Catch up with the latest developments, news and insights from 43North and our portfolio companies.
This week on the Latitude Podcast host Nate Benson is joined by royalty, well, chicken wing royalty. Drew Cerza, aka “The Wing King”, joins the podcast to talk about the early days of the International Chicken Wing Festival, how he became a king, the best and worst wing he’s ever had and how he found his passion in chicken wing entrepreneurship.
This week on Latitude we chat with John Hill, VP of Network at Techstars. John talks about his background in journalism and how that led him to a career of connecting people, why networking is so vital to the health of an emerging startup community, and how to actually network.
Two companies that won investment from 43North in 2017 have announced that they raised a total of $18 million, bringing the capital raised by 43North’s portfolio companies to more than $240 million over the past five years. The two, Squire and Tara.ai, raised $8 million and $10 million in Series A investments, respectively.
This week on the podcast, presented by the UB School Of Management Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness, Barb talks about starting her company, the passion involved in mission-driven entrepreneurship and the impact the company has had on war-torn farmers.
Ready to take your small business to the next level? Ignite Buffalo’s Small Business Summer School program is here to help. From defining your target audience to establishing your team structure, managing your finances, and mastering your pitch, you will learn strategies and tactics from industry experts to help formalize your business plan and grow your business.
Immersed Games, a 43North portfolio company, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to expand Tyto Online, their educational video game that helps middle school students learn science and engineering skills.
This week we take Latitude on the road for another live edition featuring 2018 43North winner Nadia Hamilton, founder of Magnusmode.
This week on the podcast hosts Nate Benson and Darren Treadway talk with Kate and Joe about Let Them LOL, their nonprofit initiative that is building water wells in Sierra Leone.
Founding a startup takes guts, intelligence, perseverance, and, in the case of Nadia Hamilton, love. Her company, Magnusmode, is helping individuals with autism and cognitive special needs navigate the world with ease through their mobile app.
Noa Simons, Executive Director of the Upstate Capital Association, joins host Nate Benson to talk about all the various types of capital being deployed in New York since the last time she was on the show.
Where does Buffalo’s startup scene stand today? How is Techstars working with the Western New York community to take our entrepreneurial ecosystem to the next level? Find out during the Techstars Buffalo Assessment Public Readout on Thursday, May 30 from 5 pm to 7 pm at Hotel Henry in Buffalo.
43North has kicked off the sixth year of the $5,000,000 startup competition and is now accepting applications.