junction. She stepped off IBM’s executive ladder early this year to volunteer running a business using materials from used jackets and upholstery to make women’s bags. They sell for an average $65 online at Etsy, and at local craft fairs. “The market is women with a sense of fashion, but who also want to make a social impact with their purchase,” Lyndgaard said. “By buying a bag Read More
NEW WINDSOR – The Orange County Accelerator, which is overseen by the county’s Industrial Development Agency, was created to serve as a business incubator for start-up businesses. The IDA and the accelerator’s new management team, wanted to focus on specific categories of business, said Associate Executive Director Laurie Villasuso. “The accelerator’s goal now, rather than just offering office space is really broadened to include the production assistant, access to machinery, and workforce development, as well as education and mentoring for small batch, high-mix manufacturing,” Villasuso said. “Our first one is the fashion design and production pod, but as we move forward through the rest of our pods, we really aim to grab manufacturers and makers Read More
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