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Counting Down!
Join us for the Final Round Celebration | Tuesday, March 21
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CMU Alumna Marwa Muhammad's Product Management Case Interview Now Available As Video-based Course
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| Carnegie Mellon University Human Computer Interaction (HCI) alumna, Product Consultant and Instructor Marwa Muhammad recently announced the launch of her 'Nail the Product Management Case Interview' as a video-based course on-demand.
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Eachday.health founder and CEO Christian Murphy, has announced the launch of the company's 'Cards Against ADHD'. The comprehensive guide is filled with medically validated strategies, tips and metacognitive warmups specifically designed to help people with ADHD better manage their lives. The live app is available for free, or via the code "CMU" for a 50% discount. Upvote on Product Hunt.
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GEC Startup Spotlight: ESTAT Actuation
The CMU Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC) is highlighting ESTAT Actuation for this week's spotlight. ESTAT is a deep-tech hardware company pioneering components that make customer designs safer, more capable and less expensive. The company boosts performance with clutches and brakes that are 10x lighter and 1,000x more efficient than conventional components.
If you are a founder of a startup and would like to be featured in future GEC spotlights, sign up here.
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Apply to the VentureBridge Summer Accelerator by
Friday, March 31!
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| The VentureBridge Summer Accelerator is a 12-week program that helps CMU startups by investing capital ($25K SAFE Note), providing office space in Silicon Valley, New York and Pittsburgh, as well as making introductions to mentors, experts and investors.
Eligible teams must have at least one CMU affiliated alumni founder. All applications must include a pitch deck and a two-minute pitch video. Applications are due by
Friday, March 31, 2023 at midnight.
Send questions to Aleks Petkov, Program Manager.
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| CMU Undergraduate Students!
Apply to the 2023-25 Innovation Scholars Program by April 14
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CMU undergraduate students! Are you interested in entrepreneurship? Have a startup, or want to connect with other student entrepreneurs? Apply to the 2023-25 Innovation Scholars cohort by
April 14, 2023. Current second year students in the second semester in ANY school or college at CMU are eligible to apply to this highly selective program.
Learn more at an upcoming info session:
Thursday, March 23 - 12:30 PM | EST
Register
Wednesday, April 5 - 12:30 PM | EST
Register
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CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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| See the full Spring 2023 schedule here.
Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
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|  3/23
REGISTER
Launching Hardware Startups with Monozukuri, (Nobuhiro Seki, Monozukuri Ventures)
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REGISTER
START SMART LAW: How to Structure Your Capital Raise, Part II, Negotiating the Term Sheet (David Lehman and Adam Kelson, K&L Gates)
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REGISTER
Accelerating Your Startup Via Corporate Partnerships (Sean Ammirati, Birchmere Ventures, and Dr. Ed Rakiewicz, PPG)
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Family Business Leadership Speaker Series
Emily Sheetz, VP of Strategy and IT, Sheetz, Inc.
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor, 4765 Forbes Ave.
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A Conversation on the Future of Healthcare
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Time: 4:00 - 8:00 PM | ET
Location: Tepper School of Business, Simmons Auditorium,
4765 Forbes Ave.
Featured Speakers: Sheryl Skolnick, Ph.D., Courtney Williamson, Ph.D., Janis Naeve, Steve Bollinger (pictured below), Dr. Jeffery Cohen and Dr. Adam Saltman.
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Date: March 24-26, 2023
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Fl., 4765 Forbes Ave.
XchangeIdeas is a weekend to develop, refine and reshape impactful ideas alongside 250+ regional leaders using strategic design thinking to help change Pittsburgh and the world. Learn more about the full schedule of XchangeIdeas events.
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Date: March 24th, 2023
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM | PT
Location: Carnegie Mellon, Silicon Valley (Room 227)
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Silicon Heartland Talk and Q&A
Pittsburgh: From Rust Belt to Tech Belt
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Date: Friday, March 31, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Fl., 4765 Forbes Ave.
Join the Swartz Center for a fireside chat with Silicon Heartland author and CNBC journalist
Rebecca A. Fannin and Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director, Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.
A book signing with Rebecca will take place after the talk.
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| Project Olympus Show & Tell
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor, 4765 Forbes Ave.
(Visitor parking available at the East Campus Garage)
The Project Olympus Show & Tell event is back! Show & Tell is a hugely popular venue for connecting CMU startups with the wider business and entrepreneurial community. Find out more.
This is an In-person only event.
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The mission of 99 Tartans is to partner with the highest potential, early-stage CMU alumni companies and accelerate their success through access to capital and networks. Find out more.
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CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
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The CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship group connects the CMU community, alumni and students, to build an entrepreneurial culture and provide resources to help the community succeed. There are multiple region-based chapters within the group. Find out more and join the CMU T&E blog,
the CMU Tech Entrepreneur!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| Pwc and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding in person office hours at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
Walk-ins accepted. Registration NOT required!
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| Trust & Consulting Solutions
When: Weekly on Wednesdays
12-5 PM | ET: Dates: April 5, 2023, May 3, 2023, June 7, 2023
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Legal Services Office Hours
When: Weekly on Thursdays
1-4 PM | ET
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
TD Cowen
TD Cowen is a diversified financial services firm that operates through two business segments: a broker dealer and an investment management division. The Company’s broker dealer division offers investment banking services, equity research, sales and trading, prime brokerage, global clearing and commission management services. Cowen’s investment management division builds on Cowen’s core insights by developing differentiated, actively managed investment strategies that seek to meet the dynamic needs of our clients. Founded in 1918, the firm is headquartered in New York
and has offices worldwide.
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HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER
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Swartz Center Education and Resources
No matter what phase of the entrepreneurship cycle you're in, there are programs and resources at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship that will take your idea to the next level. Find out more.
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Project Olympus Incubator Program
Want more help with finding product/market fit, developing your business model, making connections and attracting funding? Project Olympus will team you up with a business coach to develop a personalized ‘roadmap. Find out more.
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COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES
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The McGinnis Venture Competition is a platform exclusively for Carnegie Mellon University's community of student entrepreneurs, bringing together the best and brightest students to compete for $60K in investments. Participants receive crucial interaction with alumni entrepreneurs and venture capitalists for an opportunity to raise capital and receive valuable feedback about their ventures.
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FIND OUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
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Have startup news or opportunities to share? Have questions about the Swartz Center Weekly Bulletin? Send news, opportunities or questions to Sonya Ford, Program Manager.
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Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center For Entrepreneurship
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