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March 16, 2018
This week on the podcast we chat with Dan about his journey from attorney to joining 2016 43North winning startup Formarum as they open a manufacturing facility, crank out orders in time for summer 2018 and grow a team of engineers – sounds like just the right job for one of Buffalo’s 40 under 40.
LISTEN NOWMarch 9, 2018
Fill Education is a platform that identifies specific lessons that a student is struggling with and automatically places them in extra help classes.
READ ARTICLEMarch 7, 2018
The Westminister Economic Development Initiative, WEDI for short, started as an outreach effort by Westminister Presbyterian Church as a way to empower economically disadvantaged populations in Buffalo.
LISTEN NOWMarch 1, 2018
This week on the podcast we talk with Marnie LaVigne from Launch NY. Launch NY is a great ambassador for the Buffalo startup scene and the team over there have been working hard at bringing idea and early-stage startups to the region and helping those with an idea launch their startup.
LISTEN NOWFebruary 21, 2018
This week on the podcast we chat with former 43North judge and Managing Partner at 1000 Angels Erica Duignan Minnihan.
LISTEN NOWFebruary 13, 2018
Alex Gress has been named the incoming Executive Director of 43North. So who is he? What’s his vision for the $5 Million Startup Competition? Where did he come from? Why did he come back to Buffalo? Why is he doing so much swimming?
LISTEN NOWFebruary 12, 2018
Today, 43North, the $5 million startup competition, announced that Alex Gress will soon join the organization as its Executive Director. Gress comes to 43North with more than 20 years of international finance, capital markets and early stage investment experience with a background in building and leading high performing teams.
READ ARTICLEFebruary 9, 2018
Learn how LenderLogix is helping lenders and realtors work better together in today’s Founder Friday!
READ ARTICLEFebruary 8, 2018
This week on the podcast we chat with business attorney Andrea HusVar. She works closely with startups getting off the ground and regularly provides expertise to help startups determine which route of funding they should take
LISTEN NOWFebruary 2, 2018
What was intended to be a simple beach day ultimately inspired Bernard Cohen to take the entrepreneurial plunge and start Chip-Down with his co-founder, Joseph Ricciardi. They were the $10,000 winners of The Henry A. Panasci Jr. Competition out of the University at Buffalo in 2017, and now they have their sights on expanding distribution to some of the biggest names in retail.
READ ARTICLEJanuary 30, 2018
This week on the podcast we say so long to John Gavigan as he ends his tenure as Executive Director of 43North and look back at his time here and look ahead.
LISTEN NOWJanuary 26, 2018
This week on the podcast we talk with Pitchbook analyst Dylan Cox. Dylan recently spoke at an Upstate Capital Association event and we, quite literally, grabbed him prior to heading to the airport in order to get a word with him about developments in venture and private equity dollars in Western New York.
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