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Steve Nicosia avatar
Steve Nicosia🏅 490

President at Zen Advisory Partners & EIR at Launch NY

Rochester, United States
Steve Nicosia is the CEO of Zen Advisory Partners where he helps entrepreneurs and business owners exit their ventures. He also works with high impact, high growth companies as an EIR with Launch NY.
Business
Stephanie Reh avatar
Stephanie Reh🏅 490

Sales Ops at Continual Care Solutions and Accountability Evangelist

Rochester, United States
I am Chief Operating Officer at Continual Care Solutions. We provide enterprise software for non-profit, human services orgs. Also, President of Accountability Evangelist / Kidden Prep, helping accountable people achieve their most ambitious goals.
Business
Josh Creager avatar
Josh Creager🏅 490

Helping Hardware Ideas Become Tangible Products

Rochester, United States
I work with Small to Mid-sized Business and Startups in Western NY to bring physical products to market.
BusinessMarketingProductTech
B2B SalesCrowd FundingPricingSales / Lead GenerationSales StrategyB2C Sales
Josh Ferry avatar
Josh Ferry🏅 490

Co-Founder of CloudInsyte & PureEdge Technologies

Buffalo, United States
Experienced as a founder and in revenue strategy in the public sector. In year three of my second startup CloudInsyte.

I'm also an investor (faucet off for the moment), advisor, and mentor. Happy to help out however I can.
BusinessMarketing
B2B SalesB2G SalesBusiness DevelopmentCapital Raising / VCChange ManagementHiring / RecruitmentLean StartupPitchingSales StrategyStrategic Partnerships
Shannon McCabe avatar
Shannon McCabe🏅 490

All the client things.

Buffalo, United States
Highly experienced technical account manager. Customer obsessed.
BusinessMarketing
Business DevelopmentStrategic Partnerships
Karl Newell avatar
Karl Newell🏅 490Office hoursMentor

Co-Founder @ LenderLogix

Buffalo, United States
Book meeting
Co-founder of LenderLogix - a Buffalo based mortgage technology company.
BusinessProductTech
B2B SalesBusiness PlanningOperations
John Leone avatar
John Leone🏅 490Mentor

What can we do better

United States
Founder. Entrepreneur. Agile Coach. Integrator. Enjoy helping others.
BusinessMarketingProduct
Daniel Swartz
Daniel Swartz
Daniel Swartz🏅 430

Tissue Engineering

Amherst, United States

Product
Orri Bogdan avatar
Orri Bogdan🏅 410

Founder & CEO of VAE Labs

New York, United States
Founder disrupting the caffeine space. Raised venture-capital from Draper Associates, among others. Launching in NY 2023.
BusinessProduct
Capital Raising / VCPitchingStrategic PartnershipsB2B Sales
Geethika Bedadhala avatar
Geethika Bedadhala🏅 410

pursuing master's in data science

Buffalo, United States
PYTHON||SQL||R||DATA MINING|| Machine Learning
Tech
Jason Amos avatar
Jason Amos🏅 410

Project Manager

Buffalo, United States
Experienced Project Manager and Certified Scrum Master. Looking to meet others in the Tech community.
BusinessProduct
Project ManagementStrategic Planning
jeffrey raugh avatar
jeffrey raugh🏅 410

Go-To-Market Specialist

East Amherst, United States
Former cofounder working for LaunchNY as EIR, and conslultant for developing markets for B2B SaaS products.
BusinessMarketingProductTech
B2B SalesBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCPitchingSales Strategy
Daniel Chan avatar
Daniel Chan🏅 410

Student at UB; Love personal finance & growth

Buffalo, United States
Have a passion for helping others with personal finance and developing a solution to make it simpler. I box with a PeekABoo Style, My favorite cusine to cook is Korean, and I love meats. (Picanha > NY Strips)
Business
Jeffrey Kosicki avatar
Jeffrey Kosicki🏅 410

Chief Operating Officer @ Synergy Nutrition and Wellness

Buffalo, United States
Synergy specializes in holistic health, providing nutrition response testing. Former Banker who focused on Tech, Risk Mgmt and Cybersecurity. Advocate of data driven decisions (KPIs) that tell the story of your business and plan the future.
BusinessMarketingTech
Business DevelopmentHiring / RecruitmentOperationsProject ManagementRisk ManagementStrategic PlanningChange Management
Nicholas Giangreco avatar
Nicholas Giangreco🏅 410

Precision medicine scientist and data scientist @ Regeneron

Buffalo, United States
passionate about extracting insights from biomedical and health data. Looking to grow myself and others to benefit Buffalo community

nickgiangreco.netlify.app

Biomedical Informatics/Systems Biology PhD @ Columbia
Cancer Bioinformatics at @ NHGRI
Design / UXProductTech
Web Design
Bridget Thornton avatar
Bridget Thornton🏅 410

Founding Partner, CEO, Bar Chord Marketing, Inc.

Buffalo, United States
2+ decades working with brands to grow their business using full-funnel digital marketing. Specializing in tech, higher education, and food and beverage start ups. Helping brands maximize their marketing dollars.
BusinessMarketing
Lean StartupSales / Lead GenerationStrategic Partnerships
Patrick Reynolds avatar
Patrick Reynolds🏅 410

Ex Buffalonian. Present Buffalonian.

Buffalo, United States
Experienced exec in B2B and B2C companies with seed-C raising experience from VC, PE and strategics. Started a company from a hotel lobby and now work for a large public company.
BusinessMarketing
Capital Raising / VCSales / Lead GenerationStrategic Partnerships
Jared Shein avatar
Jared Shein🏅 410

Building a startup community in Northeast Ohio

Cleveland, United States
Startup support at an energy and e-mobility incubator. Learning how to build robust commnities.
Business
Mary Rose Machajewski avatar
Mary Rose Machajewski🏅 410

eCommerce @ GoPro.com

Buffalo, United States
Corporate and start-up retail experience across toy, fashion, wine and consumer tech industries. Expertise in eCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, merchandising, content management, planning + allocation, reviews, internal site search, VIP programs.
BusinessMarketing
B2B SalesB2C SalesOperationsPricingSales StrategyBusiness Planning
Mark Fling avatar
Mark Fling🏅 410

Consultant at Tech Infinity Consulting

rochester, United States
Developed numerous products with IBM, Xerox and NASA. I'm a SCORE mentor , a Mentor for the Simon Vision program at University of Rochester. Want to help startup avoid the pitfalls and create best in world class products.
BusinessDesign / UXMarketingProductTech
Business DevelopmentLean StartupProject ManagementSales / Lead GenerationStrategic Planning
Evan Gertis avatar
Evan Gertis🏅 410

Physicist/ Computer Scientist/

Augusta, United States
I am a Security Engineer for NetFoundry, subsidary of Tata Communications. I hold a B.S. in Physics from UNC, Chapel Hill. I'm currently finishing my Masters in Computer Science at Georgia Southern University.

http://www.evan-gertis.com
BusinessTech
Lean Startup
Sophia Marshall avatar
Sophia Marshall🏅 410

Community Manager at the K Haus

Buffalo, United States
Bolstering the community by connecting others in a space with tailored VC + business development resources for startups + entrepreneurs alike.
Business
Hamza Abubakar Kheruwala avatar
Hamza Abubakar Kheruwala🏅 410

Student at UN

Buffalo, United States
Love to turn problems into opportunities
BusinessTech
Pitching
Patrick Murray avatar
Patrick Murray🏅 410

Owner of Latin Leads

Buffalo, United States
In 2019, founded Latin Leads, the only full service lead generation and ISA company that works with the Spanish-speaking real estate market in the U.S.
Marketing
Melanie DellaPietra avatar
Melanie DellaPietra🏅 410

Community Connector at NextCorps

Rochester, United States
I fulfill my WHY of maximizing the potential in people, organizations and the community by combining my experience as an HR professional and a business Founder to support local start-ups on their journey.
BusinessMarketing
Change Management
Devika Bihani avatar
Devika Bihani🏅 410

Data Science Student at SUNY Buffalo

Buffalo, United States
An amazing Data scientists. Proficient, responsible, hardworking person. Looking for internship opportunities.
Design / UXTech
UI DesignUX DesignWeb DesignResponsive Design
Olivia Goldstein avatar
Olivia Goldstein🏅 410

Experienced B2B founder. Now supporting startup community @ UVC

Syracuse, NY, United States
https://www.oliviaegoldstein.com/
BusinessProduct
B2B SalesCapital Raising / VCPitchingOperations
Ujwal chaudhari avatar
Ujwal chaudhari🏅 410

Ex- Product Manager at Atlan

Buffalo, United States
Bootstrapped founder of DTC brand in Alcobev space, previously Product Manager at Atlan.com
Scaled SaaS software in 56 countries, with teams in 3 countries with 1mn ARR.
BusinessDesign / UXProduct
B2B SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCPitchingPricingProject ManagementSales / Lead GenerationSales StrategyStrategic PartnershipsStrategic Planning
Nathan Micha avatar
Nathan Micha🏅 490

Cyber Security & General Tech

United States
I'm in cyber security & also a Cisco Certified Network Associate.
Design / UXMarketingProductTech
Web Design
Joe Peacock avatar
Joe Peacock🏅 410

VP, Engineering @ ACV Auctions

Buffalo, United States
Avid boater. Built ACV tech from 5 to 170 people in Buffalo, Toronto, Cincinatti, and Ft. Lauderdale. Previously a TPM at Facebook, shipping infra for Instagram Stories, and founder/CTO of Gradfly and many failed startups.
BusinessProductTech
Sam Viggiani avatar
Sam Viggiani🏅 410

Current owner of Uber Lawns & Landscape and Student at Canisius College.

Canandaigua, United States
Current WNY Prosperityship Fellow and Owner of Uber Lawns & Landscape, a full service lawn and landscape compnay operating out of Canandaigua, NY. Also a student at Canisius College, studying philosophy and psychology.
BusinessMarketingProduct
B2C SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningLean StartupOperationsStrategic PlanningProject Management
Henry Miller avatar
Henry Miller🏅 410

Business + data science for lean FinTech and Biotech startups

San Antonio, United States
PhD student studying biomedical data science and serial entrepreneur developing a FinTech venture out of the University of Bufflao.
BusinessTech
Lean Startup
Adie Akuffo-Afful avatar
Adie Akuffo-Afful🏅 410

👋 Ecosystem Builder • Community Advocate

Rochester, United States
Accelerator Partnerhsips @ Wefunder, I love all things branding and fundraising. If I can help you please let me know.
BusinessMarketing
Business DevelopmentCapital Raising / VCCrowd FundingLean Startup
Ben Spitler avatar
Ben Spitler🏅 490

Founder of Strigil

Buffalo, United States
Founder and Creative Director of Strigil, a design firm serving commercial real estate companies.
BusinessDesign / UX
Business DevelopmentProject ManagementStrategic Planning
Dan Barrett avatar
Dan Barrett🏅 410

Head of Engineering @ Welcome in NYC

Portland (formerly Buffalo), United States
In ❤️ with Buffalo. Lived there from 2006 - 2012. Graduated from SUNY Buffalo. Was an active member of "Buffalo Open Coffee" and knew magnachef before he was famous
BusinessProductTech
Hiring / RecruitmentLean StartupOperationsStrategic Planning
Edward Tierney avatar
Edward Tierney🏅 410

1,000 Small Steps to Success

Buffalo, United States
Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Teacher. Startup to Scale up. C-Level experience in growing small and medium companies from Main Street to Aerospace.
BusinessMarketingProduct
B2B SalesB2G SalesBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCChange ManagementGrant ApplicationsLean StartupPitchingRisk ManagementSales / Lead GenerationSales StrategyStrategic PartnershipsBusiness Development
Joseph Young avatar
Joseph Young🏅 410

I help millennials identify and create the life they want.

Rochester, United States
Life Coach and online trainer, I love helping people find clarity, crush their goals, and grow their business. Unabashed Disney film lover, happy husband, and owner of zero cats/dogs only because my wife is alergic. I look forward to connecting!
BusinessMarketing
Business Development
Pavan Kumar avatar
Pavan Kumar🏅 410

Ex-founder, angel investor, mentor and author, with 3 decades of B2B experience.

Rochester, United States
Did two startups and three decades of B2B experience in India, the Middle East, and the USA. Partner @ F50 Elevate, an accelerator out of the Bay Area.
BusinessMarketingProduct
B2B SalesBusiness PlanningSales StrategyStrategic PartnershipsStrategic Planning
Barbara Boese avatar
Barbara Boese🏅 410

Accessible Academics Coordinator, making independence accessible!

Youngstown, United States
30+ year career in Labor & Workforce Development and Social Services now invested in Acceesible Academics to close the education & employment gap for persons with disabilities in post-secondary and career launches. There's ABILITIES in disabilities.
Business
Thomas Murdock avatar
Thomas Murdock🏅 410

Supporting incubator ventures across WNY

Buffalo, United States
Supporting WNY start ups and working to grow our regional economy all day, every day. Lead www.wnyincubators.com and connect startups to relevant opportunities at UB.
BusinessMarketing
B2B SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCChange ManagementGrant ApplicationsHiring / RecruitmentLean StartupPitchingSales / Lead GenerationSales StrategySocial EnterpriseStrategic PartnershipsStrategic Planning
Jacqueline DellaNeve avatar
Jacqueline DellaNeve🏅 410

Marketing Coordinator at Launch NY

Buffalo, United States
Marketing Coordinator at Launch NY. Prior to Launch NY, gained 3 years of experience in the Marketing and Communications field with positions at Entercom and Rubberform Recycled Products LLC.
Marketing
Mindy Elniski avatar
Mindy Elniski🏅 410

Partner at LVBW LLP Accountants & Consultants

Buffalo, United States
Love helping people with their accounting needs and questions - contact me if there's anything I can help with!
Business
Scott Martin avatar
Scott Martin🏅 410

Founder & CEO at THiNKtech

Buffalo, United States
Founder THiNKech ed-tech SaaS product. A former teacher and High School Principal. Love traveling, spending time with my family, and all things Buffalo.
Business
Greg Norton avatar
Greg Norton🏅 410Office hoursMentor

President Twisted and Twisted Rope Labs

Buffalo, United States
Book meeting
First biz was ice hockey store in Japan, then digital consulting, started a charter school, own multi-family residential properties. Learned if I'm the smartest person in the room I'm either alone or I need to find another room.
BusinessMarketing
B2B SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningOperationsProject ManagementSales / Lead GenerationStrategic Planning
Jim Sheehan avatar
Jim Sheehan🏅 410

Nonprofit Founder / STEAM Technologist.

Niagara Falls, United States
13+ years Ed-Tech Experience
Business
Josh Simmons avatar
Josh Simmons🏅 410

Product Development at Anchor Security

Newark, United States
https://twitter.com/JoshJamJosh
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshsimmonsjosh/

Software dev for the last decade. Startups for the last 3. Currently growing an entrepreneur podcast https://www.codespout.io/thesecondfoundation
and anchorsecurity.io
Tech
Patrick Whalen avatar
Patrick Whalen🏅 410

Director of Niagara Global Tourism Institute, operators of TReC a incubator

Niagara Falls, United States
Bootstrapped a logistics startup. Grew to $20 million in sales over 15 years. Sold to fortune 50 company: UPS, my former employer that had no interest in my idea 15 years earlier.
BusinessMarketing
Change Management
Junaid Zubairi avatar
Junaid Zubairi🏅 410

CEO of ZubAir Data LLC, Real-time aviation data streaming, storing and analyzing

Fredonia, United States
I founded ZubAir Data LLC (zubairdata.com) in August 2019. In the summer of 2020, my team won NSF I-Corps grant of $50,000 and we have interviewed several potential customers, looking for OEM.
BusinessDesign / UXTech
B2B Sales
Megan McNally avatar
Megan McNally🏅 410

Executive Director at The Foundry

Buffalo, United States
Co-founder and Executive Director at The Foundry, an educational makerspace and business incubator in Buffalo. Looking to connect to product-focused businesses, potential mentors for our startup businesses and youth, and general networking.
Business
steve leous avatar
steve leous🏅 410

Strategic Advisor

Buffalo, United States
C-Level executive familiar with many industries, and strong fiunctional skill set acroiss marketing, finance and corproate development. Ideal for a start-up looking to scale.
BusinessMarketingProduct
B2B SalesB2G SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness PlanningCapital Raising / VCFinancial AnalysisFinancial PlanningFinancial ReportingLean StartupPitchingPricingProject ManagementSales StrategyStrategic PlanningStrategic Partnerships
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