Pitch Hamburg

07/14/2024

What an incredible day in Hamburg watching the work of beautiful artists that has brought to our community!
A great reminder that entrepreneurship is rooted in the passion and creativity of each individual. Including our favorite bookstore, !

Dream big, little artists!

06/29/2024

We are so excited to welcome New Sky Coaching into the incubator!!! Check out their page for the schedule of classes!

Fitness equipment is ROLLING in everyday as we're setting up for classes in our new space at Pitch Hamburg! Classes and individual appointments begin July 16. Register for classes here: https://newskycoachingwny.com/classes-and-events/

06/19/2024

We couldn’t be more excited for her!!

“I love when people come in and they’re like, ‘We have a bookstore?’ ‘There’s a bookstore in Hamburg?’ People say that all the time. I love the feeling of people being excited for a bookstore,” said Heather Jackson, owner of Merit Badge Books. Merit Badge Books gets its own space with Buffalo Street location. Available for Sun+ subscribers now. Available in print on Friday.

05/31/2024

Grateful doesn’t begin to cover how we feel after our 2nd Annual Community Pitch Event!

Getting on a stage, in front of strangers, and talking about your passion is hard, but our 5 entrepreneurs did an INCREDIBLE job!! It is an honor to watch all of their hard work come to fruition at this event, and you can’t help but leave feeling so inspired.

A huge THANK YOU to our 2nd Cohort:
Andy Ru Foods
PUDGY POTATOES-Home of the XTRA Loaded Baked Potatoes
New Sky Coaching
TinasLocs
Jess In The Kitchn

Our awardees: Pudgy Potatoes, TinasLocs and Jess in the Kitchn

Our Sponsors:
The Sun Newspaper
Roofs By Bryan
Southtown Audio Video
Village of Hamburg
Village of Hamburg Community Foundation
Berardi Immigration Law
Rich Products
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Hilbert College
Ten Thousand Vines Inc.
The Grange Community Kitchen
BankOnBuffalo
Sixt Gerhard & Associates CPAs, PLLC
DeaLea Photography
The Grange Outpost
Southtowns Regional Chamber of Commerce
Wolf Agency Insurance
Nicholas S. Ludwa, CFP, CLU Harbortown Financial Group, LLC

Our phenomenal judges:
Mercedes E Wilson
Lauren Gibson
Megan Kelly
Jennifer Kuhn
DrTye Caldwell

Hamburg Central School District, Mrs. Brayman and Mrs. Watkins for the extremely talented 5th graders that pitched!

And big thank you to DeaLea Photography WNY Wedding and Portrait Photographer for her magic photo skills!!

And finally, this community! What a joy it is for us to bring these businesses to Hamburg, and for this community for stepping up to support them!

05/30/2024

05/29/2024

🚨LETTTTTTTS GOOOOOO!!!!!🚨

Happening TONIGHT!!!
✅Family friendly
✅Super inspiring
✅Amazing entrepreneurs
✅Panel of judges is 🔥🔥🔥
✅MC of the evening will 100% laugh at her own jokes

Let’s do this .royal.7

05/24/2024

And for our final founder spotlight, there’s not a potato that this woman can’t turn into a treat!
Meet Jeanetta Sullivan, founder of Pudgy Potatoes!
We hope you enjoyed her tasty goodies at our Pop Up Event at Alchemy! But just in case, you can see her pitch live at our event on Wednesday, May 29th from 6-9pm at Hilbert College!
Find out more about Jeanetta PUDGY POTATOES-Home of the XTRA Loaded Baked Potatoes!

05/23/2024

🚨We are less than a week out from our Community Pitch Event!!🚨

And if you fangirled like we did over our judges last year, get a load of this year’s judges panel!

⭐️ Mercedes Wilson, Founder of Sadies Foods
⭐️ Lauren Gibson, Founder of Rise Fitness Studio
⭐️ Megan Kelly, Startup Success Manager at UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships
⭐️ Jennifer Kuhn, President of Hamburg Overhead Door, Inc. and
⭐️ Dr. Tye Caldwell, Cofounder and CSO of ShearShare

These judges have their work cut out for them this year choosing which businesses will win $5,000!!

Join us WEDNESDAY, May 29th at Swan Auditorium!
6pm Networking
7-9pm Pitch Event

05/22/2024

Who runs events? SPONSORS DO!

Thank you so much to our amazing 2024 sponsors for helping to make this year’s event amazing!

GOLD Sponsors:

Roofs By Bryan
Southtown Audio Video

SILVER Sponsors:
Village of Hamburg
Village of Hamburg Community Foundation

Small Business Sponsors:
Berardi Immigration Law
Rich Products
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Hilbert College
Ten Thousand Vines Inc.

Community Sponsors:
The Grange Community Kitchen
BankOnBuffalo
Sixt Gerhard & Associates CPAs, PLLC
DeaLea Photography WNY Wedding and Portrait Photographer
The Grange Outpost
Southtowns Regional Chamber of Commerce
Wolf Agency Insurance
Nicholas Ludwa Harbortown Financial Group

05/22/2024

Next up for our cohort introduction is Jennifer Johnson, founder of New Sky Coaching. We are jazzed for you to hear what Jennifer has been working on! If you enjoyed her special flow class at Alchemy on the 26th, you know how excited we are!
Come see for yourself on Wednesday, May 29th from 6-9pm at Hilbert College!
Check her out at New Sky Coaching!

05/21/2024

Thank you so much to for taking the time to chat about PITCH Hamburg and our event coming up next Wednesday!!

05/20/2024

If you joined us for our Food Pop Up Pitch Event at Alchemy last Friday, then you likely tried a bite from Jess Betzig from Jess in the Kitchn!

Now come see her pitch her business live on Wednesday, May29th at Hilbert College!

Want to know more about Jess? Check her out at Jess In The Kitchn!