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October 21, 2022

IN THE NEWS
Shift Robotics Introduces Its Moonwalkers, The World's Fastest Shoes!

After nearly five years of sweat and tears, the Shift Robotics teamled by CEO Xunjie Zhangis excited to introduce the world’s fastest AI powered shoes, Moonwalkers. The shoes help you to walk anywhere at the speed of a run, just by strapping them on. Join the revolution of urban mobility by signing up here

Find out more and watch the video below.
Moonwalkers the World's Fastest Shoes
Mach9 Robotics Aiming At Infrastructure 

When the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed last year, the founders of Mach9 Robotics in Pittsburgh took action. In late 2021, the company, co-founded by CEO Alexander Baikovitz, quickly founded their own effort called the Pittsburgh Bridge Initiative to help with maintaining infrastructure evidenced by the Fern Hollow Bridge. The initiative aims to map each of Pittsburgh’s 450 bridges while providing a use case exhibiting the company’s technology.

Since then, the team has focused on working directly with engineering firms, Departments of Transportation and municipalities on extracting actionable information from geospatial data to improve organizational efficiency and help leaders make data-driven decisions for the health and
safety of  communities.
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Astrobotic’s LunaGrid Is On A Mission to Power Up The Moon
John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic, has a passion for helping missions to the moon last longer than just a few weeks since his North Side-based company intends to make its first mission flight later this year.

In September, Thornton announced at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress in Paris that Astrobotic is developing LunaGrid, a power generation and distribution service that will deliver power by the watt to landers, rovers, habitats, science suites and other lunar surface systems. The service will enable systems to survive the lunar night and operate indefinitely on the moon, starting at the lunar south pole.
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SWARTZ CENTER SPOTLIGHT
The Swartz Center Hosted Panel Discussion on CMU's New Strategic Design Kit

The CMU Swartz Center hosted the 'Big Picture and Systems Design' panel event on Thursday, October 13, 2022, in partnership with the Corporate Startup Lab (CSL, a Swartz Center Initiative), and maad labs, founded by CMU HCI and Tepper School of Business adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship Adam Paulisick. More than 150+ participants attended in person and virtually from Brazil, Indonesia, South Africa, Germany and all over the USA, to ask tough questions about how to make the most of the new Miro hosted strategic design kit. 

The early version of the strategic design kit includes over twenty design thinking templates hosted by miro (sneak preview here) and accompanying videos featuring CMU's faculty. The kit hopes to catalyze a broad audience of strategy, sales, product and design professionals to shape the world in a more empathetic way at a fraction of the time and cost of legacy methods.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
CMU 'First Year' Graduate Students!
Apply for the Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows Program 

The Swartz Center has opened applications for the 2022-23 Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows program. This initiative fast-tracks the careers of Carnegie Mellon University's first year graduate students who are passionate about entrepreneurship. The highly selective program develops each Fellow's entrepreneurial potential and leadership skills through hands-on experiences, networking, mentoring and courses in entrepreneurship. Attendance at a weekly Proseminar in Entrepreneurial Leadership course is required.

Applications must be submitted by October 31 at 11:59 PM ET, however early applications are encouraged due to the large volume of applications received.

     Early applications are encouraged. Due to the competitive nature of the program and the limitation of 12 slots available, interviews will be based on the strength of the candidates' application and CMU program diversity.
Apply
UPCOMING EVENTS
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM ET
Location: Swartz Center, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor

Learn how the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship helps Carnegie Mellon students and alumni on their entrepreneurial journey and how to get involved at this informative talk hosted by CMU's Black Latino Business Association. Also hear from local entrepreneurs and how they got started in their fields. 

Registration suggested, but not required to attend.
Register
Date: Friday, October 28, 2022 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM PST
Location: CMU Silicon Valley Campus

Join the CMU Swartz Center for its VentureBridge Fall Mentor Matching event to meet and have the chance to mentor student founders working on exciting new startups. 

Open to approved Swartz Center mentors ONLY. Attendance is limited and registration required. 

RSVP
Save the Date!

CSL Forum 2022: Technology for Innovation's Sake 

Date: November 16-17, 2022 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
Location: Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue
Simmons Auditorium, 1st Floor

A common critique, “Oh, that is just technology for innovation’s sake” has unfortunately been applicable to an increasing number of projects. However, there have also been technology initiatives that have unlocked massive value for customers and ultimately transformed enterprises.

Join us for another exciting CSL Forum and find out how technology can and must play the role of a key enabler of transformative innovation. See the event flyer.

Contact Sean Mawhinney at smawhinn@andrew.cmu.edu with questions.
Register
CONNECTS/START SMART LAW Seminars
See the full Fall 2022 schedule here.
Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel. 


All CONNECTS events will be hosted in-person at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 3rd Level. A virtual option will also be available.

Advanced registration is required. Zoom information will be sent to all registered attendees the day before the event. Please note that the sessions will be recorded.

10/25
Register

To Trust or Not to Trust: What Every Startup Needs to Know about Privacy and Cybersecurity (John Funge, DataTribe)
10/26
Register


Splitting the Founder’s Pie & Other Aspects of Equity Compensation (Frank Demmler, Startup Whisperer)
10/27
Register

START SMART LAW: How To Form Your Startup, Part I: The Basics (Stephanie Dangel, Pitt Law School and David Lehman, K&L Gates)
99 Tartans


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.

CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
CMU GEC CMU UEA Scottie Ventures CMU Summit




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!

SWARTZ CENTER PATRONS


The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs. 
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. Our dedicated team works closely with our 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. We offer competitive and flexible rates and aim to provide value to our clients.

HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER


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.


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
COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES

Resources/Jobs

Other Events

10/27
CMU Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation presents: Distinguished Lecture with Mary Beth Green, CIO, Sheetz

11/8
The Big Idea Center and LifeX presents: Career Paths in Startups & Innovation: A Panel Discussion (open to all PItt and CMU students)

Check out more events on the Swartz Center
calendar
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

VentureBridge Program

The VentureBridge program is an initiative of the Swartz Center, exclusively focused on helping Carnegie Mellon alumni founders succeed in their entrepreneurial ventures. The program provides seed funding, office space, access to a large network of mentors and innovators and help with startup growth and future larger scale fundraising rounds.
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