21 Mar, 2024 Potential Impact of Real Estate Commission Changes on Consumers By Alexander Vilardo Real estate markets may experience a seismic shift if the changes in commission rates come into effect later this summer. By potentially...
27 Oct, 2023 The Rise of Multistory Warehouses: Meeting the Changing Needs of Urban Logistics By Alexander Vilardo Multistory warehouses have gained popularity in the U.S. over the past five years, catering to the evolving demands of the market. ...
06 Jul, 2022 Starting Up: Colligan Law Client Making Waves Art Studio Opens in Parkside By Alexander Vilardo When my good friend and now client, Katie Hujer, approached me about her startup idea, I couldn’t have been happier. I knew Katie was an...
01 Apr, 2022 Buffalo: A Startup City a Decade Later By Matthew Pelkey A decade ago, few could predict whether the efforts to make Buffalo a vibrant startup community would work. Many of us believed it could,...
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...