Entrepreneurship Takeover Pt. 2 with Anthony Lombardo and Robert Manasier

08/02/19 • 26 min

For the second part of our series speaking with entrepreneurs, we brought Anthony Lombardo, the president and founder of expex, to the show. The Latham-based startup helps small and mid-sized businesses with their bookkeeping through an automated cash management application.

Also joining Lombardo is Robert Manasier, UAlbany's entrepreneur-in-residence as well as a serial entrepreneur and brand builder. The two share their personal pathways to success (and what challenges they have had to overcome along the way), entrepreneurial resources available in Upstate New York and programs coming to the UAlbany Innovation Center and Innovate 518 this fall.
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Innovate 518 is the Capital Region's Innovation Hot Spot and is a NYSTAR initiative by Empire State Development and managed by the University at Albany.

References: Learn more about the I-Corps Short Course at the University at Albany this fall. The two-week course, hosted by the UAlbany Innovation Center, allows faculty researchers working on a technology innovation to "get out of the lab" and talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit. Teams can comprise one to three people.

The UAlbany News Podcast is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll, a Communications Specialist at the University at Albany, State University of New York, with production assistance by Patrick Dodson and Scott Freedman.

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Innovate 518 is the Capital Region's Innovation Hot Spot and is a NYSTAR initiative by Empire State Development and managed by the University at Albany.

Have a comment or question about one of our episodes? You can email us at [email protected], and you can find us on Twitter @UAlbanyNews.

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Innovate 518 is the Capital Region's Innovation Hot Spot and is a NYSTAR initiative by Empire State Development and managed by the University at Albany.

Have a comment or question about one of our episodes? You can email us at [email protected], and you can find us on Twitter @UAlbanyNews.

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