Nagendra Raina of Buffalo Games

Empire State Entrepreneurs: NY Business Law

One thing is certain: Buffalo is lucky to have Nagendra Raina. His journey to becoming the president of Buffalo Games is a story for the ages, and he shares that exciting odyssey with us here in Episode 7. Highlights include:

- Growing up in New Delhi
- Losing a parent at a young age
- Using loss to build resilience and courage
- Math, Science, and Programming
- Growing from a coder to an entrepreneur
- Coming to America (and not Canada)
- Growing from an entrepreneur to president of the fastest growing toy company in America
- Managing a national brand with offices located internationally
- The eerie quiet of American cities
- Working through the stress of traveling as high-level management
- The new vision for Buffalo Games
- The need to attract talent and energize a team
- Leveraging technology to stay on top of trends
- The importance of investing in market research
- High quality, low cost manufacturing domestically
- Assembling the best team
- Investing time into attracting and maintaining talent
- Battling the negative rhetoric surrounding Private Equity
- Balancing decisions on acquisitions with business growth
- What direction will Buffalo Games take in the next five years?
- Grow fast; grow fairly
- Smell the roses when you can
- You can solve a process problem with the right people, but you can never solve a people problem with a process