Business Unusual 2020 Inspirational Video Montage

This spring, Joe Campolo and Peter Klein launched a weekly webinar to help lead the business community through the pandemic by sharing insight with industry experts, nonprofit leaders, elected officials, and business owners about how to move forward most productively. Check out this uplifting video featuring highlights from Business Unusual’s 2020 season. Thank you to all our guests and viewers for an unforgettable and positive experience! Find your favorite episode here.

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Business Unusual 2020 Finale: Reflecting & Moving Forward

October 27, 2020 – Episode 22 of Business Unusual Weekly Recovery Webinar with business leaders Joe Campolo and Peter Klein. In this final episode, they wrap up the 2020 season by reflecting on lessons they’ve learned and how they can translate this knowledge into meaningful change for Long Island and the business community.

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Business Unusual: Tech Talk with Phil Rugile & Michael Chiang

October 20, 2020 – Episode 21 of Business Unusual Weekly Recovery Webinar with business leaders Joe Campolo and Peter Klein. In this episode, they welcomed Michael Chiang, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Stony Brook Small Business Development Center, and Phil Rugile, Director of LaunchPad Huntington. The discussion focused on the technology landscape for small businesses as the pandemic stretches on.

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Business Unusual: The Electron-Ion Collider

October 13, 2020 – Episode 20 of Business Unusual Weekly Recovery Webinar with business leaders Joe Campolo and Peter Klein. In this episode, they welcomed Diane Hatton, the Electron-Ion Collider Project Manager at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The discussion focused on BNL’s discovery science and transformative technology happening right in our backyard.

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Campolo Discusses Long Island Innovation Park at HIA-LI Virtual Trade Show

Campolo Discusses Long Island Innovation Park at HIA-LI Virtual Trade Show

As HIA-LI Board Chairman, Joe Campolo presented the progress on and future of the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge during the Executive Breakfast program at HIA-LI’s Virtual Trade Show on October 7, 2020. One of the most critical economic development projects on Long Island today, the LI-IPH effort is the result of Campolo’s idea just over four years ago to analyze the economic impact of the Park. Once the staggering numbers behind the Park were revealed, “everyone had to

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Business Unusual: Dr. James Lentini of Molloy College

October 6, 2020 – Episode 19 of Business Unusual Weekly Recovery Webinar with business leaders Joe Campolo and Peter Klein. In this episode, they welcomed Dr. James Lentini, President of Molloy College. The discussion focused on his experiences taking the helm at Molloy during the pandemic and on both the difficulties and opportunities facing educational institutions in 2020 and beyond.

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