WNY Entrepreneur

by David Schaub

If you love Western NY AND Entrepreneurship; this is the podcast for you. David Schaub interviews the top entrepreneurs in WNY about business. If you’re anything like me you want to learn from the top people in the industry. You want to learn their secrets, their failures, what really works and what doesn’t. In this podcast we get to the “nitty gritty” stuff Entrepreneurs want to know and learn. It’s great to learn from Entrepreneurs from across the world but what about the amazing people in our own backyard? Here we learn from people who live in the Western NY area and thrive here in Business

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He Took the Risk Most Engineers Won't - Brian Balthasar | Balthasar Industries

Getting laid off is usually seen as the end of a chapter.For Brian Balthasar, it became the beginning of everything.After losing two corporate enginee...

28m

•Aug 4, 2026

He Built Over 100 Manufactured Home Communities - Jeff Cook | Cook Properties

Most people think manufactured home communities are a niche corner of real estate.Jeff Cook built one of the largest portfolios in New York State by t...

32m

•Jul 28, 2026

He Bet His Retirement on an Idea - Tom Akers | Junk Free Skin

Most people would never do it.Tom Akers took his retirement savings and bet it on an idea that had never been done before.No roadmap.No guarantees.And...

30m

•Jul 21, 2026

From Swinging a Hammer to CEO - Patrick Hayter | Hayter Construction

When Patrick Hayter started his construction company, he was swinging the hammer himself.Doing the work.Running estimates.Managing projects.Handling s...

34m

•Jul 14, 2026

Most Business Owners Get SEO Wrong - Mariah Magazine | SEO Consultant

Most business owners think they have an SEO problem.Many actually have a visibility problem.Or a messaging problem.Or they are simply focusing on the ...

34m

•Jul 7, 2026

The HR Mistakes That Can Hurt Your Business - Alyssa Klimuszka | HerHR Solutions

Most HR problems do not start big.They start small.A bad hire.Poor communication.Managers avoiding hard conversations.And eventually…It turns into tur...

29m

•Jun 16, 2026