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|  | Stephanie Hickman, CEO of Trice Construction Co., speaking at the Family Business Leadership Speaker Series event
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The CMU Swartz Center Hosts Second Family Business Leadership Speaker Series Event
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| The Swartz Center hosted its second Family Business Leadership Speaker Series event with special guest Stephanie Hickman, President and CEO of Trice Construction Company, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. Held at the Tepper School of Business in Simmons Auditorium, Stephanie shared her journey which began with her career as a labor attorney, utility executive and lobbyist.
She went on to explain how she acquired the construction company her family started in 1967, transforming it from a small residential construction company to an award-winning, utility infrastructure contractor serving Fortune 500 corporations, top 100 general and infrastructure contractors and major public entities. Her leadership led the company to becoming the first African American woman-owned construction firm awarded prime and multi-year contracts with companies such as Ameren, ComEd/Exelon, Nicor Gas, Peoples Gas and the Chicago Department of Transportation.
The next Family Business Leadership Speaker Series event will be held on March 22, 2023 with guest speaker Emily Sheetz, AVP Strategy, Sheetz.
Register for the next event here.
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ApertureDataDB 2.0: Redefining Visual Data Management for AI
Vishakha Gupta-Cledat, founder and CEO at ApertureData, a 2020 VentureBridge participant, has announced the launch of ApertureDataDB 2.0, which will allow its users to build better pipelines to achieve their business goals.
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NetBeez Releases 2023 State of Remote Work Report
NetBeez, provider of high performance network monitoring co-founded by Tepper School of Business alumnus Stefano Gridelli, Panickos Neophytou and Panos Vouzis, has released its 2023 State of Remote Work Report. The paper discusses the results of a survey on the current state of remote work and the experiences of employees who support remote work. The survey included a diverse group of 100 participants from various industries and job titles, with a majority being engineers.
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Stratus Materials Emerges from Stealth to Launch Next-Generation Cathode Materials
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Stratus Materials, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of next-generation cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries, has come out of stealth. The company, previously operating as 33 Tech Inc., was founded in early 2022 to commercialize a set of highly promising, manganese-rich, cobalt-free cathode innovations by a team led by Dr. Jay Whitacre, a CMU professor and serial entrepreneur.
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Pittsburgh Biotech Networking and Chapter Launch
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Ave, 3rd Fl.
Nucleate Pittsburgh is a city-wide, non-profit dedicated to empowering biotech trainees to commercialize their research. It is a local chapter of the international non-profit, Nucleate. The first phase is focused on building a stronger biotech ecosystem for trainees. The launch event will be held on February 15 at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. Presenting will be successful academic founders, and speakers from local Pittsburgh accelerators and resources and top biotech VC. See the flyer for more information.
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Engage With Carnegie Mellon University During
Black History Month
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The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship joins Carnegie Mellon and the CMU Alumni Association in the committed effort to highlight CMU's exceptional Black alumni, students, faculty and staff throughout the year. Black History Month provides a special opportunity to recognize, acknowledge and elevate their professional and academic excellence.
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The 2023 Spring Cohort Selected for the Customer Discovery Kickstart Program
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship’s Project Olympus Incubator has accepted nine startup teams to its February 2023 cohort of the Customer Discovery Kickstart, a program for early-stage startups to explore the feasibility of their business ideas.
Startup teams in the five-week program will learn about the fundamentals of customer discovery, conduct customer discovery interviews and receive coaching from experienced Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. Teams include graduate students and alumni from various CMU schools and departments including Dietrich College, School of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Tepper School of Business
and Heinz College.
Send inquiries about the Kickstart program to Melanie Simko, Program Manager.
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VentureBridge Tech and Recruiting Talk: Innovations in AI/Robotics, Engineering and Software at CMU Alumni Startup Companies
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Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Time: 5:30 - 7:00 PM | EST
Location: CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor
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| VentureBridge Summer Accelerator Info Sessions
February 15 and March 15, 2023
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Join a virtual info session to learn more about the VentureBridge Summer Accelerator.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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Date: Monday, February 20, 2023
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM | EST
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor
The Corporate Startup Lab (CSL) is proud to continue its popular Fireside Chat series with Kevin Acklin, President of Business Operations at the Pittsburgh Penguins. Previously Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel with the Penguins, Kevin oversees all business operations of the club and its affiliates, reporting directly to ownership at Fenway Sports Group.
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Robotics Factory Meet and Greet
Date: February 21, 2023
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 PM | EST
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor
Join the CMU Swartz Center for an in-person information session to learn about Innovation Works' new Robotics Factory Accelerate Program. The Robotics Factory-Accelerate program is a new accelerator for robotics and advanced technology. The program will run from June 2023 through January 2024, and will accept up to six pre-seed startups.
Apply to the Accelerator by March 31, 2023.
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Patron Office Hours at the Swartz Center
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| Pwc and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding office hours in person at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor, 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
Time: 12-5 PM | ET
March 1, 2023
April 5, 2023
May 3, 2023
June 7, 2023
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When: Weekly on Thursdays between 1-4 PM | ET
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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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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. Please visit and 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 for the community to 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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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
PwC
The purpose of PwC is to build trust in society and solve important problems—which is at the core of everything it does. This guides how the company serves its clients, people and the world. To help its clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes, PwC provides professional services across two segments: Trust Solutions and Consulting Solutions. Within these segments, PwC brings a range of capabilities to help organizations solve faster, solve more and realize more value. These capabilities include cloud and digital, deals, ESG, cybersecurity and privacy, governance/boards, risk, transformation, tax services and more. Across its global network of over 295K professionals in 156 countries, PwC is committed to advancing quality in everything it provides.
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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, a platform exclusively for Carnegie Mellon University's community of student entrepreneurs, brings together Carnegie Mellon's best and brightest student entrepreneurs to compete for $60K in investments. All participants receive crucial interaction with alumni entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, an opportunity to raise capital and valuable feedback about their ventures.
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