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;...
20 Feb, 2023 The SEC sets its eyes on Venture Capital. By Matthew Pelkey The SEC has had its eyes on the VC market for over a year now and a new proposed rule may fundamentally change the VC regulatory...
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,...
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...
15 Feb, 2022 SEC signals private markets are next on the agenda. By Matthew Pelkey A recent report by PitchBook details movements inside the SEC indicating the agency may be taking aim at further regulation of private...
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...
19 Oct, 2021 App Developers Take Note: HIPAA Breach Notification Rules Apply To You By Leah Ranke The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a policy brief confirming that apps including health care apps, finders, trackers, and...
15 Oct, 2021 Don’t Ruin Your Startup: 5 Legal Mistakes For Startups to Avoid By Matthew Pelkey I recently had the pleasure of writing an editorial piece for Buffalo Inno (part of Business First) on the 5 most common mistakes I see...
11 Aug, 2021 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up...Your Cap Table? By Margot Knab I get it; we are all busy. Businesses big and small, founders, and entrepreneurs of all varieties are often forced to focus their...
17 Jul, 2021 Seeking Equity: Venture Funding for Black Founders Quadrupled in 2021, But Remains Elusive By Matthew Pelkey 2021 has seen a significant increase in venture investment in Black startups by nearly every metric according to a report recently...
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...
26 May, 2021 Another Software Reports HIPAA Compliance Failures By Leah Ranke Scheduling software Zocdoc announced this week that for the second time, their software as a service product failed to be HIPAA...
26 May, 2021 Syracuse Based Armory Square Ventures Sees Startup Potential Outside Of Traditional Tech Hubs By Matthew Pelkey Crunchbase is continuing to highlight VC focus outside of traditional tech hubs with its recent piece on Upstate's own Armory Square...
20 May, 2021 An Opportunity For Rustbelt Capital As VC Dollars Spread Throughout US By Matthew Pelkey Venture Capital investments are finding their way into areas outside of the the traditional hotbeds. And areas like the American Rustbelt...
04 May, 2021 ARPA-H, a new DARPA for HealthCare By Leah Ranke The current administration is announcing the creation of a new agency, to be called ARPA-Healthcare (ARPA-H), an Advanced Research...
26 Mar, 2021 Selling a Buffalo Startup: A Clearview Social Story By Matthew Pelkey Adrian Dayton and I were in law school together at the same time--smack in the middle of the Great Recession. Not the most ideal time to...