Fears of a possible recession have some investors considering options to weather the storm in 2020. Recession resistant industries and...

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...

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...

Interesting article in the Harvard Business Review  today about a study conducted to determine the keys to creating and maintaining an...

Advancements in IOT, artificial intelligence and deep learning have allowed legal tech companies to gain traction. Platforms for...

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,...

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....

Last week, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") announced that it had fined Robinhood Financial, LLC for "best execution...

Any investor will tell you that they prefer to invest in a company with experience--someone who has launched a venture before and shown...

Private equity and venture capital funds are preparing for a downturn in the economy. This is impacting investments with higher...

We often talk about how entrepreneurship can be a path forward for communities that have fallen on hard times--how we can create...

PitchBook has been recently highlighting the increased public pressure on private equity firms. High profile failures such as Toys R Us...