CONNECTS

Our CONNECTS seminar series enhances the experiential education of any individual interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. Tailored mainly for students to help take their ideas from conception to commercialization, the seminars run throughout the academic year. Teams looking for talent and talent looking for teams can CONNECT at these events.

View the Fall 2024 Schedule

AI Horizons Pittsburgh Summit

Monday, October 14, 2024

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Explore the transformative potential of AI for societal good in a city globally renowned for its humility, grit and technological leadership at the AI Horizons Pittsburgh Summit on October 14 alongside pioneers in the field.

Meredith Meyer Grelli, Director of Project Olympus, EIR at the Swartz Center, and Tepper faculty, will be moderating a panel, "Disrupting the Startup: How AI will Democratize Entrepreneurship and Shift the VC Landscape."

Register Now for the 6th Annual Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum!

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Tepper School of Business, 4765 Forbes Avenue, Pgh, PA 15213

The Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum is the Corporate Startup Lab’s signature event, part of Corporate Startup Week, that seeks to help companies build and create transformative growth opportunities by applying venture best practices to corporate innovation and entrepreneurship projects. The theme of this year's Forum is "Accelerating Innovation: Driving Value to Scale."

Leaders in industry, venture and academia will share the latest ideas, trends, example case studies and impactful conversations in corporate innovation.

Join us and share the event details with any colleagues whom you think would benefit from attending.

There is no cost to attend thanks to our sponsor, Deloitte!

Join the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Samsung Next and Radical Ventures on October 29, 2024 for an exclusive event bringing together investors, founders and academics to explore cutting-edge AI/ML topics, including on-device AI, agent/action models and synthetic data. Speakers include Tianqi Chen (OctoML), Matt Fredrikson (Gray Swan) and Vyas Sekar from Carnegie Mellon University, who will discuss the practical applications of their research in real-world settings.

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Fireside Chat with Rohyt Belani and Mirza Baig

Thursday, November 14, 2024
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. EST
CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 3rd Floor, 4765 Forbes Avenue

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Hot startups are often pursued zealously by multiple venture capitalists. The entrepreneur, in this case, has a difficult decision to make on choosing their partner especially because the balance of power often tilts once the term sheet is signed and more so after the VC has acquired preferred shares in the business.

This fireside chat is with one such investor-entrepreneur pair that navigated and nurtured their relationship with care and respect. The outcome - a bumper 5x money on invested capital in 3 years.

Mirza Baig (the VC) and Rohyt Belani (the entrepreneur). The pair will discuss why they, each, chose to work with one another, how they navigated challenging times together, and where they are now in the relationship.

Sponsored by: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Graduate Entrepreneurship Club, Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association and Scottie Ventures

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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours with Matt Kirmayer

Mondays 1:00-3:00 PM ET (10-12 PT)

To sign up for a 30 minute session with Matt, please contact Sean Mawhinney by the Thursday prior to your desired appointment. If you need to schedule an office hour outside of these regular hours, please contact Daria Stokes.