Innovation Works

Business incubator AlphaLab shows off fledgling Western Pennsylvania firms

sbower — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:25:00 GMT

Workshirt Inc. and six other early-stage companies from AlphaLab pitched their accomplishments to investors and members of the entrepreneurial community at AlphaLab’s 10th annual Demo Day.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

If you got VC money last year, chances are IW was there first

sbower — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:36:00 GMT

Innovation Works is out with its annual community report and the numbers look a lot like last year, but still underscore the importance of the seed-stage investment group.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Journal

Demo Day: AlphaLab Unveils 7 Startups

sbower — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:46:00 GMT

Pittsburgh accelerator AlphaLab is holding it tenth demo day today. The event includes pitches to investor by seven AlphaLab companies and a “university preview” of technologies coming out of Carnegie Mellon, The University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne.

With Robotics Plan, AlphaLab keeps growing

sbower — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:42:00 GMT

Innovation Works, a seed-state investor and assistance program, is coming off a year of significant growth!

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

AlphaLab unveils Gear, an accelerator for hardware

sbower — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:34:00 GMT

The next iteration of AlphaLab is coming, and this time it’s hardware. The South Side accelerator, run by seed-stage investor Innovation Works, is branching out and launching AlphaLab Gear.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

TCI Releases new RFP for Funding

rselah — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:31:00 GMT

What to Look for in an Accelerator Program

rselah — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:30:00 GMT

AlphaLab Director Jim Jen weighs in on what entrepreneurs should look for and expect in a startup accelerator program.

Pittsburgh’s StatEasy has a new game plan

sbower — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:55:00 GMT

StatEasy is doing a soft launch of its new business model for their sports software platform this week with the Western PA Quad A basketball league.

Read moore in Keystone Edge

Pittsburgh’s growing ActivAided Orthotics offers new thinking for back pain suffers

sbower — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:45:00 GMT

IW portfolio company and AlphaLab alum ActivAided Orthotics using recently received funding for sales and marketing of their product for back pain sufferers.

2012 was a good year for VC growth in Pittsburgh despite a nationwide decline

sbower — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:41:00 GMT

Pittsburgh was a “bright spot” for venture capital investment deals in 2012.

Venture Capital activity sees more deals, fewer dollars

sbower — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:24:00 GMT

Innovation Works and Life Sciences Greenhouse led Pittsburgh area 4th quarter investments.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Innovation Works hires Gary Glausser as CIO

sbower — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:06:00 GMT

“Gary Glausser, the longtime Pittsburgh venture capitalist, joins Innovation Works as its chief investment officer”.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Innovation Works invests in nine companies, three commercialization projects in Pittsburgh for $1.1M

sbower — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:45:00 GMT

Nine companies and three promising commercialization projects at nearby universities received a combined funding from Innovation Works in November and December 2012.

Financial Times' fDi Magazine: Pittsburgh Has "Turned Its Fortunes Full Circle"

sbower — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:50:00 GMT

"Pittsburgh's focus on technological and biotech innovation, combined with an environment that encourages entrepreneurship, has turned its fortunes full circle." From the Imagine Pittsburgh blog, follow the link to "Pittsburgh's Progress: Rust Belt City Reinvents Itself" fDi report to learn how Innovation Works, Knopp, 4Moms, Deeplocal and others have played a part in Pittsburgh’s transformation into a Tech Hub.

ShowClix CEO departing for Austin to join Insurance Zebra

sbower — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:17:00 GMT

Founder and former CEO of ShowClix, Josh Dziabiak, departs to take new position with Insurance Zebra.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Pittsburgh's road to tech success wasn't the smoothest

sbower — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:42:00 GMT

Tech entrepreneurs and The Ben Franklin Technology Partners together have played an important role in helping to reshape Pittsburgh's Economy.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Movement puts focus on products made in western PA

sbower — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:44:00 GMT

Innovation Works is part of two new efforts to “bridge the region’s deep manufacturing roots with technology development.”

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

The Resumator raises $2.1M Series B Round

sbower — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:07:00 GMT

Hiring Platform The Resumator Raises $2.1M Series B Round Led By Birchmere Ventures, Rincon Ventures Partners & Salesforce.

Companies vie for investments at AlphaLab’s Demo Day

sbower — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:01:00 GMT

AlphaLab, i6/University Technology companies pitch to investors at Demo Day.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A new batch of Pittsburgh startups hitting the street

sbower — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:57:00 GMT

The latest AlphaLab class and early stage CMU and Pitt companies pitched to near capacity crowd at DemoDay.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

How AlphaLab Is Steering Pittsburgh's New Economy

sbower — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:19:00 GMT

AlphaLab brings young entrepreneurs and experienced mentors together to build Pittsburgh's next great companies.

Survey shows Pittsburgh region's universities exceed $1B in research

sbower — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:44:00 GMT

The region's universities spent more than $1.1 billion on government-and industry-sponsored research according to a 2011 survey conducted by the Associtaion of University Technology Managers.

Mawhinney settles into new role as CMU entrepreneurship director

sbower — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:34:00 GMT

Earlier this month, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, Director of the i6 Agile Innovation Systems, Executive in Residence with Innovation Works and adjunct professor, Dave Mawhinney took over as director of the center, which is a critical component of entrepreneurial education at the university within the Tepper School of Business.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Consol invests in Epiphany’s Water Treatment Facility

sbower — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:18:00 GMT

2012 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Awards honors Rich Lunak and 22 regional innovators

sbower — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:07:00 GMT

This year's awards ceremony will honor Rich Lunak, CEO of Innovation Works, with a special "Supporter of Entrepreneurship" Entrepreneur of the Year award for his work in providing business expertise, seed capital and other resources to high potential, technology startups in the region. Twenty-two business leaders in western Pennsylvania will be honored as finalists.

Read more in PopCity

Rich Lunak is the E&Y 2012 Supporter of Entrepreneurship and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalists announced!

sbower — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Innovation Works program touts its success stories

sbower — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:10:00 GMT

Technology Collaborative dissolving, IW taking over program

sbower — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:23:00 GMT

Pittsburgh-based Innovation Works living up to its name

sbower — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:05:00 GMT

Innovation Works reports strong 2011

sbower — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

Innovation Works puts Pittsburgh tech on display

sbower — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:07:00 GMT

Innovation Works basking in the glow of a record-breaking year

sbower — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:03:00 GMT

Local tech incubator will hand over role to obtain grants

sbower — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:01:00 GMT

Water-purification potential surprises science award winner

sbower — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:00 GMT

Vivisimo-IBM deal met with approval by Pittsburgh tech community

sbower — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:17:00 GMT

Venture groups: Sustained investment needed in Knowledge District

sbower — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:16:00 GMT

Leaders from Cleaveland Clinic Innovation in Ohio, Innovation Works in Pittsburgh and University City Science Center in Philadelphia are in agreement that Rhode Island is well-positioned to expand its creative economy with sustained investments from government, research institutions and businesses.

InsuranceZebra wants to be the Kayak of the online insurance search

sbower — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:19:00 GMT

AlphaLab company InsuranceZebra hopes to offer a more transparent approach to shopping for insurance online.

Read more in PopCity

Western Pennsylvania seen as haven for entrepreneurs

sbower — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:59:00 GMT

The support and resources Pittsburgh offers to people with enterprising ideas encouraged Justin Mares to stay in Pittsburgh to launch RoommateFit.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The boomerang brings HeadRight Games back to Pittsburgh

sbower — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:39:00 GMT

Pittsburgh native Matt Rodgers is back, launching his first game through HeadRight Games with the help of AlphaLab on the South Side.

Read more in PopCity

AlphaLab broadening approach to include device makers

sbower — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:57:00 GMT

Historically, AlphaLab was geared toward software and Web-based start-ups, but now the incubator is encouraging entrepreneurs with hardware ideas to apply, as well.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

AlphaLab broadening approach to incude device makers

sbower — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:43:00 GMT

The AlphaLab accelerator typically works with software and Web-based start-ups. With encouragement from Innovation Works, AlphaLab is now broadening its scope to include devices in the hope it can harness what it sees as the next trend in start-up development - a rise in agile hardware companies.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

RoommateFit--be gone the misery of teriible freshman-year pairings

sbower — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:51:00 GMT

RoommateFit is an eHarmonhy for the roommate search, using a research-based matching questionnaire to create more compatible roomamate pairings.

Read more in PopCity

From Oscar night Tweet Roast to Post Secret, Fireman Creative is on fire

sbower — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:41:00 GMT

Fireman Creative is the creator of Vivo, the live streaming platform used in the simulcast of two CEO for Cities event in Pittsburgh. Fireman is also launching Tweet Roast the night of the Academy Awards.

Read more in PopCity

Pittsburgh leaders head to D.C. for White House meeting

sbower — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:08:00 GMT

Representatives from Innovation Works, BlueTree Allied Angels, Center for Women's Entrepreneurship at Chatham University, Urban Innovation 21 as well as small business owners and manufacturers were invited to the White House on 2/14/12 as part of a meeting organized by Business Forward.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Secretary of Commerce stresses exports in CMU talk

sbower — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:15:00 GMT

Commerce Secretary John Bryson spoke at Carnegie Mellon University on February 1 stressing the need for the U.S. to increase manufacturing and exports and encourage investments. Additional remarks were given by Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and CMU Vice President for Research Rick McCullough. Panelists included Scott Pearson, CEO of Aquion Energy, Rich Lunak, President and CEO of Innovation Works, and Lalit Chordia, President and Founder of Thar Technologies.

WPAHS ramping up specialty services to compete with UPMC

sbower — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:00 GMT

Allegheny General has been building up its sophisticated medical care capabilities with big plans to extend its reach by taking those services into the community wherever possible. AlphaLab alum, BlenderHouse, and Allegheny General have teamed up to create decision-support software that will help primary care doctors better identify and treat people with heart failure.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Investment Climate in Southwestern PA

sbower — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:04:00 GMT

As entrepreneurs discuss ways to capitalize their companies for sustainability and growth, the conversation often turns into how and from whom to obtain funding as well as the health of the region's financing environment.

Feds laud Western Pennsylvania's business model

sbower — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:31:00 GMT

Commerce Secretary John Bryson met with the Western Pennsylvania Export Council, toured Aquion Energy Inc. and participated in a panel discussion at Carnegie Mellon University on February 1, emphasizing the need to focus on start-up, early-stage and more advanced energy companies and the need for universities, the private sector and the government to work together.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Sec. Bryson in Pittsburgh to talk manufacturing and innovation

sbower — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson brought President Obama's message about reinvesting in American manufacturing and pushing American innovation and entrepreneurship to Pittsburgh duirng his February 1 visit. Secretary Bryson toured Aquion Energy and was part of a panel discussion at Carnegie Mellion University with Scott Pearson of Aquion Energy, Lalit Chordia of Thar Energy and Rich Lunak of Innovation Works as panelists.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Who says you can't grow a drug company in Pittsburgh?

sbower — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:12:00 GMT

Knopp Neurosciences is a Pittsburgh story. The drug development company is a startup gem from founding, raising money, and executing on its business plan.

CMU team seeking piece of electronic textbook market

sbower — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:35:00 GMT

Classroom Salon, a CMU team and i6 program participant, is developing a Web-based platform that allows publishers to take their static PDF digital books and instead allow users to highlight, make notes and hold discussions around the content.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Angels spreading their wings

sbower — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:26:00 GMT

Organized networks of high-net-worth individuals who pool dollars to invest jointly grew in number in the Pittsburgh region over the past decade, making the angel option increasingly accessible in the region. How these entities are composed, the industry sectors they favor and how they select and back candidates vary greatly.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Careerimp takes helm of Coro's Regional Internship Center

sbower — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:07:00 GMT

Pittsburgh startup Careerimp, creators of Resunate and online career services tools, has taken ownership of the Regiolnal Internship Center (RIC) of Southwestern, PA.

Announcing the SXSW Interactive Awards Finalists

sbower — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:53:00 GMT

NoWait Host App has been nominted in the "Classic" category as a finalist of the SXSW Interactive Awards. The winners in each category will be revealed at the 15th Annual SXSW Interactive Awards Ceremony presented by HP on Tuesday evening, March 13 at the Hilton Austin downtown.

PSFK Picks: Top Five Apps of the WEek

sbower — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:29:00 GMT

VitalClip, AlphaLab alumnus, has created a small device taht plugs into an iPhone nad allows users to measure their vital signs.

VC dollars rise 22 percent in 2011

sbower — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:10:00 GMT

Deals and dollars were up nationally last year over 2010 as a combination of venture capitalists, economic development entities and high net worth individuals invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 transactions.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Sluggish VC numbers for 4Q don't deter investor optimism

sbower — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:50:00 GMT

During the fourth quarter of 2011, $31.04 million was pumped into 14 Pittsburgh-area companies.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Pittsburgh's transformation provides template for other Rust Belt cities

sbower — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:39:00 GMT

Artvoice examines how Pittsburgh has been revitalized through effort to develop homegrown businesses, recruit tech talent and transform the downtown area, and what civic leaders in Buffalo, N.Y., can take away from this success. The existence of multiple entities that are engaged in the same enterprise has helped create a new business ecology.

Careerimp acquires Coro internship Website

sbower — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:11:00 GMT

Careerimp Inc., an AlphaLab alumnus, has acquired the Regional Internship Center of Southwestern Pennsylvania from the Coro Center for Civic Leadership.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Human Resources Talent Initiative New Year's Resolutions for IW and its Portfolio Companies

sbower — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:01:00 GMT

Kathy Mitchell shares some of her HR initiatives for IW and our portfolio companies.

From steel to silicon

alpha_host — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:07:00 GMT

Pittsburgh has transformed itself from a steel city to a tech town, thanks to a strong web of universities, entrepreneurial spirit and good co-operation between public and private entities.

ShowClix 'Pays' Ticket Buyers to Promote Events

alpha_host — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:06:00 GMT

ShowClix provides a fully digital ticketing service for events and has a new product, Incentix, offering cash incentives for consumers to promote tickets on Twitter and Facebook.

Pittsburgh companies strategize to attract out-of-town workers

sbower — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:37:00 GMT

Pittsburgh's start-up community is hiring software developers, engineers, experienced financial professionals, and medical specialists, with our lower cost-of-living being an important draw to the region.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Think Your Business Plan is Up to Snuff?

sbower — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:26:00 GMT

Frank Demmler may have something to say about that. Talk to any aspiring entrepreneur who has put his or her business plan on the desk of veteran business consultant Frank Demmler, and the ones who have survived to tell the tale are most likely on thier way to a successful business.

Listen to Frank Demmler on the American Entrepreneur radio talk show.

Seema Patel, Fusing robotics and games with Interbots

sbower — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:56:00 GMT

Interbots has developed a robotics toy, Popchilla, that will be used for the ASD market using funds from regional economic development oragnziations, Innovation Works, The Technology Collaborative,Idea Foundry and other organizations.

Short pitches compete for long dollars

sbower — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:29:58 GMT

The Enterprise Forum held their elevator pitch event, which lets budding entrepreneurs do a quick pitch to a panel and audience for possible funding.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Revolution Growth fund aims its $450M at East Coast startups

sbower — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:42:23 GMT

Steve Case and partners with the Revolution LLC, plan to invest their $450 million fund in the East over the next five years.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Shoefitr accomplishing major feets

sbower — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:09:12 GMT

"The creation of Shoefitr perfectly follows the script for success in growing a tech startup in 2011," writes Brian Koles in his tech.li blog.

Making sure the shoes fit

sbower — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:45:00 GMT

AlphaLab alum, Shoefitr, has designed an on-line shoe fitting application that compares the fit of styles across various brands helping to ease the pain of shoe shopping.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Lynch Weis serves up a Startup legal menu

sbower — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:58:10 GMT

Lynch Weiss, a nine-lawyer firm, finalized a "Startup Menu" of services this week aimed at startup companies with rates to match.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

London-based fDi reporter puts boots on the ground in Pittsburgh, is charmed by “Small Big City”

sbower — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:52:56 GMT

Michael Kaczmarski, a London-based reporter, gets his first look as a journalist at what makes Pittsburgh a Top Americas "City of the Future".

Read more and view the video at ImaginePittsburgh Online

Shoefitr nabs $1.2M in series A funding

sbower — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:40:23 GMT

AlphaLab alumni company Shoefitr has reached a new milestone in its growth closing on a $1.2 million series A funding round. Investors were Wexford-based BlueTree Allied Angels, Maryland-based Vital Financial LLC and Innovation Works.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Taking entrepreneurs to the next level at the AlphaLab Demo Day and i6 Preview

sbower — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:45:44 GMT

Twelve startup companies presented during the AlphaLab Demo Day and i6 Preview, an event that has grown in size to include up-and-coming entrepreneurs in the i6 Innovation Program.

i6 companies in the spotlight

sbower — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:41:44 GMT

Tuesday's AlphaLab event gave attendees a peek at companies developing at Carnegie Mellon University through the i6 Program, a partnership between Innovation Works and CMU and funded by the federal government.

Read more at the Pittsburgh Business Times

Fast pitches: Entrepreneurs get chancet o impress potential investors at South Side event

sbower — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:36:24 GMT

Tech CEOs stepping to the stage for Innovation Works' AlphaLab Demo Day and the i6 Agile Innovation System Preview on Tuesday had about five minutes to sell complex technologies to an audience of potential investors and partners.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

AlphaLab Launches 6 More startups in Pittsburgh

sbower — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:58:43 GMT

Yesterday in Pittsburgh, Innovation Works' AlphaLab startup accelerator program launchd another 6 companies at its Demo Day.

It's AlphaLab Demo Day

sbower — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:33:02 GMT

After 20 weeks of work the six startups in the AlphaLab program had thier game faces on for Demo Day.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

VC money for tech firms down for 3Q and year so far

sbower — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:29:53 GMT

Nearly $35 million poured into 10 Pittsbsusrgh-area technology companies in the third quarter.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Just Between Friends links with Innovation Works, plots growth

sbower — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:22:23 GMT

Just Between Friends has a plan to take over the communication systems of parent-teacher associations around the country, They recently joined the Innovation Works portfolio with a $200,000 investment.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Jobs Council in Pittsburgh

sbower — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:29:41 GMT

Innovation Works, the Ben Franklin Technology Partner of Southwestern PA, was pleased to have hosted a roundtable discussion with senior Obama administration officials and members of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness on October 11th.

Read more at the White House Office of Public Engagement

Technology companies land more capital in 3Q

sbower — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:03:34 GMT

More than $6.95 billion was invested in 876 technology companies nationwide by a combination of venture capital firms, private equity or angel investors and economic entities.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

A new look for DeviceKnit

sbower — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:46:18 GMT

DeviceKnit, the website designed to help consumers figure out ways to re-use or connect the gadgets we all have lying around, has undergone a significant update since graduating from the South Side accelerator program AlphaLab.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Company adapts investment to fit market change

sbower — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:49:28 GMT

Cannon Boiler Works Inc. has started down a path to commercialize Ultramizer technology with a new marketing strategy to reach larger audiences.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

South Side company’s translation app gets Lonely Planet brand

sbower — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:18:36 GMT

Jibbigo is creating mobile phone applications to jump the language barrier by turning a smartphone into a translator for both businesses and tourists. The South Side-based company signed an agreement with Lonely Planet, a move that will create a partnership with one of the most popular travel guides in the world.

Read more in the Pittsurgh Business Times

Steve Case, other Obama advisors to visit AlphaLab

sbower — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:16:28 GMT

President Obama and members of his President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness will be in Pittsburgh on October 10 and 11 visiting AlphaLab, Aquion Energy and Seegrid.

Read more at the Pittsburgh Business Times

Allpoint puts out bulletin for more workers, bigger space

sbower — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:12:25 GMT

As the engineering and surveying software developer Allpoint System grows, the executives are preparing for when the time is right to further expand.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

AlphaLab now taking applications

sbower — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:06:38 GMT

For the would-be entrepreneurs out there, applications are now being accepted for the winter/spring cycle of AlphaLab.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

Investment firm Golden Seeds aiming to support female entrepreneurs

sbower — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:03:08 GMT

Golden Seeds, a New York-based investment firm, has invested in several Pittsburgh companies founded or co-founded by women and have women in top executive positions.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Innovation Works, Carnegie Mellon University create commercialization framework

sbower — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:57:54 GMT

The i6 program, developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Innovation works, offers "tried and true concepts for entrepreneurs".

Read more in the Pittsburgh Business Times

A Lifetime of Service

sbower — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:23:48 GMT

Ron Morris, host of The American Entrepreneur, tells us of Frank Demmler’s accomplishments leading up to the Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association (PVCA) Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Mr. Demmler on June 14, 2011.

Innovation Works gathering offers startup companies chance to seek venture capital investments

sbower — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:48:19 GMT

AlphaLab Launches 5 Pittsburgh Startups

sbower — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:48:44 GMT

It's Demo Day pitch afternoon for AlphaLab companies

sbower — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:28:28 GMT

Forum to eye finding capital for start-ups

sbower — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:17:56 GMT

Startup America roundtable of government and innovation organizations addresses problems start-up companies face when persuading investors or the government to finance an idea.

Read more in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Region boasts rich record of entrepreneurial companies

sbower — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:24:33 GMT

Business incubators’ nature is to nurture

sbower — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:08:59 GMT

Pittsburgh a nurturing place for energy start-ups, spin-outs

sbower — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:25:14 GMT

The Resumator Scores $100K to Make Hiring Less of a Chore

sbower — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:12:29 GMT

The Resumator, a startup dedicated to simplifying the hiring process for businesses, has landed $100,000 in seed funding from Innovation Works, the company told VentureBeat.

8 cities that want your business!

sbower — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:52:58 GMT

Innovation Works, CMU receive $1M grant for tech commercialization program

sbower — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:06:46 GMT