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Latitude Episode 79: From Hockey Ref to Founder to Ice Cream Machine Guy

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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.

He’s also paying it back by mentoring young entrepreneurs and developers in the startup world by sharing his 20+ years of programming, development, IT and operations experience.

This week on the podcast we talk to Bob about his incredible startup journey.


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