WNY Entrepreneur

 Joseph Sikorski is a self taught guitarist who has been playing for nearly 20 years.  He has managed to stand out amongst the saturation of media and transition comfortably from career in industrial coatings to a career in music. Varying his creative endeavors, Joe is a band leader, a solo artist, a guitar teacher and a session player and has managed to sustain a living playing music on...

 70 hour work weeks, 5 computer screens, 5 years. These are what made Andrew Svisco realize that life is short and great footwear is not meant to be under a desk all day. Working as a stock trading analyst, Andrew knew what it took to learn things fast and solve problems. Rather than reading the data, he wanted to help make the data. Tired of seeing bulky work boots and fast-fashion cheap foo...

Owning a franchise for a publishing company the past 4-5 years I've noticed most businesses are great at what they do but writing articles about themselves? Not so good. Most businesses put out generic, boring and non gripping articles. They are bland and aren't too relate-able. These are my two quick two tips that will really help you with your blogs and articles about your business. Don't forget...

   Dan Zajac owner of Precision Mobile Auto Detailing has been in business since 2015. He services all of Erie County specializing in high-end auto detailing and ceramic coatings. In this podcast episode we talk about how got his business on the #1 page in google search for his category. He did this completely on his own and he tells how. Dan has created his own content for his social me...

Lindsey A. Zajac is an experienced, Human Resources professional with a demonstrated history of excelling in fast-paced organizations including PepsiCo, Eaton Corporation, Saab Sensis and Next Jump. Training and Development, Talent Management, Recruiting, and Succession Planning are Lindsey’s areas of expertise. Most recently, Lindsey was employed with PepsiCo as a Senior Human Resources Manager i...

Nicholle Overkamp, MBA is the Founder and CEO of Wilcox Financial Group and PowHERhouse Money Coaching. Their firm specializes in helping women business owners, executives, and couples who are looking to achieve financial goals while living their ideal lifestyle.   She is the facilitator of the Grow group for women entrepreneurs at the Canisius College women’s business center. She holds the t...

Caroline Design has been featured in HGTV's Buyers BootCamp, Southern New England Home Magazine, The Junior League of Buffalo - Decorators Show House, and the Buffalo Magazine. In this podcast we do some myth busting in the interior designing world and give some ideas to local businesses who are either upgrading their brick and mortar business, office or work environment.

Rebecca Mercurio is a Buffalo native who has spent the last 20 years traveling the globe, gathering information, learning techniques and building a unique and highly specialized skill set. She landed back in her hometown 5 years ago and currently owns/ operates Whole Nine Wellness where she helps women and their families navigate pregnancy and birth  through informational, educational and phy...

Owner of Banas Mortgage Company & addicted to real estate investing right here in Western New York. Paul has a ton of investment properties and continues to add and subtract consistently. Paul has been in business for over 25 years and shares what he has learned in his niche. If you're looking for a building for your business, investment properties, buying your first home or just want to know...

 Janna Willoughby-Lohr is the owner & artist behind Papercraft Miracles--an eco-friendly handmade paper company. All of their products are fully customizable and each piece is handmade one piece at a time at their solar-powered studio in Buffalo, NY.  Their solar-powered studio in Buffalo, NY.  More recently, Janna is on the board of the National Association of Women Business Ow...

WNY chiropractor Dr. Sara Griffin is the owner of WNY’s newest expanding wellness center, WNY Spinal Solutions. Dr. Sara is a native of Tampa, Florida who has spent most of her life in the Buffalo area.  In this podcast we talk about: -How to take over an existing business  -How to handle fear as a newer business owner  How she grew her practice

Chris has built and owned 16 companies since 1992. From a $500 loan and in his mom’s basement, to have a 10,000 sq ft incubator office space and a multi-million dollar real estate business that has done over 200 transactions since 2014.

Michael Parkot is a self proclaimed accidental agricultural entrepreneur. While pursuing a career in healthcare he noticed that despite the new advances in medicine, people are sicker than ever; he felt as though food has more of an impact than anyone is willing to admit. In starting his farm, he found a passion, drive and desire to produce ethical, nutrient dense, superb food products. After a su...

 Christine started E.B. Howard Consulting in 2013 with the idea that proposal preparation and independent/external evaluation services can be useful, effective, efficient, and most importantly AFFORDABLE.  E.B. Howard Consulting is certified as an M/WBE in NYS and NYC, and WOSB with the SBA.  She has completed hundreds of proposals (over $60 Million in funding for our clients) and p...

  Mark Metzger is a 26-year-old entrepreneur, business owner, investor, author, and motivational speaker. Mark founded Precision Hockey in 2011 and today he has coached, trained, and mentored over 5,000 players and coaches around the world. He also owns Precision Ice Rinks. Precision Ice manufactures and installs portable ice rinks, ice slides, permanent ice rinks, and cold storage/testi...

 Mike Bean, owner of Bean Media talks digital marketing on the WNY Entrepreneur  Podcast. The world of advertising has changed immensely over the last decade. On this podcast episode, we talk about these changes and what Western New York business owners should know moving forward.

Educator | Speaker | Entrepreneur | Author | Small Business Advocate  As one of our community's most passionate advocates for small business, and a business owner himself, Tom intimately understands the power that entrepreneurship has to unlock human potential, create jobs, inspire wealth, and invigorate economies and communities across the globe. Tom has dedicated his personal and profession...

Amy Bueme, the owner of Catalyst gym has been crushing the fitness industry for decades in Buffalo NY. Her gym has over 7 locations and we talk about how this all happend from the beginning. Things talked about in this podcast-: Constantly evolving. -Being proactive verses reactive -Surrounding yourself with great people. -Doing anything youd ask your employees to do -Delegating -Being aware of yo...

Marie's a professional full time f Free Lancer who has taken Buffalo NY by storm since she moved back from Naples FL. Marie has a colorful professional career from graduating college, opening a nail salon with her family in Naples FL from the ground up, to marketing, doing HR work, to becoming a full time professional free lancer. Listen to this podcast as Marie brings awareness of Free Lancing wo...

Bill leverages more than 30 years of sales, sales management experience. He has a passion of selling and doing it without manipulation, deception, pushing people to buy or the need to cover up or distort the truth. Make no mistake about it... Bill’s Less Talk SellingTM is not your father’s sales training. It’s new from top to bottom… it's different... it's powerful...  it’s high impact… extremely...

Seth Greene is the nations foremost authority on growing your business with a podcast. Seth is the co host of the sharkpreneur podcast with shark tanks kevin Harrington just named one of the top 10 podcasts to listen to in 2019 by Nasdaq He is the founder of the direct response marketing firm www.marketdominationllc.com and he is a 7 time best selling author who has been interviewed on nbc news, c...

Tom is a co-founder of Lifestyle Builders™, a coaching and training company that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses to create more impact with their customers and more freedom in their lives. Over the past 15 years,  Tom has helped with thousands of business leaders and their teams create more success, from Fortune 500 companies to startups.  During this time, Tom has honed and refined his...

 Danielle has been doing business in the fitness industry for the past 7 years. She is a certified Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor. She created the Buffalo Meltdown Weight loss program, won her Body Building Pro card with the Natural Muscle Association, has held state records for power lifting, was a key note speaker for The Buffalo Boss Babes, and one of the winners of the Ign...

Bob Moses, Franchise Owner For N2 Publishing built his business from the ground up over 5 years ago to produce neighborhood magazines for some of the most private affluent neighborhoods in the Syracuse Area. The homeowners completely write the neighborhood magazine every month while Bob connects some of the top businesses in each industry to the community. Bob shares his secrets on how he connects...

 Joe Ervolina and Rob Meissner have spent the last twenty years proudly growing their elite financial services firm, Cornerstone Capital Wealth Management. They have developed and refined a planning process that puts all the pieces of the financial puzzle in place for their clients. Cornerstone Capital offers full-service, comprehensive financial planning for families, businesses, and non-pro...