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KRISTEN WOOD With over 25 years of leadership experience in the industry, Kristen and her company Sport Nation, have a proven track record of providing unparalleled support for tournament directors who stage athletic events. Sport Nation provides superior services from NY to Florida including registration, housing, ticket sales, event management, and education (with Sport Academy). Kris has […]

Women Entrepreneurs Celebrated for Contributions in Western New York BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Women’s Business Center IGNITE Awards were held for the first time at Canisius College Thursday to honor women around Western New York who are walking a different path as entrepreneurs. According to the WBC, 36 percent of businesses are owned by women […]

News 4 interviewed the Womens Business Center for National Women in Small Business Month about our work with women in all stages of business growth.

Sara Vescio understands the challenges that women business owners face. And as the executive director of the Canisius College Women’s Business Center, it’s her job to help women clear those business hurdles and provide the advice and training they need to build up their companies. She spoke recently about those challenges. Q: What’s the state […]

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 […]