Juweria Dahir of Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

Empire State Entrepreneurs: NY Business Law

Juweria Dahir is a gift to the Buffalo entrepreneur community. She has developed a passion for data, evidence-based decision making, and listening, and has applied that passion to improve access to crucial networking opportunities for small businesses in underserved populations as the Director of Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

In this episode, host Dave Pfalzgraf leads Juweria through a journey that begins with her early life and how her humble upbringing prepared her to be an advocate for the communities she works ceaselessly to service.

Highlights include:
- Farming in Switzerland
- Finding a home in Buffalo
- Teaching the world the difference between New York and New York
- Building relationships, Glee, and learning American humor
- Finding that accents are nearly a language barrier
- The technological lag in America right now
- Thought partners and change agents driving progress
- Racial divisions vs class divisions
- The Urban Fellow Program in the City of Buffalo
- Priority mechanisms and the importance of maintaining public services in distressed neighborhoods
- The significance of listening in leadership
- Use of the Open Data Portal, sponsored by Bloomberg, along with Harvard and Johns Hopkins
- Innovation in city government
- Working with Matt Enstice at BNMC
- The challenges of guiding businesses through reopening after COVID
- Helping marginalized individuals learn to build wealth through entrepreneurship
- Fostering relationships and developing crucial networking opportunities for business
- Partnering with Josh Roetzer, Associate Attorney at Rupp Pfalzgraf
- The best Chicken and Waffles in Buffalo!
- The significance of being flexible as a business owner
- Approaching everything with a coachable mindset