BUFFALO TAX STRATEGIES – Our Founder’s Story

In this podcast, our founder Michael Knapp gets interviewed by Penn State Accounting Student Nicole Huys.  Nicole is in her last year of accounting, and needed to interview a local entrepreneur for her class on small business management.  We were lucky to have her choose Buffalo Tax Strategies!

Some of the questions Nicole asked:

• How and when did you start Buffalo Tax Strategies? (0:00)
• When you started, did you need any external financing or did you do it on your own (5:11)
• When did you move into your current location? (6:00)
• How important is location? (6:40)
• Are you looking to expand further? (7:57)
• What type of services do you offer? (9:39)
• What types of clients do you have now, and is there any type of client you’d like to see more of? (10:40)
• Do you feel you have big competition?  (12:53)
• What are the biggest challenges you see moving forward for your business?  (14:05)
• What advice or recommendations do you have for entrepreneurs looking to start their own business? (15:46)
• Do you have a marketing plan? What’s your strategy? (17:18)
• How do you normally communicate with your customers? (19:58)