BootSector Seeks Volunteers for BPS Student Pitch Day

Check out what happened in the WNY Startup Community this week and what you can look forward to next week.

Weekly Recap

March 13-19, 2023

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Come hang with BootSector!

Lots of great events in our community this week. Here's an event for every day this week:

• Spin Your Business: Networking with a Retro Twist - Monday, March 20 from 6-8pm at Hi-Fi Hits Records
• Buffalo Startup Coffee - Tuesday, March 21 from 7:30-9am at HANSA
• RocGrowth Candids - Steve Dubnik - Wednesday, March 22 from 5:30-7:30pm online or in person at 3 City Center
• Latinas Talk STEM - Thursday, March 23 from 6-8pm at Villa Maria College
• Arts & Business Luncheon featuring Livi Perrone - Friday, March 24 from 12-1:30pm at Fredonia Technology Incubator
• And many more! Check out the events calendar here

Looking for a new podcast?

Check out WNY Entrepreneur's new podcast. David Schaub (404 Link Removed) has been at it for years and this is just the next step in what he's been up to in WNY.

How Can You Help The WNY Startup Community?

BootSector's mission is to empower, educate, and support the next generation of local entrepreneurs and startup leaders.

Think that's pretty cool? Here's one way you can help this week: https://forms.gle/84iQQhiMtK3dtwZ2A

BootSector is partnering with the Buffalo Public Schools, M&T Tech, and 43North to spend a morning with BPS entrepreneurship students and advise them before their pitch competition.

We're looking for 10-20 volunteers before March 30. Please consider #GivingFirst and helping these students shine! Sign up here!

Celebrate Our Startup Community

New Launches!

https://buffalonews.com/buffalo-next-bona-grad-turns-lacrosse-injury-into-startup-for-college-athletes/article_57c97916-bc4e-11ed-915c-d3745d0c4c51.html

From Tom Cullen :

Max Brie is on a tear. Max started Dalorum, an an online community for student athletes that offers resources, including sponsorship opportunities for their name, image and likeness. Max graduated from St. Bonaventure in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in finance and his company was selected to be part of the Laine Business Accelerator in Olean.

Check out more about Max and Dalorum in this Buffalo News Article

Exciting Growth!

https://ailledesign.com/

Aille Design, based at the Foundry in Buffalo, designs and makes fully legible braille beadwork on clothing pieces, which Aille Design gets from third-party North American businesses. The company has expanded from direct-to-consumer ecommerce to adding in-person pop ups last year. Aille Design wants to grow with more bulk orders, like creating shirts or key chains with custom braille for a certain company department or fundraiser. Long term, the goal is to collaborate with mainstream fashion companies to expose more people to braille fashion and the importance of inclusion, as well as perhaps a retail storefront in Buffalo.

Read more about Aille Design in Buffalo Inno (404 Link Removed)

Startup Funding

https://venturedeals.techstars.com/courses/venture-deals-spring-2023

Venture Deals Spring 2023

Hat tip to Mark Branden (404 Link Removed) for this one.

Free Knowledge. Starting next week, Techstarsand Kauffman Fellows are offering Venture Deals Spring 2023. 31 Lessons from a diverse staff of the best and brightest in venture capital - all you need is time, interest, and internet. The online course is beneficial to seasoned experts, new entrepreneurs, and anyone wanting to learn more about funding the future.

In addition to dollars and documents, the course will also focus on diversity and mental wellness. Register by March 20, 2023 →

Startup Jobs

From Jack McGowanat, among other things, Western New York Venture Association :

Assembly House 150, an artist-led 501c(3) nonprofit art, design and construction incubator and experiential learning center in Buffalo, is seeking to hire a part-time communications professional to join the team as Communications Associate. Visit https://www.assemblyhouse150.org/careers to learn more about this opportunity and about this one-of-a-kind organization.

Parting Thoughts

Good Ideas and Bad Ideas

I read an article this last week about the differences between "good" ideas and "bad" ideas. Entrepreneurship is all about seeking these good ideas and turning them in to a reality. But where do good ideas come from?

If you ask me, good ideas are born from the ashes of bad ideas. They make great fertilizer. Cultivating incremental iterations of your thoughts.

Jordan Walbesser Executive Director, BootSector Share this mailing list!