FORGE Buffalo

FORGE Buffalo Forging connection, collaboration, and community across WNY | We don’t just network- we forge. 🔥

Forge Buffalo is a nonprofit business community built to help Western New York’s entrepreneurs and professionals connect, collaborate, and grow. We host a wide range of in-person and online events- from casual meetups to educational sessions- designed to spark connection and strengthen our local business ecosystem. We also provide small business support for those beginning or refreshing their busi

nesses who benefit from resource-rich education and a community that is eager to support and push toward success collectively. Whether you're starting out, scaling up, or simply looking for a community that understands your goals, Forge Buffalo is where strong connections are forged.

If your retirement plan is crossing your fingers and hoping for the best, that's not a strategy. That's a gamble.Meet Al...
06/02/2026

If your retirement plan is crossing your fingers and hoping for the best, that's not a strategy. That's a gamble.

Meet Alliance Financial Network, Inc. 💰⚒️ A team dedicated to helping individuals, families, and business owners build, protect, and preserve wealth through thoughtful financial planning and long-term strategy. From retirement planning to wealth management and financial protection, they help turn today's hard work into tomorrow's legacy.

Alliance Financial Network is a proud high-level sponsor of FORGE Buffalo, supporting the founders, leaders, and builders who understand that real success isn't just about making money. It's about creating something that lasts.

📬 Want your business featured in front of the rooms that matter? Slide into our DMs or email [email protected] to lock in a sponsorship spot for future FORGE events.

Daniel Schlein: Licensed Financial Advisor

Being busy is a badge of honor until you realize you're spending 12-hour days and still moving tomorrow's to-do list to ...
06/01/2026

Being busy is a badge of honor until you realize you're spending 12-hour days and still moving tomorrow's to-do list to tomorrow. ⚡️

This Brunch & Learn is focused on helping entrepreneurs reclaim their schedules through intentional time blocking. Lynn Tranchell of Clear Ahead combines practical productivity strategies with mindset shifts that help you create more focus, more momentum, and more hours for the work that actually moves your business forward. 🔨✨

If your calendar is running your life instead of supporting it, it's time for a better system. Don't come just for brunch. Come because "I'll find the time" hasn't been working.

The Deets:
📅 Tuesday, June 16th | 11:30 AM
📍 The Angry Buffalo
🎟 linktr.ee/forgebflo
✨ Member discount coming via email - $30/ticket for non-members

For the women building businesses, chasing bigger goals, and creating the kind of life they used to daydream about. ✨The...
06/01/2026

For the women building businesses, chasing bigger goals, and creating the kind of life they used to daydream about. ✨

The fastest way to grow: put yourself in rooms with women who are already doing the things you want to do. That's exactly what we're building here in Buffalo- for women and beyond. ⚒️🍸

06/01/2026

What would make Buffalo actually want to network in the summer? An open bar on a rooftop? Yeah, we thought so. 🥂✨

On Thursday July 30th, we’re heading to Patrick’s Rooftop for an open bar rooftop networking event built exclusively for Buffalo’s absolute best professionals. Because drinks simply taste better 12 stories up... it’s just science. 💅

Your ticket includes access to an open bar, heavy appetizers, rooftop views, and high-value networking with Buffalo's finest who are building, creating, and making things happen across Western New York. Space is limited- so get in while the getting's good.

Ticket Details:
Members Only Earlybird Pricing: $35, 6/1-6/30
General Admission (Members & Non-Members): $45, 7/1-7/25
Last Chance: $55, 7/26-7/30

Lock in your spot at linktr.ee/forgebflo today.

June called, and she's stacked- virtually and in-person. ⚡️Siri, add to calendar. 📱
06/01/2026

June called, and she's stacked- virtually and in-person. ⚡️

Siri, add to calendar. 📱

If your people strategy consists of "we'll figure it out when we get there," you're creating problems faster than you're...
05/31/2026

If your people strategy consists of "we'll figure it out when we get there," you're creating problems faster than you're creating growth.

Meet Alyssa Klimuszka, SHRM-CP, founder of Her HR Solutions 🤝🔥 With more than a decade of experience in human resources, Alyssa helps businesses navigate hiring, compliance, employee relations, workplace culture, and strategic growth. Through fractional HR support and consulting, she gives organizations the structure they need to build strong teams and sustainable success.

Alyssa is a proud high-level sponsor of FORGE Buffalo, where we believe great businesses are built by great people. Her expertise helps business owners create workplaces that attract, retain, and empower top talent.

📬 Want your business featured in front of the rooms that matter? Slide into our DMs or email [email protected] to lock in a sponsorship spot for future FORGE events.

Your Linkedin feed called. It wants you to touch grass... er, patio. Whatever. ⚒️🍸Happy hour tomorrow @ The Draft Room, ...
05/27/2026

Your Linkedin feed called. It wants you to touch grass... er, patio. Whatever. ⚒️🍸

Happy hour tomorrow @ The Draft Room, starting at 5:30PM. NO RSVP required.

🔥 Your next “wait, you know them too?” moment starts here.

Got something worth sharing? 🍳☕️We’re looking for speakers, founders, creatives, and industry pros who want to lead an u...
05/25/2026

Got something worth sharing? 🍳☕️

We’re looking for speakers, founders, creatives, and industry pros who want to lead an upcoming FORGE Brunch & Learn or workshop. Members especially encouraged- teaching with FORGE costs nothing & promotes you and your business to our entire network while also providing you with an accessible teaching platform (and free brunch!).

If that sounds like a lane you want to drive in, DM us or fill out our speaker interest form here: linktr.ee/forgebflo

Let’s build something people leave talking about. ⚒️

🧼 The first rule of business is you DO talk about business.But why does local networking always feel like choosing betwe...
05/22/2026

🧼 The first rule of business is you DO talk about business.

But why does local networking always feel like choosing between two extremes? It's either an overstructured, stuffy room where you feel like you're networking at gunpoint, or it’s so casual you leave without handing out a single business card.

We keep it simple. FORGE is the middle ground where modern Buffalo business owners, creators, and founders actually want to hang out. We keep it easy, low-stakes, and completely authentic... while still making sure real business gets done, obvi. 💅

Join us at our next one on May 28th at 5:30 at the Draft Room - details here: linktr.ee/forgebflo 🥊⚡

If they’re walking past your brand without noticing it, your marketing isn’t marketing. 💅Meet Steven Landahl, the brain ...
05/21/2026

If they’re walking past your brand without noticing it, your marketing isn’t marketing. 💅

Meet Steven Landahl, the brain behind Digital Table Displays 📺⚡ A next-level approach to local advertising that places your brand and those of your sponsors on beautiful table displays that keep your marketing moving passively. It's hard to forget a logo you have seen next to your wine glass all night. 🥂

Steven is a proud high-level sponsor of FORGE Buffalo, helping local businesses cut through the clutter and show up with intention in the rooms that matter.

📬 Want your business featured in front of engaged, local audiences? Slide into our DMs or email [email protected] to lock in a sponsorship spot for upcoming FORGE events.

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Cheektowaga, NY

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http://linktr.ee/forgebflo

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