14 Mar, 2023 Should I stay or should I go? Startups clash with uncertainty over SVB debt. By Matthew Pelkey The collapse this week of Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB") certainly reminds many of us of the early days in the 2008 mortgage foreclosure...
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...
04 May, 2022 Angel Investing In Buffalo New York By David Colligan Now that Buffalo has crossed the $500 million annual investment mark in early stage startups in Buffalo New York people want to learn how...
06 Mar, 2022 Starting up right: LLC vs. C-corp By Matthew Pelkey I recently had the pleasure of writing for BuffaloInno about some of the issues founders should consider when starting up a business. In...
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...
08 Dec, 2021 Buffalo is on the national VC funding radar! By David Colligan This report from Rise of the Rest shows that Buffalo now appears on the list of locales outside of Silicon Valley, Boston or New York...
26 Jun, 2021 Why startups fail...and perhaps what we can do about it. By Matthew Pelkey A recent article in Harvard Business Review posed a relatively straightforward question: why do startups fail? We all know that more than...
18 Nov, 2020 Erie County municipalities transition from "yellow" to "orange" By Alexander Vilardo On Wednesday, November 18, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that parts of Western New York have transitioned from "yellow" to "orange" on...
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...
11 Oct, 2020 Streamlined PPP forgiveness application available to some borrowers By Alexander Vilardo Recently, the Small Business Administration announced that small businesses that received PPP loans of $50,000 or less are eligible for a...
14 Sep, 2020 Buffalo's startup ecosystem in the age of COVID. By David Colligan One observer's impression on COVID-19's effect on the Buffalo Start-Up ecosystem.
30 Aug, 2020 Farming ideas: Tech is changing agriculture in Western New York By Colligan Law I was recently interviewed by Buffalo Business First and the Buffalo Law Journal as part of a feature about how start ups and tech...
10 Jul, 2020 Farmers seek help from startups after food supply chain disruption By Colligan Law When coronavirus required many restaurants to suddenly temporarily close, many farmers who provide much of the produce to that industry...
14 May, 2020 Crowdfunding in a Pandemic By Margot Knab The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently announced that it will ease its crowdfunding regulations in light of the impact...
01 Dec, 2019 Disrupting Everything: Investment in AI Startups Accelerating By Matthew Pelkey The last year saw AI technology development take a leap forward. With it is coming massive interest from investors and governments alike...
27 Nov, 2019 B-Corp Unicorns: proving you can make money and an impact. By Matthew Pelkey Working with purpose driven companies is admittedly an enjoyable part of my job. Benefit corporations (or B-Corps) are...