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November 7, 2018
Buffalo is awesome, especially in the eyes of those who live here. Awesome Buffalo is awesome as well. Part of the worldwide Awesome Foundation platform, Awesome Buffalo provides $1,000 grants to those looking to do social good in the city.
LISTEN NOWNovember 2, 2018
Bob Willer is a man of many talents. He’s a former professional hockey referee. He’s a founder. He’s the CIO of an ed-tech startup in Buffalo. And the Ice Cream Machine Guy at said startup.
LISTEN NOWOctober 26, 2018
This week on the podcast we head back to the 43North Finals where we hosted a live edition of Latitude with the 2018 follow-on funding winners Femi Secrets and Kangarootime.
LISTEN NOWOctober 19, 2018
Host Nate Benson talks to Chris about founding Mapquest, why he’s called “The Startup Whisperer,” building forts and being a judge at the 43North Finals.
LISTEN NOWOctober 5, 2018
It’s another year and another 43North final is in the books. This week on the podcast we talk with Sparkcharge founder Josh Aviv about founding his startup in Syracuse, and why Buffalo is where he wants to grow is EV powering station startup.
LISTEN NOWOctober 4, 2018
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced SparkCharge as the $1 million grand prize winner of the fifth annual 43North competition.
READ ARTICLESeptember 26, 2018
This week on the podcast we talk to the woman that makes it happen, Colleen Heidinger. Colleen has a fascinating journey to and from Buffalo that includes stints at Babson, American Idol, Dreamworks and now 43North.
LISTEN NOWSeptember 13, 2018
This week on the podcast we’re talking about the 2018 43North Finalists!!! Host Nate Benson is joined by 43North’s Lauren Baynes where they break down all the startups competing in the 43North Finals on October 3 at Shea’s Performing Arts Center.
LISTEN NOWSeptember 12, 2018
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the 18 finalists of this year’s 43North competition. The $5 million startup competition, which is supported by the Governor’s Buffalo Billion initiative, is designed to encourage entrepreneurs with high growth potential to compete for enterprise funding in Western New York.
READ ARTICLEAugust 31, 2018
This week on the podcast, host Nate Benson talks to Oxford Pennant co-founder Dave Horesh about his love of pennants, starting a pennant company, the challenges of starting a felt based business, winning the Ignite Buffalo grant and aiming to be the next New Era Cap.
LISTEN NOWAugust 31, 2018
Today, GRASPIE is participating in Launch NY and working with their first enterprise client of over 2,000 employees. They plan to bring on several additional enterprise companies over the next few years as well as expand the team here in Buffalo
READ ARTICLEAugust 24, 2018
You may have wanted to get involved with the Buffalo startup scene but had no idea how. Buffalo Startup Weekend 2018 is the perfect way to get involved.
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