30 Mar, 2023 Buffalo Startup Scene Enters New Chapter By Matthew Pelkey For the last three years I have had the pleasure of writing this editorial for Business First as part of their startup edition;...
06 Feb, 2022 When should I file my trademark application? By Margot Knab I often work with business owners who understand the importance of protecting their intellectual property but insist that it is something...
23 Oct, 2020 It is never too late to get after it. By Margot Knab The numbers are in: the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a mass exodus of women from the workforce in the United States. The U.S. Bureau...
02 Feb, 2020 Forecasting Venture Capital Activity for 2020 By Matthew Pelkey Fears of a possible recession have some investors considering options to weather the storm in 2020. Recession resistant industries and...
23 Jan, 2020 What are you waiting for? Apply to StartFast Venture Accelerator Today! By Matthew Pelkey For the last few years I've had the pleasure of working with companies that have participated in StartFast. Each year I make a trip out...
15 Jan, 2020 Entrepreneurs: how do you get to the top of mount Everest? By Matthew Pelkey Pat Whalen has been an advocate for WNY entrepreneurs from day 1. His willingness to help others, to take risks, and to build what others...
14 Jan, 2020 Information is Power By Colligan Law Interesting article in the Harvard Business Review today about a study conducted to determine the keys to creating and maintaining an...
14 Jan, 2020 Open Salary Policies: Coming Soon-ish? By Matthew Pelkey Open salary policies can have a huge positive impact on your team. They also can come with some unintended consequences. These policies...
10 Jan, 2020 Legal tech gains traction. By Matthew Pelkey Advancements in IOT, artificial intelligence and deep learning have allowed legal tech companies to gain traction. Platforms for...
09 Jan, 2020 2019: our top articles By Matthew Pelkey 2019 saw a lot of changes for businesses. New York ushered in a series of new labor laws, WeWork's now-infamous-IPO crashed and burned,...
08 Jan, 2020 Buffalo's Startup Sherpa: A New Year By Matthew Pelkey A new decade. A new year. New goals. A time where we all spend just a little bit of time reflecting on what has been and what is to come....
27 Dec, 2019 FINRA Finds That "Free" Has a Price at Robinhood By Colligan Law Last week, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") announced that it had fined Robinhood Financial, LLC for "best execution...
22 Dec, 2019 For entrepreneurs, experience matters. By Matthew Pelkey Any investor will tell you that they prefer to invest in a company with experience--someone who has launched a venture before and shown...
19 Dec, 2019 99.5 More Years By Margot Knab The World Economic Forum released a new report on the global gender gap this week, which estimates that gender parity is not expected to...
19 Dec, 2019 What goes up, must come down. Private markets ready for impact. By Matthew Pelkey Private equity and venture capital funds are preparing for a downturn in the economy. This is impacting investments with higher...
18 Dec, 2019 Supporting entrepreneurs: even in prison By Matthew Pelkey We often talk about how entrepreneurship can be a path forward for communities that have fallen on hard times--how we can create...