Revenue Accelerated
at Golisano Institute
Hands-on sales help.
Real revenue results.
During our 16-week program, you’ll work closely with a dedicated sales coach who helps you make better revenue decisions and build a scalable sales motion.
You don’t just get advice. You get hands-on coaching, clear decision frameworks, and real customer conversations that turn learning into results.
The result is a program where learning happens through doing, and progress is driven by careful attention to the decisions that matter most.
“The Revenue Accelerator at Golisano Institute will be unique nationally and should grow the venture capital input in Western New York.”
– Tom Golisano, Founder of Paychex and philanthropist
“GrowthX helped sayhii reset and refocus our go-to-market strategy, resulting in a 15x increase in opportunity size and a total qualified pipeline of over $2.7M!”
– Amy Gurske, sayhii
“Working with GrowthX has been a game-changer for our business! We generated over $250,000 in revenue over the 16 weeks. If you’re serious about building a high growth, capital-efficient sales engine, I can’t recommend GrowthX highly enough!”
– Patrick Lawler, Cognivue
Program Details
Highly Selective. Non-Dilutive.
- 16-weeks of focused sales help
- A dedicated expert sales coach
- High-caliber students extend your GTM
- Investor Day with Tom Golisano
- Small commitment fee; No equity
- Next Cohort: October 14, 2025
Want a detailed look at how it works?
Click the Program Guide button to see exactly what you’ll learn, how you’ll spend your time each week, and the outcomes you can expect.
Revenue Accelerated
Raise Capital With Confidence
Traction speaks louder than words and pitch decks.
We help you attract investors because we help you create exactly what investors are looking for: real revenue results and a tangible get-to-market strategy that scales with capital.
“43North is proud to partner with GrowthX to help our high-growth B2B companies validate their go-to-market strategies. Their hands-on approach and deep commitment to founder success are truly first-class. I’ve seen the revenue results firsthand—their systematic methodology and expert coaching deliver real outcomes. I want every founder to have the opportunity to experience what they offer.”
– Colleen Heidinger, 43North
Who's Investing?
Together We Go Farther
The path to product-market fit is challenging, but with the right support, you can achieve remarkable success.
When sales becomes a system, confidence replaces guesswork.
We feel privileged to be a part of your journey, and we take that responsibility seriously.
Together we rise.
Important Dates
Oct 7, 2025
Application Deadline
Rolling review process, with priority given to early applications.
Oct 14, 2025
Program Launch
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
Hear from our founders.
“Joining the GrowthX program was a game-changer for our business! During the 16-week program, we signed 6 new customers representing hundreds of thousands in ARR with $1Ms in contracted revenue as we expend, and built a pipeline of over 20 additional contracts. If you’re a WNY founder looking to accelerate revenue and create a repeatable GTM motion, GrowthX is the fastest way to get there!”
– Jon DeWald, HELIX Intel
“Since starting The Revenue Accelerator at Golisano Institute, our annual revenue as grown by over 33%. Every early-stage company needs GrowthX!”
– Rodney Reisdorf, Verivend (acquired by iAltA)
FAQ
All of your questions answered
Other programs widen your peripheral vision by offering a broad exposure to topics such as company formation, IP, and pitching investors. GrowthX sharpens your aim on sales.
Other programs introduce you to volunteer mentors for sporadic check-ins. With GrowthX, you work with a dedicated, expert coach for 16 weeks. Your coach sits beside you in the details where sales actually happen.
Nothing generic. Nothing surface level. Just practical, deeply helpful support that makes you better every week.
You should plan on 3 – 5 hours per week for the program itself.
Click here to access our Program Guide to see exactly how you will spend your time each week, and the outcomes you can expect.
Yes. If accepted into the program, it’s not any one person, it’s anyone on your team (including advisors and Board members) that you would like to include.
Every company is different, but our focus is always the same: more customers, higher revenue, and shorter sales cycles. The specific outcomes vary based on your growth objectives, your level of maturity when you enter the program, and the variables in your sales process.
Click here to see examples of what our alumni have achieved.
Highly individualized. Your one on one coach works directly with you on your specific ICP, conversations, messaging, pipeline, and revenue goals.
Nothing is generic. Every exercise, template, and playbook is tailored to your company, stage, and market.
No. We have helped 650+ B2B founders across 25+ industries, because while your product and market may be unique, the path to product market fit is not.
Industry background has never been a barrier to revenue growth. What matters most is your willingness to do the work and apply a systematic approach to learning and selling.
No. While many of our companies are software based, we have also worked with hardware, biotech, deep tech, and many other non software technologies.
These categories can be more capital intensive, which can lengthen the journey to product market fit, but they do not change the steps required to get there. The same sales learning loops apply across all technologies.
No. We have helped 650+ B2B founders across 25+ industries and sectors because while your product and market may be unique, the path to product market fit is not.
This applies to far more than software. We have worked with hardware, biotech, deep tech, and many other non software companies. These categories can be more capital intensive, which can extend the journey to product market fit, but they do not change the steps required to get there.
Industry background has never been a barrier to revenue growth. What matters most is your willingness to do the work and apply a systematic approach to learning and selling.
No. We make them better. Your coach supports you and your team with practical tools, guided practice, and weekly accountability.
We complement whatever talent you have in place by helping everyone use the same frameworks, language, and process.
You should apply if you are a B2B founder, have a market-ready MVP, and are seeking systematic, repeatable revenue growth.
The most common stages we work with are bootstrapped, pre seed, seed, and Series A.
What matters most is that you are a learn-it-all who wants hands on sales coaching, not theory.
Great. Early traction often represents closed learning loops, which is the real signal we care about. We help you understand which parts of your traction reflect true progress toward product market fit and which parts may be noise.
Many founders with early revenue still need support strengthening ICP discipline, sharpening messaging, improving pipeline hygiene, and moving from founder led selling to something more repeatable. We meet you where you are and help you build on what is already working.
Yes. Many founders join before they have revenue. Early revenue is often a false positive of product market fit, so we care more about your willingness to learn, talk to customers, and do the work required to build repeatable sales.
We keep the process straightforward. You complete our application to share a bit about your company and your revenue journey, so far, and then we move into a few conversations where we start helping immediately.
It is not a round of tough questions. It is a chance for you to feel the experience and for us to make sure you are a learn-it-all founder who wants to grow.
Decisions are quick and clear.
No. GrowthX does not take equity. You keep full ownership of your company (and protect your cap table).
Our work is focused on helping you grow revenue in a capital efficient way so you can fund your business on your terms.
Yes. We help you find investors, but not through the performative art of a Demo Day. We focus on making you truly investor ready by helping you build systematic and repeatable revenue that de risks an investor’s decision.
Because WNY and national investors know that our coaching helps them de-risk investment decisions, many of them actively follow our cohorts and pay close attention to your progress.
With your permission, our investors can join coaching calls, receive updates, and stay close to your journey. We also help you translate your traction into a compelling fundraising narrative, including how to use the playbooks we build together inside your data room.
Yes. With your permission, investors are welcome to join coaching calls, receive updates, and watch your progress throughout the program. Many do.
They know our focus on systematic revenue growth helps them de risk their decisions and support stronger portfolio companies.
Just the opposite! The first thing we usually do is save you money. Many founders overspend on stage irrelevant tools that are built for companies that already have a repeatable sales playbook. Buying those tools too early is almost always a waste of time and budget.
We have never asked a founder to spend money on website updates, sales automation tools, or digital ads, and it has never stood in the way of real revenue progress.