43North, the world’s largest ($5 million) business idea competition, is looking closer to home in order to attract entrepreneurs and start-ups to Buffalo. The group is teaming up with Startup Grind Toronto to sponsor a “Startup Bus” road trip, which is designed to bridge the two cities and their respective start-up communities.
By combining efforts, 43North hopes to create an entrepreneurial bond with Toronto, starting with a bus trip that will bring the Toronto’s start-up community to Buffalo on May 28, 2015 for Startup Grind Buffalo’s evening fireside chat with Empire Genomics President/CEO Anthony Johnson. The Toronto entrepreneurs will also get to tour the 43North/Z80 Labs incubator and Design Innovative Garage (dig) co-working space.
“Startup Grind Toronto is pleased to partner with 43North and Startup Grind Buffalo to increase connectivity between startups on both sides of the border,” said Michael Cayley, host of the “Startup Bus” and director of the Startup Grind Toronto Chapter. “We invite Canadian entrepreneurs to join us for the short road trip down to Buffalo for a full evening of networking, food, refreshments, and a neat chat with Empire Genomics’ Anthony Johnson.”