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TiE Pittsburgh Friends
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We thank the following organizations for helping to promote TiE Pittsburgh's activities.
In return, we encourage you to visit their sites and attend their events.
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AlphaLab is now accepting applications for its Winter/Spring 2009 cycle!
The application deadline is October 15th, 2008. AlphaLab is a catalyst for launching the next
generation of software, entertainment technology and Internet-related companies.
Created by Innovation Works , one of the nation's most
active seed-stage investors, AlphaLab provides funding, free office space, expert business advisors
and services through an intensive 20-week program in Pittsburgh. AlphaLab helps companies rapidly
develop their technology, gain user feedback from early product releases, develop go-to-market strategies,
and move toward successful commercial launch. For more information and to access the application,
visit: www.alphalab.org
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AlphaLab informational programs, located at 2325 East Carson Street on Pittsburgh's South Side.
AlphaLab team members will be at these events to answer any questions you may have about the program and to help
you determine whether your business idea is a good fit for the program. You can also meet others who are interested
in the program and a few of the current AlphaLab teams. We will provide an overview of the program at some point during
the event. The two upcoming events are: The Open Coffee Club (more information on the Open Coffee Club can be
found here October 1st, 9 am-noon . The overview presentation
will take place at 11 am., and DevHouse Pittsburgh: October 2nd, 5 pm-midnight.
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Business Mentoring Roundtable - The business mentoring roundtable meets monthly and sessions are
scheduled by appointment only. Presenters must submit in advance a written executive summary of the business plan,
and be prepared to make a fifteen-minute presentation on the plan elements.
The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Following the discussion, a member of
the group will coordinate the group’s responses and reactions to the presentation and communicate back to
the entrepreneur. Many of TiE-Pittsburgh’s Charter Members are the panelists who assist and mentor the presenters.
For more information on how to register for an appointment:
http://www.mtlebanon.org/index.asp?NID=496
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Entrepreneurial Thursdays with Jessica Lee - is a casual,
weekly networking event featuring live jazz music and discussion on varied topics of interest to today's local entrepreneurs.
Hosted in the Sassy Marie's on Pittsburgh’s Historic North Side.
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Help Start Ups - is a web portal that launched on September 18, 2007,
offering entrepreneurial support to help you find resources, promote your company and connect with other entrepreneurs and their companies.
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The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE) – The IEE's mission is to be the innovative leader of
economic renewal and growth serving enterprising people and businesses in the region. The IEE provides
clients with a variety of services to help them bring their technological idea to market, expand their
family business, or improve their farm or agricultural products. Through its five centers, the IEE
supports Western Pennsylvania's economy and entrepreneurs by taking ideas off the page and into the market.
These five centers include PantherlabWorks, for technology innovations; the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Program,
which supports the region's farms and agricultural industry; the Small Business Development Center, to grow
and advise small businesses; the Entrepreneurial Fellows Center, to help growing firms reach the next level
of success; and the Family Enterprise Center, which focuses on the success of family owned and operated businesses.
Each center hosts public events addressing critical business issues with relevant strategies and immediately
applicable tools for success For more information on the IEE and its upcoming programs, visit
www.pittentrepreneur.com
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Global Entrepreneurship Week – November 17 – 23, 2008. Thank an entrepreneur contest. Has an entrepreneur mentored you?
Get your entrepreneurial hero some inspiring visibility by writing a letter of thanks and submitting it to ActonHero.org.
Five entrepreneurs will be honored for their service and a video of their work will be produced.
For more info on entering your entrepreneurial hero, click here.
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The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) -partners
with schools and community organizations to provide entrepreneurship
education programs to young people from low-income communities. For more
information about NFTE please visit our website www.nfte.com. Locally,
please contact Cathy at 412-325-1558 or
cathyb@nfte.com
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The Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone (GO KIZ) is focused on increasing technology company formation,
location and growth in the region by leveraging the assets of the University of Pittsburgh,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Carnegie Mellon. Start up companies located in the zone
benefit from tax credits provided by the state of up to $100,000 per year until the company turns 8 years old.
The KIZ also sponsors the Kick Start Partnership which provides grants for start up companies to work with a
reference customer. Please check out www.gokiz.org for more information about our
programs, partners and boundaries.
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TiE-Detroit presents TiECon Midwest 2008. It is modeled after TiECon – Silicon Valley and other successful TiECons.
This is an opportunity for everyone involved in business and the community. TiECon Midwest will be held at the Southfield Westin
in Michigan on November 21 and 22, 2008. TiECon Midwest will provide resources for businesses to succeed in a dynamic
global marketplace by focusing discussion topics, panel sessions and networking in four key areas. The four tracks for this
business convention are, “IT, Manufacturing, Emerging Industries and Build, Grow and Exit Strategies”. The conference will
also encompass a business plan competition and an awards banquet where business and community leaders will be recognized.
An entertainment filled gala will conclude the two-day conference. For more information please visit
www.tieconmidwest.org or www.tie-detroit.org
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