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We're off to a great 2025! Join us for our first CONNECTS seminars of the year on 1/14 with Jen Wallner, PwC (Managing Raising Capital) & 1/16 with Laurie Kuzneski (Insurance for Startups)! Register for both here! shorturl.at/h5P7R

Attending the JPM Healthcare conference in San Francisco this week? Join CMU, Pgh Life Sciences Alliance, & Univ. of Pgh for a panel discussion, "From Algorithms to Outcomes: AI’s Role in Shaping Modern Medicine." Limited space, register today! lu.ma/xr1zrdhc

Another successful Entrepreneurship Trek is in the books! Grateful for our amazing Carnegie Mellon University alumni founders and all who helped organize special talks and hosted our group of #SwartzFellows and #InnovationScholars this week! 👊

What an awesome visit to Mach9 Robotics during our Entrepreneurship Trek this year! Thank you Alex Baikovitz and the Mach9 peeps for hosting us! #Mach9 #SwartzFellows #InnovationScholars #SVTrek2025

We're excited to have Eric Kline, Troutman Pepper, as our featured speaker for next week's CONNECTS seminar! Join us on Tuesday, 2/4 as Eric will discuss Practical Business Negotiation for the Early-Stage Company. Find out more and REGISTER! lu.ma/9uosrr5v

Check out today's Weekly Bulletin for more CMU startup news, events & a recap of the kickoff Funders&Founders Series talk we hosted Tue w/ Jay Katarincic, his sons Charlie & Jack, & the late Don Jones' wife Barb & her daughter Autumn. Read it all here! lnkd.in/etAEmd43

We're excited about this week's CONNECTS seminars! 🎉Tues, Feb 11, "How Innovation Can Help to Heal Healthcare", Ginny Pribanic; Wed, Feb 12, "Finding Follow-on Capital", Ben J. Garber; & Feb 13, "Franchising Opportunities", Chris Cynkar. Register here! shorturl.at/wQ7Rx

Are you a CMU alumni working on a startup? Apply to the CMU VentureBridge 2025 accelerator in Pgh, San Fran, & NY for funding, 1:1 support, founder roundtables, weekly talks w/ VCs & intros to mentors & advisors. Apply by March 31 here! pralent.com/c/swartz-cente…

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our new Gebhardt Sandbox Fund! CMU current student founders at any stage can apply by March 31, 2025 for idea stage funding of $1K with opportunities for follow-on funding. Apply here! lnkd.in/eZgjy-Bz

CMU undergrad students! Applications are open for the new cohort of Innovation Scholars, an elite entrepreneurship program for CMU rising juniors interested in building the next amazing startup. Apply by SAT, APRIL 5! shorturl.at/txCuz

We're just 2 weeks out from our annual McGinnis Venture Competition Final Round Celebration! Join us on Tue, 3/18-register here shorturl.at/m4vkv & also Mon, 3/17 for the Social Enterprise Competition-register here shorturl.at/fPSB4

Join us at the Swartz Center next Wednesday, March 12 for the Cleantech Open Northeast Pittsburgh Kickoff Party! Find out more and register here shorturl.at/nOyQP

CMU alumni founders based in Pgh! If you're building startups with unicorn potential, apply to the Swartz Center's new Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund to receive $100K in funding over 2 yrs, along w/ mentorship & guidance. Apply by April 11 here! shorturl.at/o8VBN

We are so proud of all of the CMU graduate and undergraduate teams who pitched and won the final round of the 2025 McGinnis Venture/Social Enterprise Prize Competition! Read the recap & find out more about the teams & prizes here! t.e2ma.net/message/9hk56i…

Today's Weekly Bulletin has it all! News for some of our awesome CMU founders, exciting upcoming events in April, spotlights on up and coming startups, important application deadlines, and more! Read today's edition lnkd.in/ezmDasFq

Congratulations to Shelfmark, a finalist in the TitletownTech Startup Draft—a first-of-its-kind event connecting early-stage startups w/ investors, operators, and corporate partners in Green Bay, Wisconsin! Find out more! tinyurl.com/2p8s3w9r

We're excited to announce the 30 CMU student founders selected to receive $1K through the Bruce S. Gebhardt Sandbox Fund for the Spring 2025 cycle! See the announcement and read more about the cohort and more news in today's Weekly Bulletin! t.e2ma.net/message/5ejn8i…

We were grateful to CMU MSIA '93 alum Tom Klaff, CEO of Revolution Cooking, for stopping by the Swartz Center yesterday during his return visit to CMU! He shared his entrepreneurship journey over lunch with our Swartz Fellows & Innovation Scholars. #cmualumni #cmufounders

We're excited to welcome our newest cohort of Carnegie Mellon University undergrad Innovation Scholars! The students hail from various schools across campus & are eager to explore and continue their startup journeys. Read more about them in today's Weekly Bulletin! lnkd.in/eqH-UbQq

The Swartz Center and Tepper School of Business hosted the Spring 2025 CorporateStartupLab Forum this week with an amazing 250+ attendees! Thanks to all who attended the "Agent AI: Reimagining Work" event. Read more in today's Weekly Bulletin! t.e2ma.net/message/5ian9i…