Testimonials

Dublin, Ireland

“The Koffman Southern Tier Incubator is a great facility that caters to setting up and scaling your start-up company. The Incubator’s mentorship and programming connected us with the local business community and helped us navigate the various local grants and programs that are available to start-ups in the region. We are now using the Koffman Incubator as the base to establish Hub Controls in the U.S. market. What is great about being part of Soft Landing New York is that you are meeting the people who will tell you quickly whether you have a product-market fit for the U.S. market; and there is honesty and trust there."
Brian Cregan
General Manager of Hub Controls

Aukland, New Zealand

“We have been extremely impressed by the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator’s offerings and the staff during our time as tenants. The facility provides a toolbox of resources in a beautiful setting. The staff is engaged with helping us achieve our goals for growth and market impact in the United States.”
Jason Hill
Vice President for Sales at Hectre

Antanhol, Portugal

“On behalf of Cleanwatts Inc., I would like to thank the entire team of Soft Landing New York for a wonderful organization and execution these last few months! The workshops gave us great insights into the industry and some excellent tips on how we can navigate the journey of expansion of our company in the United States. We have been delighted to gain alignment with the Cornell Grand Challenges Program and conduct two amazing projects with the students at Cornell University. We are a software company, we can go anywhere. However, the people and the whole ecosystem around the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator enable me to say that this is the best place for Cleanwatts to land and start our business in the United States.”
Michael Mahan
President of Cleanwatts Americas

Calgary, Canada

“The Soft Landing New York Program provides great training and the access to a graduate student is very important to advancing efforts in New York State. Performing work remotely from outside the U.S. is difficult, and having actual people working with the company (Koffman Incubator Mentor / graduate student / professor) is critical to an accelerated presence in the U.S.”
Michael Coia
Ionic Solutions – Canada

Pune, India

“I am primarily an academician, I do not know how to sell, so Soft Landing New York was all new knowledge to me. I attended all workshops and bootcamps and the Program was an excellent experience for me.
Dr. Manjusha Shelke
Founder of Rechargion Energy - India

Chuncheon, South Korea

“One of the important steps to enter the U.S. market is making a connection with your customers, and especially for a research company like ours finding the research partner at a university is very important. Being in the Southern Tier is advantageous because there are universities with very qualified engineers and scientists. So far everything goes well and I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to all who make the Soft Landing New York program at the Koffman Incubator possible. Sometimes for companies like ours it can be hard to find our problems by ourselves. Elena and Eric have been very proactive in addressing our problems and helping us in many ways they can.”
Hojin Yoo
Bionsight – South Korea

Tabasco, Mexico

“First, when you are a foreign company trying to enter into a market you don’t know anything about, coming to Binghamton and Soft Landing New York gives trust and a sense of safety to your customers. Second, the Program speeds things up. You can find providers on your own, but you have to be always checking, “Am I doing the right thing, am I meeting the right guy, am I paying the right price?” When you come here, most of these things are solved and you have the right help at the right moment. Soft Landing New York helps us realize that there is an opportunity to do business here.”
Erick Saavedra
Bmate Consulting - Mexico

Serbia

“We already knew some of the things and we incorporated in the U.S. before Soft Landing New York but the Program offers great connections and networks, such as attorneys who introduced us to the taxing system. Soft Landing New York helped us understand better the culture and business dealings that happen in the U.S. and this is probably one of the biggest values for us as a company. Another strong part of Soft Landing New York was customer discovery for the U.S. market. For startup companies the Program can give you a great head start and you should definitely try it.”
Dusan Simic and Filip Milinkovic
Watchroom Technologies – Serbia

Como, Italy

“Why are we working with the Soft Landing New York Program? Food is global but it is also culture and culture is inherently local. It requires a total adaptation of the way we are doing business. To say nothing of regulatory compliance, access to subsidies, markets, research institutions and the like – the whole culture of the customers that we are working with in the U.S. is totally, structurally different. The soft landing program provides tremendous help in terms of dealing with cultural issues. Also, being able to enter the U.S. market with a partner like Cornell University, with its name recognition brings a tremendous benefit to our company.”
Joseph Gaylord
Internationalization Manager for Buzzup - Italy

Hub Controls Inc. – Ireland

“The Koffman Southern Tier Incubator is a great facility that caters to setting up and scaling your start-up company. The Incubator’s mentorship and programming connected us with the local business community and helped us navigate the various local grants and programs that are available to start-ups in the region. We are now using the Koffman Incubator as the base to establish Hub Controls in the U.S. market. What is great about being part of Soft Landing New York is that you are meeting the people who will tell you quickly whether you have a product-market fit for the U.S. market; and there is honesty and trust there.” – Brian Cregan, General Manager of Hub Controls 

Cleanwatts – Portugal

“On behalf of Cleanwatts Inc., I would like to thank the entire team of Soft Landing New York for a wonderful organization and execution these last few months! The workshops gave us great insights into the industry and some excellent tips on how we can navigate the journey of expansion of our company in the United States. We have been delighted to gain alignment with the Cornell Grand Challenges Program and conduct two amazing projects with the students at Cornell University. We are a software company, we can go anywhere. However, the people and the whole ecosystem around the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator enable me to say that this is the best place for Cleanwatts to land and start our business in the United States.” – Michael Mahan, President of Cleanwatts Americas

Ionic Solutions – Canada

“The Soft Landing New York Program provides great training and the access to a graduate student is very important to advancing efforts in New York State. Performing work remotely from outside the U.S. is difficult, and having actual people working with the company (Koffman Incubator Mentor / graduate student / professor) is critical to an accelerated presence in the U.S.”​​ – Michael Coia​, Ionic Solutions

Rechargion Energy – India

“I am primarily an academician, I do not know how to sell, so Soft Landing New York was all new knowledge to me. I attended all workshops and bootcamps and the Program was an excellent experience for me.​ – Dr. Manjusha Shelke​, Founder of Rechargion Energy

Bionsight – South Korea

“One of the important steps to enter the U.S. market is making a connection with your customers, and especially for a research company like ours finding the research partner at a university is very important. Being in the Southern Tier is advantageous because there are universities with very qualified engineers and scientists. So far everything goes well and I would like to say ‘Thank you’ to all who make the Soft Landing New York program at the Koffman Incubator possible. Sometimes for companies like ours it can be hard to find our problems by ourselves. Elena and Eric have been very proactive in addressing our problems and helping us in many ways they can.” – Hojin Yoo, Bionsight

Bmate Consulting – Mexico

“First, when you are a foreign company trying to enter into a market you don’t know anything about, coming to Binghamton and Soft Landing New York gives trust and a sense of safety to your customers. Second, the Program speeds things up. You can find providers on your own, but you have to be always checking, “Am I doing the right thing, am I meeting the right guy, am I paying the right price?” When you come here, most of these things are solved and you have the right help at the right moment. Soft Landing New York helps us realize that there is an opportunity to do business here.” – Erick Saavedra, President of Bmate Consulting

Watchroom Technologies – Serbia

“We already knew some of the things and we incorporated in the U.S. before Soft Landing New York but the Program offers great connections and networks, such as attorneys who introduced us to the taxing system. Soft Landing New York helped us understand better the culture and business dealings that happen in the U.S. and this is probably one of the biggest values for us as a company. Another strong part of Soft Landing New York was customer discovery for the U.S. market. For startup companies the Program can give you a great head start and you should definitely try it.” – Dusan Simic and Filip Milinkovic, Watchroom Technologies

Bu[zz]up - Italy

“Why are we working with the Soft Landing New York Program? Food is global but it is also culture and culture is inherently local. It requires a total adaptation of the way we are doing business. To say nothing of regulatory compliance, access to subsidies, markets, research institutions and the like – the whole culture of the customers that we are working with in the U.S. is totally, structurally different. The soft landing program provides tremendous help in terms of dealing with cultural issues. Also, being able to enter the U.S. market with a partner like Cornell University, with its name recognition brings a tremendous benefit to our company.” – Joseph Gaylord, Internationalization Manager for Bu[zz]up

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