Bell Ringer (Buffalo Podcast)

More than chicken wings

Nick Kosinski is heading up Odoo's expansion to Buffalo, in which they're establishing an East Coast HQ. He explains the considerations that brought them to this point and how he convinced his company leadership that it was the right move. 

Pivot and persistence

Tom Murdock joins the podcast to discuss startups in the times of COVID and how they're pivoting to do incredible things for their future and our community.

Buffalo Niagara battles COVID

Dr. Nancy Nielsen, of University at Buffalo and past president of the American Medical Association, discusses how healthcare institutions in Buffalo Niagara are collaborating to fight COVID-19 and what makes our health sciences sector world-class.

Partnership in impact and response

Buffalo Niagara Partnership President & CEO Dottie Gallagher joined our first ever remote podcast to talk about COVID's impact on Western New York and resources available in response. BNP is conducting a WNY Impact Survey that local business owners and C-level executives are encouraged to complete so we have the data needed to respond.

A new Endeavor

John Gavigan and Alan Rosenhoch stop by our podcast to talk about the newest resource for startups in Western New York, Endeavor, which leverages a global network of expertise to make its growth impact.

Lift all boats

Nick Williams loves Buffalo and believes in its future. He's working with the East Delavan Academy to positively change the East Side's future, and with local startup VIRIDI Parente to more generally change the future of clean energy.

Buffalo's Women in Agile

Meenakshi Gupta and Francisca Ramoni have seen the tech transformation taking hold in their organization and their city. And they wanted to make sure women had a spot in that future. So, they started Buffalo Women in Agile. 

Static electricity

Essence Sweat stops by to talk about the brand-new East Side Avenues project, which is investing in small businesses, their infrastructure,

and their storefronts.

Opportunity (Zone) in Amherst

Amherst Town Supervisor Brian Kulpa and Director of Strategic Planning Maggie Hamilton Winship stop by to talk Amherst's Opportunity Zone and the redevelopment of the Boulevard Mall. 

It's comeback time

Andy Gordon grew up in Buffalo, and has since lived in several other rust belt cities. As an expat himself, he's helping to develop a network of Buffalo expats that still wish to make an impact on our entrepreneurial ecosystem from a far. He's also the author of a new book, New Grit, Startups in America's Comeback Cities. As he puts it, "This book is about foundations."