The University at Buffalo Office of Economic Engagement, the Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) and the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator will hold an event to highlight the business and scientific expertise available to businesses in Chautauqua County.

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce announces it has partnered SellingHive Corporation, an internet company based in the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator. By joining SellingHive’s Affiliate Program, the Chamber will help its members generate new revenue using the SellingHive service when the site launches next quarter, while giving SellingHive the benefit of working closely with Chautauqua County businesses.

An internship at the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator provides a level of student excitement that is difficult to match. After all, these are budding entrepreneurs — visionaries advancing ideas for new products or services — who are literally mortgaging their futures for the opportunity to launch their own cutting-edge businesses. More than 40 students have already seized the opportunity to join them at this innovative facility located just minutes from campus and home to 11 firms only one year after its doors officially opened

The SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator in Dunkirk hosted a Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce mixer event Thursday evening to introduce Chamber members to three of the most advanced start-up companies, in terms of development, inside the incubator. The three companies that made brief presentations before the audience of around 50 individuals were: Textivia, Dunkirk Bio-Electric and SellingHive.

SellingHive Corp. — one of 11 tenants now in the downtown Dunkirk economic development engine less than a year after it officially opened its doors — is creating a social networking site that provides custom-designed toolsets for businesses to increase sales of their products and services. Several students began serving internships during the fall semester, and many more will be added in the coming spring term.

M&T Bank has stepped forward with the largest corporate gift to date in support of the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator. The $75,000 pledge is in response to the $300,000 "challenge grant" the incubator received from Buffalo's Oishei Foundation.

The owners of two tenant companies of the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator, together with Incubator Director Robert Fritzinger, will speak on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. in Room S121 of the Williams Center. Their discussion will be about internships and potential full-time opportunities at the incubator for all majors including Business, Communication, Computer Science and Visual Arts/New Media.

Students and alumni will have the opportunity to speak directly to employers that have internships and/or full-time positions available in technology, business, human services and government, among other areas. The job fair on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. in the Williams Center is co-sponsored by the Career Development Office and the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator.

Apex Offshore Wind, LLC (Apex Offshore), a national developer of wind energy facilities that delivers clean, renewable energy, has selected the incubator to house a new regional office as it expands its business from its Charlottesville, Va. headquarters. The incubator’s proximity to the wind-friendly Lake Erie shoreline gives the company a strategic advantage as it expands both its development and production initiatives.