Greater ROC Careers
A full-service job board for job seekers and employers in the Greater Rochester, NY area.

City of Rochester
Provides a variety of business services to assist new, existing, and expanding businesses, including permits and licenses, loans, and grants.

Monroe County
Offers a wealth of resources to assist new and existing businesses, including information on licenses, permits, DBA filings, economic development, and business laws.

Monroe County Library System
Business Insight Center | Grant Resource Center | Meeting Room Reservations

NextCorps
Provides a suite of services, including technology commercialization for very-early-stage opportunities, business incubation for high-growth-potential startups, and growth services for existing manufacturing companies seeking to improve their top- and bottom-line performance.

RIT Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
A hub for urban entrepreneurial programs and research.

RIT Venture Creations
A technology business incubator that provides a variety of services to early- to mid-seed stage startups

ROC Game Dev
An organization dedicated to fostering a community of game creators in Rochester, NY.

SCORE
A nonprofit association that assists small businesses and those who want to start their own small businesses. They offer services such as counseling and workshops.

The Entrepreneurs Network (TEN)
An economic development program for companies in the traded sector, specifically startups and small businesses who are commercializing scientific breakthroughs and new technologies and/or scaling their operation by tapping markets beyond their immediate geography.

UR Ventures
Protects, develops, and commercializes the intellectual property arising from research at the University of Rochester.

Empire State Development
Opportunities to grow your business in New York State. All forms of tax incentives that enable savings and cost advantages to businesses.

Luminate NY
Helping optics photonics and imaging enabled startups with investment, mentors, and access

Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE)
A state certification program, administered by Empire State Development, designed to assist the growth and development of businesses owned and controlled by women and minorities.

New York Business Express
Starter guide, custom business checklist and information on support and incentives from New York State.

NY Small Business Development Center
Provides small business owners and entrepreneurs in New York with the highest quality, confidential business counseling, training, and business research at no cost.

NYS License Center
Useful website for those who want to start a new business or expand their current business, as it will help you find the NYS business permits and licenses you may need.

START-UP NY
Helps new and expanding businesses through tax-based incentives and innovative academic partnerships.

The Small Business Administration: Provides planning, services, tools, and local resources to small businesses, small business owners, and prospective business owners.