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Long Live Buffalo.
Well now, evrything dies, baby, that's a fact, but maybe evrything that dies someday comes back

What woke you up today?  Was it the rustling tambourine of maple leaves slapping each other high five with those pointy little fingers of theirs?  Or was it the familiar discourse and banter of morning birds gossiping about the advancement of their fledglings?  Whatever distinguishable sound it was, it was a note that flowed from the mouth of Summer.  Yes folks, if the spiking temperatures accompanied by humidity high enough to turn your raisins back into grapes and rehydrate beef jerky back into cattle did not give it away, let me please welcome in her grand radiance, the supermodel of the seasonal sisters, the undeniable, undefinable, but always reliable Summer.  This is the time of the year we saved all Winter for, when the sun lets down its curlers and a shakes out rolling cascades of golden locks for us to play in. It’s barefoot, full bloom, no school, windows open, skipping work, thunder storming, drinking from a garden hose pure ecstasy.  Summer scissor lifts our eyelids with brilliant morning rays and forces us to see how wonderful the world is, how everything has its season and every season its reason.
 
Summer arrives on the longest day of the year and every day after we have a little less daylight, reminding us things are finite but impressions are eternal.  Summer is an enchanting story repeated and every year we get lost in it, forgetting with each word we walk on, the end of the sidewalk draws closer.  We gang tackle Summer, consume it with a locus like voracity as we arise from hibernation, seeking  sustenance even more so in a year like this when that period of dormancy seemed to last a little longer and the isolation was a little stronger than what we condition for.
 
Revel in Summer.  Make hay if you can, go for a hike if you can’t.  No longer confined by square footage, Summer is Winter’s inverse in that everywhere but our house is where we should be, live, work, play, enjoy, exist.  Eat at a picnic table, sleep on a hammock, let the sun brew your iced tea and take one less meeting and one more stroll today.  Summer is a party that once started, is already fleeting.  Sleep with your windows open and let the birds be your alarm clock.
 
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty, and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
 
-Jack                  
Call to Action
Connect with a new Mentor
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Startup Spotlight
Jake AndersonForsake

 
What is one thing people should know about Forsake?
The one thing people should know about Forsake is that we make sneakerboots! Sneakerboots combine the rugged durability, traction, and protection of a boot with the lightweight design, easy break-in, and versatile styling of a casual pair of sneakers.  

What's your "startup superpower" to share with the community?
Our "startup superpower" is finding creative solutions to problems common for early-stage consumer product companies: managing overseas production, new product development, international sales, the Amazon marketplace, etc. 

Editor's note:
We'd like to commend the Forsake team for stepping up to draft the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge, a commitment to adopting hiring practices that support a diverse workforce, presenting more diversity in our photography and advertising, and engaging and supporting a broadly represented group of athletes and ambassadors.

Worth the Click

A VC's Guide to Investing in Black Founders

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Virtual event and teaming guide
‘Innovation Doesn’t Have A Color’ Collab Capital Targets $50M Fund To Invest In Black Founders

50 Questions to Explore with a Potential Co-Founder (h/t Zach Marshall)


 
Congrats to Buffalo native Tyler Schrodt whose company Electronic Gaming Federation executed their first High School eSports Championship on ESPN (Disney) last week! Read more here...
These Troubling Times Call for Reimagining Capitalism
By JD Hartman
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Events - there is no community without unity

Our community's constantly-updated list of events can be found on the Venture Herd calendar. The next week includes everything from networking events to fundraising pitch help to a 43North informational event.
Local weekly Open Coffee Clubs:
Steve Tasker will be hosting us from the new Hartman’s Distillery where a mixologist will give a quick tour and fix us up a drink. We'll hear from tech industry leaders on what's going on in Buffalo, talk some Bills talk, and the Leroy Towns Band will perform an original song.
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