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Latitude Episode 21:The Entrepreneurial Rainforest

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This week on the Latitude Podcast, brought to you KeyBank, we talk with David Colligan – partner at Colligan Law. David has a long career of helping startups and entrepreneurs in WNY getting their feet off the ground. As a founding member of the Buffalo Angels, he’s invested in startups, as a member of the WNY Venture Association he’s helped lay the groundwork for fostering a startup ecosystem and as a trustee of the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation he’s ensuring the future of WNY’s institutions is secure.

We talk with David about the early days of the Buffalo Angels, why he is so involved with the startup scene and how he’s seen Buffalo look like a startup desert, to now trending towards an entrepreneurial rainforest.


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