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...
16 Jul, 2020 Crowdfunding during a pandemic. By Matthew Pelkey When the CEO of Asarasi, Adam Lazar, approached me in late 2019 about kicking off an equity crowdfunding round, I was genuinely excited....
14 Apr, 2020 COVID-19 Tracking App Spurs Privacy Concerns By Margot Knab New privacy concerns arose last week when Apple Inc. and Google announced their upcoming collaboration. The companies have joined forces...
14 Feb, 2020 Don't forget your pet By Alexander Vilardo You love your pet. But you worry about who will take care of her when you're gone, should she outlive you. You don't want her going back...
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...
22 Jan, 2020 Can free transport deliver economic benefits to Kansas City? By Colligan Law In many U.S. cities there are few incentives to promote widespread use of buses, subways, trolleys and trains. Kansas City is hoping to...
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 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....
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 76West Clean Energy Competition Begins By Alexander Vilardo Yet another business competition has kicked off in New York State. The 76West Clean Energy Competition will be accepting applications...
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...