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Monday, October 2

Startup Grind Hosts John Gavigan

Fireside Chat

John T. Gavigan is Executive Director for 43North, a leading organization in building a culture of entrepreneurship in Western New York. Annually, 43North awards $5 million to innovative entrepreneurs and startups from around the globe, provides incubation and mentorship programs to its winners and coordinates various inclusive entrepreneurial programs for the WNY region.

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Past Events

Gerard Adams

Bret Blakely & Steve Coulton of OnCore Golf

Startup Grind Hosts Chris Ring of Fanbassador

Rachel Jackson of Rachel's Remedies, LLC

Joe Neiman (ACV Auctions)

Su Sanni (WeDidIt)

Ashok Subramanian (Liazon)

Glenna Bett (Cytocybernetics)

Bill Maggio (43North + Immco + Jacobs Institute)

Zach Schneider (15 Fingers)

Christine Bird and Caitlin MacGregor (Plum)

Dan Magnuszewski (ACV Auctions)

Kevin Christner (Richmond Capital Partners)

Eric Reich (Campus Labs)

JP and Ulla Bak (Bak USA LLC)

Patrick Finan (City Dining Cards)

Shandra Spicer (Spicer Group)

Anthony Johnson (Empire Genomics)

Niall Wallace (InfoNaut)

Adrian Dayton (ClearView Social)

Marnie Lavigne (Launch NY)

Rohini Srihari (Content Savvy)

Jordan A. Levy (Softbank Capital)

Stephen Kiernan (Algonquin Studios)

Dan Penberthy (Rand Capital)

Ty Shattuck (Aethon Technologies)

Mitchell Patterson (Armory Square VC)

Dan Gigante (You and Who)

Leslie Zemsky (Larkin Development Group)

Team

Sean Heidinger

Buffalo Chapter Director

Sean brings a unique background in community engagement and event planning to his current role in Entrepreneurship & Business Development at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and as the Chapter Director in Buffalo, NY. Sean joined the BNMC team in November 2015 and is the main point person for dig at the Innovation Center, Buffalo’s premier coworking and event space. Within this role, he manages and expands the dig membership, as well as plans and executes a multitude of networking and social events of all sizes and varieties. Sean maintains a professional workspace, provides customer service to dig’s co-working professionals and manages events with a sense of professionalism, energy and fun. He also assists in the development of the Innovation Center’s entrepreneurial ecosystem that provides those with innovative ideas the tools and resources they need to launch and grow their business.