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Latitude Episode 23: The Chairman Of The Board

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As CEO of the Jacobs Institute on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Managing Partner at Lorraine Capital, (among many, many other roles), Bill Maggio is about as immersed as you can get in Buffalo’s startup ecosystem.

This week on our Latitude podcast, presented by KeyBank, Bill provides his perspective on the progress Buffalo’s startup community has made, what’s ahead for Buffalo, and his experience working with 43North, so let’s not waste another minute with me, and get right to this week’s interview.

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