Founder Friday: Jack McGowan, Buffalo Angels
Learn more about the leader of the Buffalo Angels, Jack McGowan, and how you can get involved with the WNY Venture Association and Buffalo Angels in today’s Founder Friday!
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Latitude Live! Featuring Scott Wayman of Kangarootime
It’s another edition of Latitude Live! This week we feature our live audience conversation with Scott Wayman, founder of 2017 43North winning company Kangarootime.
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Latitude Episode 59: Your Pitch Person Probably Shouldn’t Be Your Spokesperson
This week on the podcast we chat with PR professional Matt Davison from The Martin Group and Martin Davison Public Relations. Matt has experience in public and private sector public relations and has handled PR fires both big and small.
Founder Friday: Scott Wayman, Kangarootime
Scott Wayman realized that the educational sector was seriously lacking innovation, despite being so essential to our development. This led him to start Kangarootime, a platform that’s automating tasks for educators and better connecting families to their child’s education.
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Latitude Episode 58: Apply Within
The application period for the $5M startup competition is underway. In this episode of the Latitude podcast, we answer all your questions, talk about the right kind of startups for the competition and why Nate’s Nacho Stand probably wouldn’t win the million dollar award.
43North Announces Strategic Partnership with Facebook, M&T Bank and Other National Partners
43North today announced a strategic partnership with Facebook, along with M&T Bank, Quickbooks, Amazon Web Services, WordPress and WooCommerce, that will offer small businesses access to much-needed mentorship and capital through the Ignite Buffalo program.
Founder Friday: Davielle Jackson, Femi Secrets
What’s next for Femi Secrets? The launch of a subscription-based model, manufacturing facility, and growth right here in Buffalo. Learn more about Davielle and 2017 Winner Femi Secrets in today’s Founder Friday!
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Latitude Episode 57: The Mother, The Scientist, The Leader
This week on the podcast we’re thrilled to have Dr. Norma Nowak. Founder of Empire Genomics. Dr. Nowak is also the executive director of the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences at the University at Buffalo.
Founder Friday: Songe LaRon, Squire
Learn more about co-founder Songe LaRon and 2017 43North Winner Squire in today’s Founder Friday!
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Latitude Live! Featuring Andrew Martinko from Suncayr
It’s Episode 56 of the podcast and the 2nd edition of our LIVE podcast. This week we chat with Andrew Martinko, co-founder of 2017 43North winner Suncayr. Suncayr makes a smart sticker that’ll keep you safe in the summer sun.
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Latitude Episode 55: 43North Launches Year 5 of the $5 Million Startup Competition!
IT’S HAPPENING! Year five of the 43North competition has officially been launched! On this episode of the podcast, we recap the launch of the $5M startup competition in Buffalo, New York.
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Latitude Episode 54: The Watchdog For The Roadway
Christian Johnson’s child was about to start driving in an age where distracted driving is causing countless accidents on the roadway. She wanted a way to check in to see if her son was driving safely and that evolved the hardware startup Driver Watchdog.