I have written a bit before about business accelerators, and I sit on the board of a local accelerator here in Pittsburgh called AlphaLab. There is a pretty significant national trend afoot right now for every town to put up their own accelerator, and you are seeing them pop up everywhere. I think this is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 first…
SPIRAL – This is a project originating in the Electrical and Computing Engineering [...]
The good folks over at Project Olympus, where I am an advisor, have asked me to post about a very interesting aspect of the work they are doing: matching potential CEO candidates with faculty/research students who have promising research projects or technologies that are ready to be spun-out into nascent businesses.
They are going to organize [...]
I am plugging a local conference put on by Young Inventors International (YII) coming up in April – and in particular,one of the events at this conference: the BRAINBUZZ. One of our blog authors, Aaron Tainter, will be speaking on a panel at the conference and will be taking part in the BrainBuzz – and [...]
Our next installment of Pittsburgh OpenCoffee Club will be held at Alphalab tomorrow morning (Wednesday – 2/11/2009) at 9:00am. Hope to see you there!
What is OpenCoffee Club (OCC)?
The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers, and investors to organize real-world informal meetups to chat, network, and grow. This is a place to meet people, [...]