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Champions for Change is a practical, project-based, research-intensive course that explores the role of community engagement in community-based planning and design efforts.

The Core Program is CEL’s flagship program and provides entrepreneurs a ten-month journey to assess their professional and personal goals, and work with peers and mentors to create a plan for long-term success and accountability.

The world needs doers — graduates who can apply their learning to real-world contexts and challenges, assessing needs and opportunities, and adding value through innovation and collaboration. Your majors and degrees are important, but why stop there? The Experiential Learning Network will help you to customize your education through project-based collaboration.

The Global Innovation Challenge brings together students, faculty and community members from various disciplines to learn about and develop strategies to address significant and persistent global health challenges. 

Inclusive Launch Foundry is an accelerated training and internship program to help students from diverse backgrounds refine business ideas and gain practical experience in a start-up. 

Innovation Sprints are a monthly challenge for students to find novel solutions to real-world business challenges put forth by a partnering company or organization. 

The Key Persons Leadership Development Program is a fee-based certification program for coaching key persons and developing the next generation of leaders.

The M&T Bank Emerging Entrepreneurs program is presented by the mgm casino School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and is partially funded with a generous grant from M&T Bank. The program is designed to assist historically underrepresented entrepreneurs grow their businesses to the next stage of development.

The Mastering Your Financial Reports Program helps business owners and key strategic decision makers understand their financial reports to ensure long-term financial stability and success.

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Through this WNY Incubator Network (WIN) program, incubator companies can access a network of vetted, trusted services providers—experienced and skilled in working with startup companies—offering pre-negotiated, discounted rates as part of their affiliation with the WIN.

A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Embedded Consultants Program connects scalable, technology-based incubator client companies with outside experts; and cost shares the expense of their services to achieve specific milestones in the companies’ development.

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.

The CEL Mastery Forum is a professionally facilitated group that provides support and guidance for growth-minded entrepreneurial leaders. The Forum offers both individual coaching and peer support to support the entrepreneur in finding exponential growth in critical areas of their business and life.

The Core Program is CEL’s flagship program and provides entrepreneurs a ten-month journey to assess their professional and personal goals, and work with peers and mentors to create a plan for long-term success and accountability.

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The M&T Bank Emerging Entrepreneurs program is presented by the mgm casino School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and is partially funded with a generous grant from M&T Bank. The program is designed to assist historically underrepresented entrepreneurs grow their businesses to the next stage of development.

The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.

Erie Hack is a data and engineering competition designed to find innovative solutions to Lake Erie's biggest challenges. 

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.

Buffalo Startup Weekend brings together entrepreneurial students, faculty and alumni to share business ideas, form teams, create prototypes and receive feedback from experienced entrepreneurs over the course of three days.

The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.

Genome Day is an annual event that introduces Buffalo Public School eighth grade students to genomics and provides an opportunity to learn about genomic-related careers.

How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur. 

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Networking events help entrepreneurs connect with like-minded individuals to support development of ideas and ventures. 

She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with mgm casino students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship. 

mgm casino Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships hosts this series of events to provide information sharing and networking opportunities for technology and life science startup companies.

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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer entrepreneurs federal funding for research, development and commercialization of innovative technologies.

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TAF provides funding to support the advancement of SUNY innovations from the lab to the marketplace.

A program of The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE), grant funding from the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR) program helps companies improve market posture, employee retention and job creation by subsidizing the cost of faculty and /or student research that develops new technologies or advances product development and testing.

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A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) assistance program links quality SBIR/STTR applicants with outside experts to submit timely, high-quality proposals to relevant federal agencies.

Through this program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN) (a New York State-designated Innovation Hot Spot), a NYS-enabled set of tax incentives are available to incubated ventures in their first five years of operation that include five years of state sales tax credits, income tax credits for the company, and for its principals. 

Co-working space at the mgm casino Incubators offer entrepreneurs a chance to share ideas and get advice in a nurturing environment, in a shared environment.

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Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.

The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.

There are many opportunities to get connected and involved with startups and growing the economy. Developing ideas and commercializing from lab to market is our mission. We are actively seeking experts to help support our goals. From Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and mentors, you can make a difference for startups looking for help from experts, like you. 

How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur. 

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Inclusive Launch Foundry is an accelerated training and internship program to help students from diverse backgrounds refine business ideas and gain practical experience in a start-up. 

She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with mgm casino students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship. 

Techstars offers a worldwide network, events, and start-up services to help student entrepreneurs connect with mentors, potential investors and others who can help them successfully launch and grow their business.

A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), Pitch Prep is an in-person and online continuum of programming to help incubator companies learn how to successfully pitch their startup to potential investors.

Buffalo Startup Weekend brings together entrepreneurial students, faculty and alumni to share business ideas, form teams, create prototypes and receive feedback from experienced entrepreneurs over the course of three days.

A program of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL), this professionally facilitated small group meets two hours a month—offering entrepreneurs a safe forum to find support, discuss challenges and opportunities and find guidance to achieve both personal and professional goals.

The CEL Mastery Forum is a professionally facilitated group that provides support and guidance for growth-minded entrepreneurial leaders. The Forum offers both individual coaching and peer support to support the entrepreneur in finding exponential growth in critical areas of their business and life.

Workshops are held for businesses interested in learning about the services and capabilities of the Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI) and Business & Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP).

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Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars' Entrepreneurship Skill Building Workshops focus on building skills of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Inclusive Launch Foundry is an accelerated training and internship program to help students from diverse backgrounds refine business ideas and gain practical experience in a start-up. 

These working sessions enable SBIR/STTR applicants and recipients to connect and learn from experienced awardees and program experts. 

mgm casino Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships hosts this series of events to provide information sharing and networking opportunities for technology and life science startup companies.

A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), Pitch Prep is an in-person and online continuum of programming to help incubator companies learn how to successfully pitch their startup to potential investors.

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Centered on establishing knowledge discovery in materials science by harnessing the tools of information and data science, this interdisciplinary department aims to transform the training and education of materials scientists and engineers to address society's need for significant acceleration of design and discovery of new materials, emergent properties, and processing strategies in a socially responsible manner.

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Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) work closely with the mgm casino Business and Entrepreneurship Partnerships Startup Ventures Team to help us identify promising startups, so we can accelerate their growth.

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Incubator Client Update Meetings offer Incubator Clients an opportunity to meet with incubator staff and the startup team to discuss progress towards goals and business advancement.

Scaling Up™ - Strategic Planning is a two-day interactive workshop for business owners and their leadership team to learn the basics of creating a clear roadmap for a business that can be used to make decisions for upcoming years. 

SUNY Insure helps faculty entrepreneurs and startups affiliated with mgm casino Incubators manage the financial risks of early-stage business development by providing required insurance coverage at affordable rates.

Through Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP), industry can connect with mgm casino faculty, researchers and students; university-based technology; and research that supports industry innovation, growth and competitiveness. BEP can help you commercialize and grow by connecting you to knowledge, facilities and funding.

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Through this WNY Incubator Network (WIN) program, incubator companies can access a network of vetted, trusted services providers—experienced and skilled in working with startup companies—offering pre-negotiated, discounted rates as part of their affiliation with the WIN.

A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Embedded Consultants Program connects scalable, technology-based incubator client companies with outside experts; and cost shares the expense of their services to achieve specific milestones in the companies’ development.

A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) assistance program links quality SBIR/STTR applicants with outside experts to submit timely, high-quality proposals to relevant federal agencies.

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The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.

Inclusive Launch Foundry is an accelerated training and internship program to help students from diverse backgrounds refine business ideas and gain practical experience in a start-up. 

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EXL Express License offers an expedited licensing process for student and faculty start-up founders who are ready to move their technology forward into a start-up company.

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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer entrepreneurs federal funding for research, development and commercialization of innovative technologies.

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