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Joshua Mertzlufft avatar
Joshua Mertzlufft🏅 900

Patent Attorney @ Mertzlufft Law PLLC

Buffalo, United States
I love helping inventors, entrepreneurs, and creators consider and secure protection for inventions and creative works.
Dave Young avatar
Dave Young🏅 900

Taking electronics from Idea to Manufacture

Webster, United States
Hardware and firmware engineer, specializing in analog electronics. Co-Founder of BlueStamp Engineering to teach students how to create new things.
Adam Paulisick avatar
Adam Paulisick🏅 900

Data-driven creative, commercial leader, and product builder.

Pittsburgh, United States
Founder and Builder: www.maadlabs.io and skillbuilder.io -- Leaning in with the region @ https://www.xchangepgh.com -- Teaching at Carnegie Mellon (Sales, Digital Product Design, Entrepreneurship, Human-Computer Interaction)
John Greco avatar
John Greco🏅 900

chaotic good

Buffalo, United States
Enjoy drawing monsters with my son, planting trees and helping founders
Kit Mueller avatar
Kit Mueller🏅 900
Pittsburgh, United States
Front of house cofounder. Full-stack entrepreneurial community builder.
Christine E.B. Howard avatar
Christine E.B. Howard🏅 900

CEO & Founder @EBHConsulting - Non-dilutive funding experts

Amherst, United States
Founder & CEO @EBHConsulting | Non-dilutive Funding Development (SBIR/STTR) & External Evaluation expert | NSF I-corp mentor, advisor, and pitch judge. Find me on #Clubhouse @Brinkhus
Doug Kellermeyer avatar
Doug Kellermeyer🏅 900

Software developer, aspiring ecosystem builder, and entrepreneur

Rochester, United States
Former recruiter turned software developer and ecosystem builder. I love building things that help others and create positive change. Don't hesitate to reach out if there's anything I can help with!


David Bachowski avatar
David Bachowski🏅 900

Habitual Line Crosser

Buffalo, United States
Technology and business generalist working in startups and enterprises in many domains - video games, gov't software, real estate, social media analytics, etc. Happy to lead teams of 2 to 100, both strategically or hands-on.
mike cardus avatar
mike cardus🏅 900

Developing organizations through evidence-based practices.

Buffalo, USA
Organization development and navigating complexity.
Alex Scalzo avatar
Alex Scalzo🏅 900

Co-Founder & COO of Empodio

Buffalo, United States
Experienced Consultant, Architect, and now Founder with a demonstrated history of working cross-industry to bring business process knowledge to a wide array of clientele.
Stephanie Argentine avatar
Stephanie Argentine🏅 900

Chief People Officer at Centivo

Buffalo, United States
Experienced HR pro & attorney. Passionate about DEI, women in leadership, strategy execution, people processes & HR tech. Currently heading up People & Org at Centivo. Opinions my own.
Kate Huber avatar
Kate Huber🏅 900

Co-founder & COO at CloudInsyte

Buffalo, United States
Product nerd and entrepreneur. Currently building CloudInsyte in BUF. Proud member of the Female Founder Collective. Honored to be a 2019 BBF 30 Under 30 Winner. Board of Directors for Leading Women in Technology & Mama Mare Breast Cancer Foundation.
Mike Kozelsky avatar
Mike Kozelsky🏅 900

Take chances. Make Mistakes. Get Messy.

Buffalo, United States
A software generalist that loves every part of making good software.

mikekozelsky.com
Greg Rosenberg avatar
Greg Rosenberg🏅 900

I help founders go from concept to MVP quickly

Tonawanda, United States
Serial entrepreneur who loves building MVPs and prototypes for others. Full-time HR professional. Based in Buffalo, NY.
John Kappel avatar
John Kappel🏅 900

Create More, FAST

Buffalo, United States
Bootstrapped founder in additive manufacturing services, products, and technology.
Jason Bartz avatar
Jason Bartz🏅 900

Director of Growth, Vero/Lever

Buffalo, United States

Ellie Price avatar
Ellie Price🏅 900Office hoursMentor

Business Development, Strategy & Operations at Iris Light Technologies

Chicago, United States
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ROC expat. Apprenticed with VC fund, some I-bankers, and launched new business unit in humanitarian crisis response. I can help you build pitches, financial models, strategy, coalitions and teams. Policy wonk, swimmer and lover of the Great Lakes.
Michael Schroeder avatar
Michael Schroeder🏅 900

Board game publisher

Lewiston, United States
Husband, father, and creator. I am passionate about building consumer goods and playing games! I run a board game publishing startup and have experience in programming and tech.
Timothy Williamson avatar
Timothy Williamson🏅 900

COO at QTH 54 Inc.

Lackawanna, United States
Client relations and product development
JP Bourget avatar
JP Bourget🏅 900Office hoursMentor

Cybersecurity / API / Business

Buffalo, United States
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Bootstrapped Syncurity (acquired by Swimlane). Raised $5.6M. Cybersecurity/Python/anything as code. Go to Market. Pitch Decks. Reach out!



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Scott Falbo avatar
Scott Falbo🏅 900

Co-Founder at LenderLogix

Buffalo, NY, United States
Co-founder of LenderLogix - a Buffalo, NY mortgage technology company. Prior to co-founding LenderLogix, I worked in technology leadership roles in government contracting, intelligent transportation, and health insurance.
Jonathan Gorczyca avatar
Jonathan Gorczyca🏅 900

Partner at Helm Experience & Design

Buffalo, United States
Working with entrepreneurs and innovative companies to build apps, design systems, MVPs, and prototypes. Helped raise over $300M for high-growth companies. Advocate for ideas, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation. Buffalo born and raised.
Clark Dever avatar
Clark Dever🏅 900Office hoursMentor

Product Manager at Techstars

Buffalo, NY, United States
Book meeting
Grizzled serial Founder with a deep passion for mentoring and community building. Hoping to leave a better world for the next generation by helping to build great companies with good people.
Lena Levine avatar
Lena Levine🏅 850Office hoursMentor

Founder & CEO at Forcoda

Buffalo, United States
Book meeting
Bringing 10 years of experience working with startups and Fortune500 companies, I help strategize, prototype, design, and develop successful SaaS and digital products. Specialty area – delivering measurable results in FinTech, EduTech, and B2B space.
Kristen Johnson avatar
Kristen Johnson🏅 840

Affordable websites for startups, small businesses, and non-profits

Buffalo, United States
An award-winning marketing leader, I've worked in the startup world and am experienced in leveraging content marketing to build credibility and boost exposure. Today, I build websites on Squarespace for startups, small businesses, and nonprofits.
David Thiemecke avatar
David Thiemecke🏅 840Office hoursMentor

Unintentional Generalist

Buffalo, NY, United States
Book meeting
Co-founder with 2 exits across 12 bootstrapped software startups in 22 years with the same team. Loves the customer / product boundary, with all its pain, surprises, and delights.
PJ Hagerty avatar
PJ Hagerty🏅 820

Wearer of hats...literally

Amherst, NY, United States
PJ is a Dev Advocate at Spotify, founder of DevRelate.io, creator of CallofConduct.com, and a board member of Open Sourcing Mental Health (OSMHhelp.org).
GREGORY BELL avatar
GREGORY BELL🏅 820

Experienced Security Executive at Amazon and Investor

WILLIAMSVILLE, United States
I’m a dedicated leader who has overseen multiple IT and cybersecurity divisions. In my latest role, I work at Amazon where I help Executives grow their company in the cloud.
Vinko Pavlovic avatar
Vinko Pavlovic🏅 820

Partner & Operations at Yamu

Buffalo, United States
Ops at Yamu. Here to help :)
Keith Bradt avatar
Keith Bradt🏅 820

Sales Director at Kallan Sales Development

East Rochester, United States
Holding degrees in engineering and business management combined with 20 years in technical selling and leadership roles collectively we have developed a proven series of processes and methodologies designed to drive sales growth and accountability.
Dan Buckmaster avatar
Dan Buckmaster🏅 820

President at Tresca Design

Buffalo, United States
Founder of Tresca Design, where we make outsourced engineering easy. I am passionate about bringing sensible solutions to complex technical problems, and have a strong focus of giving back to the community in Western New York!
Clare Plunkett avatar
Clare Plunkett🏅 820

Co-founder at Lemma Labs

Buffalo, United States
Bringing science to the forefront of hair care at Lemma Labs. Former Naval Officer and Columbia MBA.
Elisabeth Marino avatar
Elisabeth Marino🏅 820

Sales Strategist & Trainer Catapulting Teams to Proven Success

Williamsville, United States
Founder of Sales Dynamo, and the nascent stages of a tech startup launch. It's a disruptive marketing tool in the trvel space. The startup is in the "move fast and break things" stage, and we don't yet have the name we will market under. Soon!
Shaun Masavage avatar
Shaun Masavage🏅 820

CEO of Fret Zealot

Buffalo, United States
Mechanical Engineer turned entrepreneur. Merging software, firmware, and hardware into a seamless streaming ecosytem for music education.
Stephanie Reh avatar
Stephanie Reh🏅 820

Accountability Evangelist

Rochester, United States
President / Founder of Accountability Evangelist, personal transformation coaching plus leadership/strategy consulting. Startup community connector, non-profit community champion, diversity and inclusion advocate.
Nicole Faraji avatar
Nicole Faraji🏅 820

Engineer, Serial Entrepreneur

Buffalo, United States
Bootstrapping a vertical SaaS company, looking for software developers and Computer Vision Scientists to join our growing team
Dane Jennings avatar
Dane Jennings🏅 820

Studio Director at Catapult Games

Schenectady, United States
I manage Catapult Games, a game studio from Schenectady. In 2019, we released Don't Look Down, a VR climbing game. Now we partner with clients who need Unreal Engine development.
Ravi Sahu avatar
Ravi Sahu🏅 820

Founder @ Strayos - Building google maps for below the surface

Buffalo, United States
Winner of 43North million dollar prize
Rodney Reisdorf avatar
Rodney Reisdorf🏅 820

Co-Founder of Verivend

Buffalo, United States
Experienced leader of SaaS and enterprise software solutions with a successful history in the B2B and B2C industries. Creation and execution of operations, customer onboarding, and implementation strategies.
Andy Lee avatar
Andy Lee🏅 820

Technical Recruiter | Startup & Talent Advisor

Southern Tier/Western NY, United States
SF Native. Buffalo transplant. Recruiter and startup/talent advisor. USCG Veteran. Educator.
Scaling and growing tech/non-tech teams across the US.
Merry Constantino avatar
Merry Constantino🏅 820

Founder at ProductLogic LLC

Buffalo, United States
Experienced transformer of novel ideas into market-ready products, working with inventors, start-ups and established visionary corporations to stay at the front of thier fields.
Joseph Trapp avatar
Joseph Trapp🏅 820

Founder/CEO @ Third Estate Analytics

Buffalo, United States
Community development lawyer building processes to help communities
Akash Desai avatar
Akash Desai🏅 820

Entrepreneur and investor focusing on Ed Tech and cybersecurity companies

Buffalo, United States
I have built and sold two SaaS companies w/ 8-digit exits. My interests lie in financially backing or personally running recurring revenue and tech-enabled SaaS companies in accessibility-play cybersecurity or Ed Tech.
Michael Thaney
Michael Thaney
Michael Thaney🏅 810Office hoursMentor

Making Genesee Valley > Silicon Valley

Rochester, United States
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Innovation and Emerging Tech practioner at Constellation Brands and startup mentor, advisor and investor. I've spent 15 years in B2B software and +10 years at Accenture Digital. Ask me about BigCo partnerships, Startup Grind, Wefunder.
Mary Holler avatar
Mary Holler🏅 760

Business Leader with Technical Expertise

Lockport, United States
Proven transformation leader with strong business acumen, technical expertise, and extensive global experience across a variety of industries. Providing IT Strategic Planning specializing in maturing IT organizations for growth and scalability.
Sam Oribamise avatar
Sam Oribamise🏅 820

Founder at Scentablez, LLC

Rochester, United States
We provide innovative Home Care products that improve lives and deliver an experience users want to share!
Michael Avillo avatar
Michael Avillo🏅 740

Account Director at Quinlan, head of Brand, Strategy, Project Management

Buffalo, United States
Transplant with 10+ years big brand experience in NYC on Starbucks, GE, Rogaine, Bank of America, Chase, Fidelity, and more. Seeking connections within startup community to grow network and be a part of Buffalo culture.
Carl Millender avatar
Carl Millender🏅 740

The Crazy know it all of Finance

BUFFALO, United States
Director at MBS Financial with experince in all levels of project financing from tomato farms to energy hubs. Perpetually looking for good investments and want to keep uptodate on what most people think is happening in Startup finance.
Joe Wright avatar
Joe Wright🏅 740

Founder - Upstate Beer Tourist

Orchard Park, United States
Worked in the hospitality industry for almost 30 years. Founder of travel based digital platform Upstate Beer Tourist.
Jill Pawlik avatar
Jill Pawlik🏅 740

Strategic Marketing Consultant

Buffalo, NY, United States
Providing solution-based strategic marketing to business owners in any industry. Tell me your goals and dreams and I'll create a plan to achieve them!
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