The Series Buffalo Podcast
Welcome to The Series B podcast, where we’re documenting a new round of growth right here in Buffalo, New York. On this show, we’ll interview the builders, doers, and creators powering Buffalo’s economic revival. The people rolling up their sleeves, placing bets, and asking ‘why not us’? We’ll also go national, talking with leaders in venture capital, tech, and innovation who are shaping the future elsewhere, helping us imagine what it could look like here. Buffalo is in a race for relevance. We'll be talking to the people who believe that to be true and are willing to do something about it. If you do too, join us. Because Buffalo's next round starts now. And this time, we're all in.
Episodes
Peter Burakowski is the new Executive Director of Buffalo Place, the nonprofit that represents downtown Buffalo. Four months in, he joins host Greg Pokriki to talk about his vision for the district and the work it will take to get there.
Peter breaks down the three functions of Buffalo Place, the case for four times more active storefronts and four times the residential population, and why the events that ...
Justin Harlan runs Experience Tulsa and Tulsa Remote, the program that has drawn thousands of remote workers to a city that used to register as flyover country. He joins the Series B Podcast to talk about how Tulsa built its innovation economy, where the inflection point came, and why getting people to move is the easy part.
We get into the perception problem that Buffalo and Tulsa both know well, how the ...
Deferred maintenance in the U.S. has ballooned to $9.1 trillion, and it's the single biggest driver of rising insurance claims. On this episode of The Series B Podcast, Jon DeWald, founder and CEO of HelixIntel, breaks down how his company is flipping the insurance industry's business model from paying for losses to paying for prevention.
On this episode of The Series Buffalo Podcast, Greg Pokriki sits down with Sarah Tanbakuchi-Ripa, CEO of the 43North Foundation, to unpack Buffalo's next chapter of innovation-driven growth. Sarah breaks down the Foundation's four strategic pillars: a new venture studio, the TechBuffalo talent pipeline, the Series B storytelling platform, and a corporate connectivity initiative. She shares lessons learned from ecosystems like Salt ...
Twipes thinks the wet wipe is overdue for a redesign. Elle McIntosh and Al Bozorgi join the show to talk about building a genuinely flushable wipe, why they planted the company in Buffalo through 43North, and what it takes to fix a product most people never think twice about until it clogs the pipes. Plus, new exciting news on their advancement through a Walmart pitch competition putting their products on shelves across the country...
Andrew Goldner joins The Series B(uffalo) Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about building, scaling, and rethinking where great companies can come from. As co-founder of GrowthX, Andrew has spent years helping companies crack the code on go-to-market and sales, and he breaks down why upskilling in those areas is one of the most overlooked levers for growth.
In this episode, WorkSport CEO Steve Rossi reveals why Buffalo is the secret weapon behind his company's rapid growth and why he chose it over Texas, Ohio, and his home base in Canada.
Steve breaks down what makes Buffalo a legitimate manufacturing advantage: affordable, s...
On this episode of The Series B Podcast, we sit down with Sharon Cryan, founder of FoodNerd, to explore how innovation in food science is reshaping the way we think about nutrition, shelf life, and access to healthy foods. Sharon shares the story behind FoodNerd’s mission, the challenges of building a food-tech company, and why Buffalo is becoming a place where big ideas can grow. From entrepreneurship to the future of food s...
Mike Pell is the inventor of the PDF and Apple's stylized font menu. He now serves as Envisioneer at The Microsoft Garage, helping the tech giant and other industry customers rethink how they do all things innovation. On this episode, Mike discusses Microsoft's hackathon structure, how corporations should approach innovation, and why Buffalo is worth investing in.
Rohit Gupta is Managing Director at Future Communities Capital, a fund backing founders transforming legacy industries. His investments span companies like SpaceX and Lyft, and in Buffalo include HELIX Intel and Ognomy.
In this episode, Rohit breaks down why he’s betting on places outside Silicon Valley and what he sees in Buffalo specifically. We talk about how he first got connected to the region, what keeps bringing him ba...
Welcome to the Series B podcast, where we’re documenting a new round of growth in Buffalo, New York.
On this show, we’ll interview the builders, doers, and creators powering Buffalo’s economic revival. The people rolling up their sleeves, placing bets, and asking ‘why not us’?
We’ll also go national, talking with leaders in venture capital, tech, and innovation who are shaping the future elsewher...
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