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| Join the CMU Corporate Startup Lab and Tepper's Center for Intelligent Business!
For a dynamic conversation on how AI is transforming innovation
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| Date: April 24, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM | ET
Location: Tepper School of Business, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Ave.
Mirroring the fast pace of change in the world of AI, this one-day event will feature a morning of lightning talks across three “Blitzes”, highlighting innovations and leading thinking from Venture, Industry and Academia. The conversation will continue during a networking lunch with fellow innovators followed by an afternoon of breakout sessions for a deeper dive into how AI is impacting innovation.
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D.Sole Co-founders Win $25K Investment at the Rice Business Plan Competition
Forty-two of the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors on April 4-6, 2024 at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition. Among the finalists was D.Sole, a smart insole that utilizes multimodal sensors for the early detection and monitoring of foot complications such as ulcers in diabetic patients, co-founded by CMU's James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellows Saisri Akondi and Zilin Zhang.
The team bought home $5K in cash and $25K investment from Rice Alliance. D.Sole is currently participating in the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator in Los Angeles, CA.
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| Advanced Optronics CEO Jay Reddy Is Helping Surgeons
Do Their Job Better
Jay Reddy, a California native, came to Pittsburgh to attend Carnegie Mellon University for graduate school, and decided to stick around to co-found and run Advanced Optronics Inc., a Pittsburgh-based biotech company that uses sensor technology and flexible materials to help surgeons do their jobs better. Jay was recently featured in the Pittsbugh Business Times' Personalities of Pittsburgh.
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| Galen Health To Compete at Hult Prize Mumbai Summit 2024
Galen Health, founded by Logan Nye, MD (James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow), has been officially selected to compete at the Hult Prize Mumbai 2024 Summit hosted in partnership with SDA Bocconi Asia Center on June 7- 9, 2024. The company's flagship product OncoSight, harnesses advanced artificial intelligence (AI) for early cancer detection and treatment, with a primary focus on pancreatic cancer.
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Sign Up and Support CMU B2B Startup, BizOpsAI!
Struggling to make informed decisions for your manufacturing or distribution business? Look no further than BizOpsAI, co-founded by Tepper School of business graduates Karim Harji and Kevin Hanshaw. The B2B company offers AI-powered business intelligence solutions that help optimize your operations and increase profitability by up to 28%. Stay up-to-date on the latest market trends and receive early access to the platform by signing up for the newsletter.
As a thank you, the team will provide a complementary data forecast customized for your business. Visit the website contact page to sign up and receive a customized solution within five business days. After the product launch, subscribers will receive three months of free access to the platform upon creating an account. Contact the founders here.
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CMU Tepper School of Business Student Invites You to
Cookout on the Quad on April 16
The Cookout on the Quad is an annual, charity cookout donating $1 to Feeding America with every meal sold. This brand new project launched in the fall 2023 semester and donated 1,800+ meals to individuals, couples and families in need through Feeding America. The Cookout on the Quad team will be hosting a table at the Farmer's Market this Tuesday, April 16, from 11 AM - 1 PM at Legacy Plaza, located between the Cohon University Center and West Wing, and will be collecting Feeding America donations as well as raffle tickets for a prize.
This project, founded and run by Tepper School of Business student Michael Maddalon and sponsored by Chartwells Higher Ed, is proud to support local communities suffering from food insecurity.
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Apply for the Innovation Commercialization Fellows Program by April 15!
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship has opened applications for the 2024-2025 Innovation Commercialization Fellows program. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows working with faculty investigators and are interested in driving the commercialization efforts for their Carnegie Mellon University research-based startup are eligible to apply.
This is a year-long program that will begin on July 1, 2024. Along with cohort-based educational workshops and expert one-on-one mentoring, Fellows will receive a $50K contribution from the Swartz Center, contingent on a $50K match from another source, to support them while they focus on the commercialization process. Apply by April 15, 2024 at midnight ET. Send questions to Melanie Simko.
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Apply to the CMU Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship
by April 14
The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship is recruiting for its second cohort. This is an immersive program aimed at empowering entrepreneurs within the domains of robotics, manufacturing and automation. Scheduled to run from August 19, 2024, to May 15, 2025, The Pathways Fellowship blends essential components—including financial support, academic opportunities from Carnegie Mellon University, mentorship and off campus supplemental opportunities—to ensure aspiring founders have the skills and support needed to succeed. This program was created to elevate marginalized entrepreneurs within robotics. BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) individuals and women are encouraged to apply.
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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 have ended for the Spring semester and 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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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
Sign up for weekly office 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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