Monthly Archives: April 2009

Alan’s Tweets from this week…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Matt Curtin – we miss you back here in Pittsburgh… #
Give @mccurtin a follow! He is an old FMKT friend and new to TWT… and just celebrated the 7th anniversary of his 30th b-day… #
RT: @alphalab: PghTechnology Mashup at AlphaLab tmo from 6-11 PM! DevHouse Pittsburgh, Refresh Pittsburgh, and other groups [...]

Alan’s Tweets from this week…

Drinking 2005 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Terrunyo on http://cellartracker.com/w?401500 #
Heading to AlphaLab for Pittsburgh @OpenCoffee at 9:00am – see you there? #occ #
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ed Bockman! You old dog, are you still at ARBA?!?! #
Best Practices – Communicating Missed Forecasts – A VC – http://tinyurl.com/6yg9at #
RT @dklewis HotPads nominated for a webby [...]

Alan’s Tweets from this week…

At FAO Schwarz with Charlie, my 11 year old – Harry Potter still seems to reign supreme… #
http://twitpic.com/2vmi1 – I told you… #
Alfred U. Researcher Develops Process for Making ‘Unbreakable’ Glass http://tinyurl.com/dm3joo #
Pittsburgh Startup Pertuity Direct makes BusinessWeek today! Congrats! http://budurl.com/r8yc #
freedomhouse.org: CUBA, IRAN, CHINA among most restrictive of internet freedom – View Special [...]

Tapping Into the Pittsburgh Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

A couple weeks back, I gave a presentation at McKinsey, the consulting firm where I used to work.  It was great to see and talk to some old friends whom I hadn’t seen in such a long time, and to meet the new faces – the highly talented core of consultants that McKinsey is so [...]

OpenCoffee Club – Monday, April 13

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at our next OpenCoffee on Monday, April 13, 9AM at AlphaLab on the SouthSide. If you’re not familiar with OCC, it is simply an informal gathering for those who are interested in the local startup scene to get together and chat. The attendance mix includes entrepreneurs, investors, tech [...]

Alan’s Tweets from this week…

RT: @atcal: RT @LeilaBT: Entrepreneurial best practices series April 1 at Haas on UC Berkeley campus. Free event. http://tinyurl.com/cdaqv2 #
JumpStart: IdeaExchange Blog » Blog Archive » How to Find Job Openings at Early-Stage Companies in NEO http://tinyurl.com/ca65aj #
RT: @pauldawalibi: Finally, the first article I’ve seen on the economy & meltdown that actually gets things right: [...]

Project Olympus Focus #4 – Crono

As I wrote in my post last week, this week I am going to highlight four technologies/teams at CMU that are looking to spinout to form a company, and are looking for a CEO.  Project Olympus is helping to facilitate matches.  And finally…

crono – This project originated with Manuela Veloso, a professor in the School [...]

Project Olympus Focus #3 – BeaconSys

As I wrote in my post last week, this week I am going to highlight four technologies/teams at CMU that are looking to spinout to form a company, and are looking for a CEO.  Project Olympus is helping to facilitate matches.  Up third…

Assistive Mobile Technologies (BeaconSys) – This is a project that originates with faculty [...]

Blackberry App World

No, it’s not an April Fools joke. RIM finally launched its long awaited application store, Blackberry App World,  today at the CTIA show in Las Vegas. I took the opportunity to test drive most of the free applications this morning (premium apps start at $2.99).
I thought it would be interesting to list my top 10 free Blackberry apps. [...]

Project Olympus Focus #2 – POW!

As I wrote in my post last week, this week I am going to highlight four technologies/teams at CMU that are looking to spinout to form a company, and are looking for a CEO.  Project Olympus is helping to facilitate matches.  Up second…

POW! – This project originates with Mor Harchol-Balter, faculty member in the Computer [...]