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Spring 2026 Buffalo Business 17 The 2025-26 Fisher Family Fellows. Photo: Tom Wolf Achieving the impossible Gregg S. Fisher, BS '92, founder and portfolio manager at Quent Capital, channels his expertise and philanthropy into supporting students by sponsoring several initiatives, including the Fisher Family Fellows. In the program, students dive into equity research, building valuable professional skills and industry relationships. The seeds of the F3 program, as it's come to be known, were planted in December 2024. That's when a student team began brainstorming, moved quickly to connect with Fisher the following month, and were already recruiting members in April. By May, they were off and running and conducting finance research. Declan McEntee is a student in the school's Master of Science in Finance program. He serves as co-chief research officer and helped get the program off the ground — and says it's been an eye-opening experience. "I'm somebody who tends to look at a task, break it down, and then do it all myself. I find it really hard to dele- gate," he says. "But when you have five researchers you're working with, you can't do everything alone. That would be a tough thing to learn as a manager aer college. I'm glad I learned it early on." The F3 team is tasked with conducting small- and mid-cap equity research, focusing on compa- nies oen overlooked by mainstream investors. Rather than relying solely on financial metrics, students evaluate potential investments through qualitative factors such as leadership quality, adaptability, supply chain strength, mergers and acquisitions potential, and consumer behavior. "We're finding creative, unique ways to value these companies based on factors like how they improve employee happiness," says McEntee. "We can measure that based on something like how much coffee they give their employees for free, which may sound silly at first but if you're trying to retain A-list talent, free benefits like this play into it." Once their research is complete, the students share it directly with Quent Capital, acting as advisors for the firm, by providing insights and recommendations, analysis and equity pitches on their target small- and mid-cap companies. "It's been transformative for me and for everyone on the team," says McEntee. "We've been working directly with Gregg and a team he assigned to us, and we've learned so much from them and all the professionals at Quent." Fisher