ETIC Director Featured in Tech Startup Coverage

Newsday featured insight from Michael Nizich, Ph.D., director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), in an article about the fundraising challenges that local tech startups face. The article centered around funding awarded by the nonprofit Accelerate Long Island, which will be awarded to entrepreneurs through New York State’s Innovation Hot Spot program. Grants will help local startups defray the cost of professional services such as legal, accounting, human resources, and marketing. Nizich, who has worked with many entrepreneurs at the ETIC, noted that networking and guidance provided by several groups, including Accelerate and the Business Incubator Association of New York State, enable early-stage entrepreneurs to succeed in an environment where these costs can seem out of reach. Similar coverage appeared in the Long Island Press.