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The Swartz Center Announces New Cohort of
Undergraduate Innovation Scholars
The CMU Swartz Center has selected fourteen undergraduate students from across Carnegie Mellon's campus, including two from CMU Qatar, for its 2023-25 undergraduate Innovation Scholars program. Over sixty sophomore students applied for the two year program, which began in 2016 and has welcomed over eighty students. The program integrates academic coursework, guidance for each students entrepreneurship journey, networking and mentorship—given, as well as received.
The new Innovation Scholars are (from left to right according to the image):
Adam Bournes (Information Systems/Mathmatics); Kaitlyn Chow (Tepper); Matthew Coyle (ECE); Archan Das (SCS), Pratyay Didwania (SCS/Tepper); Mukhammadjon Gafurov (CMU Qatar); Advika Jayanti (SCS); Seo Hyun (Clarine) Lee (Fine Arts); Shagun Maheshwari (Material Science/Engineering); Maria Sultana Mina (CMU Qatar); Milan Minott (Tepper); Victoria Nguyen (Mechanical/Biomedical Engineering); Harvin Park (Tepper/Information Systems); and Ram Potham (SCS).
Find out more about each of the students.
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| CMU Spinout Airviz Named a Semifinalist for
Semiconductor Sustainability Initiative
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| Airviz, Inc. a Carnegie Mellon University spinout, has been selected as a semifinalist for the prestigious Semiconductor Sustainability Initiative program by SEMI.org, the global industry association representing companies in the electronics manufacturing supply chain. AirViz, founded by CMU Robotics professor Ilah Nourbakhsh, provides extensive and reliable air quality data and also offers predictive and prescriptive analytics that empower decision-makers to identify and solve air pollution problems.
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The 2022-24 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows and Innovation Scholars Visit Shift Robotics
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One of the requirements of the graduate James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows and the undergraduate Innovation Scholars programs is participation in a weekly Proseminar in Entrepreneurial Leadership course, which takes place at the Swartz Center on Friday's during the Fall and Spring semesters. During these sessions, the students get to network with various startup founders, local investors and members of the Carnegie Mellon University community to learn about resources available to assist them with their entrepreneurial journeys. They also visit Pittsburgh startups.
As a wrap up to the Spring semester, the students visited Shift Robotics, founded by CEO Xunjie Zhang, on Friday, April 21. After learning how the company started and where its headed, they each got to try out the Moonwalkers, the AI powered shoes that enable users to walk faster, intuitively and effortlessly.
The students will enter their second year of the programs in the Fall, in which they will become mentors to the new cohort of Swartz Fellows and Innovation Scholars, and act as ambassadors for the programs.
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Apply for the Innovation Commercialization Fellows Program by Monday, May 1!
Carnegie Mellon graduate and Ph.D. students, post doctoral fellows and research assistants currently working with faculty on CMU research-based startups are eligible to apply for the Innovation Commercialization Fellows program. Well-qualified candidates will display a strong interest in driving the startup's commercialization efforts.
The Innovation Commercialization Fellows is a year-long, entrepreneurial program that begins on
July 1, 2023. Along with cohort-based educational workshops and expert one-on-one mentoring, Fellows will receive $50K from the Swartz Center—contingent upon a $50K match from another source—to assist with working on their commercialization.
Find out more and apply by Monday, May 1, 2023 at midnight ET. Send questions to Melanie Simko,
Program Manager.
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Apply for the Customer Discovery Kickstart Program
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship’s Project Olympus Incubator announces the Customer Discovery Kickstart program, designed for early-stage startups to explore the feasibility of their business ideas. There are two four-week cohorts. The first begins on May 10 and the second begins on June 14, 2023. This program helps startup founders to determine product-market fit by connecting them with potential customers and industry stakeholders. CMU students, staff and alumni are eligible to apply.
Apply for the May 10 - May 31 cohort by April 28, 2023.
Apply for the June 14 - July 12 cohort by May 31, 2023.
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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.
The CONNECTS seminars have ended for the Spring semester and will resume at the start of the Fall semester in September.
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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: Upcoming dates: May 3, 2023, June 7, 2023
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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
Sign up for weekly office hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a multi-jurisdictional, full-service law firm that takes a progressive approach to providing counsel at each stage of a client’s life cycle. Their dedicated team works closely with its clients to form entities, advise on the most advantageous entity type and design and negotiate joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. If a client has a dispute, Steptoe & Johnson has a team of business and product liability litigators and labor and employment lawyers to guide clients through these often stressful and disruptive situations. Steptoe & Johnson brings a strong skillset for data privacy, cyber security and intellectual property matters, which are frequent concerns for startups and technology companies. Steptoe & Johnson offers competitive and flexible rates and aims to provide value to their clients.
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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 Innovation Scholars program fosters innovation and entrepreneurship and seeks to increase the number of successful startup companies initiated by or involving Carnegie Mellon University’s undergraduate students.
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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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