The Women’s Business Center at Canisius College Hosts the Ignite Awards Honoring Local Women-Owned Businesses

This afternoon, the Women’s Business Center at Canisius College will host the second annual Ignite Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Science Hall Commons at Canisius College, 2001 Main St., Buffalo, NY. The event looks to celebrate local women business owners, as well as celebrate a business community that supports women-owned […]

Bringing programs of the Women’s Business Center at Canisius College to the Niagara region has been a personal and professional goal for the executive director, Sara Vescio. Her Niagara ties are strong. Vescio’s parents grew up in Niagara Falls and met at Niagara University. Her grandfather founded Parmed. Sara is also a graduate of NU […]

Up to 10 female owners of businesses in the City of Lockport will have a chance to attend networking and training sessions at Canisius College’s Women’s Business Center – for free. The center, which is expanding its “E-Network” into Niagara County, is offering 10 meetings on Wednesdays from March 14 to July 25. The facilitator […]

The Women’s Business Center (WBC) at Canisius College is expanding its entrepreneurial support into Niagara County by kicking off a new “E-Network Niagara” program. The program is designed specifically for female small business owners and entrepreneurs. The “E-Network” was given its name because the group sessions are designed to empower and engage the members while […]

Women’s Business Center at Canisius College Sharpens Focus on Growing Successful Businesses April 22 Seminar: Grow Your Business with Venture Capital Showcases the Center’s New Tagline and Campaign (Buffalo, NY) The 2015 Economic Impact Survey numbers tell the story – 28 new businesses and 176 jobs were created by the Women’s Business Center at Canisius […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) – Across the country, women and men recognized National Equal Pay Day. The date, 4/12, symbolizes how far into 2016 women must work to earn what women earned in 2015. Here in Erie County, the gender pay gap is extremely large. According to Business First, the average man makes nearly 40-percent more […]

The Success Stimulus Competition is back for a second year with double the prize money, at least. The competition is held by the Canisius College Women’s Business Center and geared specifically for local, female-owned businesses. The first place winner of the competition will win a $10,000 prize to help support their business. The money was […]

Sara L. Vescio’s mother owned an interior design company, Vescio Interiors, and later became a Decorating Den franchisee. Vescio’s grandfather founded Parmed Pharmaceuticals, which her father ran as vice president for a number of years in her early childhood. One of her aunts had a catering business, another owned a retail shop, and her uncle […]

Canisius center celebrating a decade of encouraging small-business ventures. When Dolly Michelle Randle opened her business in 2010, she hit the ground running. Armed with skills learned at the Women’s Business Center at Canisius College and support from mentors there, Randle’s professional services company has since grown to the point that she’s looking to hire […]

For the third consecutive year, ForbesWoman has tracked down the data and tallied the numbers to determine the best U.S. cities for working moms and their families to call home—and this year’s No. 1 is a real surprise. Buffalo, NY, rocketed from last year’s No. 10 spot to become FORBES 2011 No. 1 Best City […]