Larry Rulison of the Times Union writes - “A Little Falls man who built up a successful human resources business in Silicon Valley is trying to unlock the economic potential of upstate New York.

Martin Babinec, who founded TriNet HR Corp. in San Leandro, Calif. in 1988, has started what’s known as Upstate Venture Connect, a nonprofit based in Syracuse.
Babinec is trying to bring together universities, economic development and business leaders across the state to work together to make upstate as fertile for start-up companies as places like San Jose, Calif., Austin, Texas and Boston.

And he has already started making connections in the Capital Region, placing one local economic development official, Peter Pritchard of the Center for Economic Growth in Albany, on his advisory board.”

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