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Register for the Swartz Center's Entrepreneurship Bootcamp!
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business, 3rd Floor
4765 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Come join us for another exciting Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, a fall semester, one-day glimpse into entrepreneurship at CMU and Pittsburgh for all incoming CMU students. See the full schedule here.
At the recent CMU Graduate Resource Fair held on August 14, incoming graduate students from multiple disciplines flocked the Swartz Center table for information about Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
and how to register, as well as other programs.
Sponsored by: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and Graduate Entrepreneurship Club
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|  | Incoming graduate students visiting the Swartz Center table at the Graduate Resource Fair
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Velo.AI To Equip POGOH Bikes With Sensors as Part
of $15M DOT Grant Program To Improve Road Safety
Velo.AI, a participant in the 2023 VentureBridge cohort, has been awarded $200K from the Department of Transportation to help improve safety conditions for cyclists.
The company will utilize the funding to use a fleet of bicycle-mounted sensors to gather and compute real-time, near-miss collision data between bicycles and automobiles to analyze and identify road safety hazards and risks in the Pittsburgh region
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How Duolingo Turned a Free Language App Into a
$7.7B Business
Language-learning app Duolingo makes around $500M annually, despite offering all of its lessons for free. The WSJ explores how the company is using AI and A/B testing to keep users hooked.
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The Customer Discovery Kickstart Program Wraps UpTwelfth Cohort
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship’s Project Olympus Incubator recently completed its 12th cohort of the Customer Discovery Kickstart, a program for early-stage startups to explore the feasibility of their business ideas. Read more about the participating startups here.
The twelve startups learned about the fundamentals of customer discovery during the 4-week course, which included conducting customer discovery interviews and coaching from experienced Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR's). Participants included undergraduate, graduate students and alumni from several CMU schools and departments including Dietrich College, School of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Tepper School of Business and Integrated Innovation Institute.
Two Kickstart cohorts will be offered in the Fall—the four-week, remote programs will begin on September 18 and October 23. Contact Melanie Simko, Program Manager for more information.
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| Announcing the Fall 2024 CONNECTS Seminar Series!
The CMU Swartz Center has announced the Fall 2024 CONNECTS seminar series. These seminars enhance the experiential education of any individual interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. Tailored mainly for students to help take their ideas from conception to commercialization, the seminars run throughout the academic year. Teams looking for talent and talent looking for teams can CONNECT at these events.
All CONNECTS events will be hosted in-person at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. A virtual option will also be available. See the flyer with the full lineup here (pdf).
Advanced registration is required.
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|  | 2023-25 Swartz Fellows in front of the Tepper School of Business
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Applications for the 2024-26 James R. Swartz Fellows
Open Sunday, August 18!
The Swartz Center will open applications for the 2024-26 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows program on Sunday, August 18, 2024 at at 12:00 am ET. Applications will be open through Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET.
This highly selective, two-year program for CMU graduate students, develops the students entrepreneurial potential and leadership skills through hands-on experiences, networking, mentoring and courses in entrepreneurship. The program's core is a mentored summer internship with a top-tier VC-backed startup within the high-tech, high-growth environment of California's Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
Attend an Info Session to learn more about the program and to hear from current Swartz Fellows:
September 9 | 12:30 PM ET
Register
October 10 | 12:30 PM ET
Register
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Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Time: 12-1:30 PM | ET
Location: Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Scott Hall,
Bosch Spark Conference Room
Join the Scott Institute for Energy Innovation for an insightful session where CMU experts will discuss leveraging campus resources for startup creation and navigating Pittsburgh's dynamic startup ecosystem. Speakers include: Anita Jesionowski, Senior Director of Research Partnerships and Entrepreneurship at the College of Engineering; Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship; and Cindy Chepanoske, Director of Technology Licensing at CTTEC.
Attendance is FREE. Lunch will be provided!
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The James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Leadership
Series presents:
Beyond Models–Applying AI and Data Science Effectively with
Dr. Alfred Spector
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor
Join the CMU Swartz Center for a special James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Leadership Series talk featuring Dr. Alfred Spector, Visiting Scholar at MIT and Senior Advisor at Blackstone.
Dr. Spector's career has led him from innovation in large scale, networked computing systems to broad engineering and research leadership. Recently, he co-authored a Cambridge University Press textbook, “Data Science in Context: Foundations, Challenges, Opportunities.”
This event is co-hosted with the CMU School of Computer Science.
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VentureBridge Demo Day 2024: Three City Tour
San Francisco Bay Area, Pittsburgh and New York
The CMU VentureBridge (VB) program, an initiative of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, is excited to present VentureBridge ’24 Demo Day in three cities: San Francisco Bay Area (September 18), Pittsburgh (September 25), and New York City (October 2).
The in-person events will feature presentations from the VentureBridge ’24 cohort of startups and select VentureBridge alumni startups. The presentations will be followed by a networking reception. Learn more about the VB portfolio here.
(Please note that the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City events are investor only events)
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Register for the VentureBridge Tech Talk & Job Fair
on September 24!
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Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | ET
Location: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper School of Business, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor
Join the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship for the 2024 AI & Robotics Venture Fair. Meet the region's leading AI & Robotics companies & explore investment opportunities.
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| CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
Find out more and see the full schedule.
The CONNECTS seminars will return in the Fall.
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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 aims to build a bridge between CMU students and alumni across the startup and tech continuum. With main chapters in NYC, Pittsburgh, and SF, we offer a range of in-person and online events and programming in the form of panels, workshops, founder/investor engagements, startup support, and socials to foster collaboration, innovation, and networking opportunities.
Join 7,000+ Tartans on our Slack workspace and mailing list for resources and updates on how you can engage in the community and CMU entrepreneurial ecosystem. Find out more and
get involved!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| Pillsbury and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding office hours for the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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Legal Services Weekly Virtual Office Hours with Matt Kirmayer
Mondays 1:00-3:00 PM ET (10-12 PT)
Matt Kirmayer of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, is offering office hours for newly established startup and emerging companies. Matt specializes in representing technology startups and emerging growth companies, assisting with entity formation, fundraising and overall growth needs. Startup companies with a founder who is a CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni is eligible to register for
an appointment. Complete the Signup Form for a 30 minute session by the Thursday prior to your
desired appointment.
Contact Daria Stokes for office hours outside of these regular hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
PwC: Building trust for today and tomorrow
Our purpose—to build trust in society and solve important problems—is at the core of everything we do. It guides how we serve our clients, our people and the world. To help our clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes, PwC provides professional services across two segments: Trust Solutions and Consulting Solutions. Within these segments we bring 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 our global network of over 295K professionals in 156 countries, we are committed to advancing quality in everything we do.
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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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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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