Tagged: accelerate upstate

Boosting exports, focusing on homegrown New York businesses, and the importance of engaging with  Generation Y. These were all topics of focus at the Accelerate Upstate 2.0 conference in Buffalo this week.

Companies at the conference have heard that reaching out to the millennial generation (or "Gen-Y" - people aged 18 – 29), is paramount to their growth and success.

How will upstate New York fare during Governor Andrew Cuomo’s second year in office?

That’s the question on the minds of business leaders as Cuomo is set to deliver his “State of the State” address Wednesday in Albany.

Craig Turner, organizer of Accelerate Upstate, a business advocacy group, has this advice for the governor:

“Just keep on keepin’ on.”