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Jun, 6, 2022

Entrepreneurship & the Environment: What My Internship for Seth Godin Has Taught Me About Social Entrepreneurship - Ben Troth '24

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The Cool, Crisp Taste of Innovation: What I Learned During My Visit to the World of Coca-Cola - Tiffany Bicek

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Tomorrow we kick off our first-ever Instagram take

Tomorrow we kick off our first-ever Instagram takeover! 🎉 Tune in to our Instagram story tomorrow, May 28 as @pittofficial alum Emily Siegel '19 (@heythisisemily) shares a day in her life as the Founder & CEO of her sustainable gum company @trekgum and answers YOUR questions about innovation and entrepreneurship! 💡
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ICYMI: Emily Siegel (@heythisisemily) '19, @pittof

ICYMI: Emily Siegel (@heythisisemily) '19, @pittofficial alum and Founder/CEO of @trekgum, was recently interviewed by @cbspittsburgh's Jon Delano about how she is innovating gum and making it environmentally friendly in KDKA's series "The Sunday Business Page". So cool to see our awesome Pitt entrepreneurs on TV! 😊

Watch the full video at the 🔗 in our bio!
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📷: KDKA Pittsburgh
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@_theonevalley is hosting the first in its series

@_theonevalley is hosting the first in its series of Pitch events for the Pittsburgh Startup Challenge begins on May 25th, 12p PST | 3p EST. Group A features selected applicants pitching on a virtual stage of VCs, investors, and industry leaders for a chance to move on to the Grand Finals and compete for prizes totaling $50,000 in non-dilutive funding! Reserve your virtual seat, and make sure to join and vote for your favorite startup!

Good luck to @pittofficial spinouts HEARTio & @lumiscorp as they compete in this event!

Register to watch the event at the link in @_theonevalley's bio!
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Congratulations to @pitt_alumni startup @lumiscorp

Congratulations to @pitt_alumni startup @lumiscorp on winning $5,000 at the Jewish Healthcare Foundation & Innovation Works's Healthcare Safety Challenge! 🎉 Lumis focuses on healthcare simulation and data and this prize money will help aid in the application of their proprietary technology to issues of patient safety. 🏥

Doug Nelson, the CEO and President of Lumis, earned his doctorate in engineering from @pitt_engineering in 2017. John O’Donnell, their director of curriculum and customer engagement, earned a doctorate in public health from @pittpublichealth in 2009. Likewise, one of Lumis’ software developers, Alexandra Gales, graduated with a bachelor’s degree from @pittofficial in 2011. The company has also hired current Pitt students as interns!
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Summer is officially here at the Big Idea Center!

Summer is officially here at the Big Idea Center! 😊 Yesterday, we kicked off our Blast Furnace student accelerator program and welcomed our fantastic 24 @pittofficial student teams to this year's cohort! 🎉 Last night, each team had to think big as they participated in an exercise where they had to write a news headline about their company 5 years from now. This helps the teams better determine what direction they'd like to take their startup idea as they move throughout our summer accelerator program!

We look forward to working alongside these awesome students this summer as they take their idea to the next level! 💡
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One of the latest technologies that's changing the

One of the latest technologies that's changing the innovation game is 3D printing. But what exactly can 3D printing do? 🤔 Is it something that entrepreneurs can realistically use in their startup's operations? Do you have to understand computer programming to use it?

In our newest blog post, Joe Slomowitz (@hanslomo321) '23, @pittbusiness student and creator of @slomos3dprint, answers all these questions and more as he goes over:

🖨️ the basics of 3D printing
🖨️ what key opportunities and benefits it provides entrepreneurs and startups
🖨️ how he got involved with 3D printing
🖨️ & areas for innovation within the 3D printing industry

Check out his full blog post at the link in our bio!
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Failure is never final nor is it fatal in the worl

Failure is never final nor is it fatal in the world of entrepreneurship -- without it, a lot of the products we know and love today would have never existed! (Some of the greatest innovations were even created by accident!) 🤯

This week, we encourage you to embrace failure instead of trying to run away from it. Rather, think of it as a stepping stone on the way to your big idea! 💡
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Are you ready to be an entrepreneur? I can’t hea

Are you ready to be an entrepreneur? I can’t hear youuu... 🧽🏝🌊

In the infamous SpongeBob SquarePants episode “Chocolate with Nuts”, SpongeBob and Patrick try their hand at entrepreneurship by selling chocolate bars door-to-door in Bikini Bottom. 🍫 (To say the least, not all was smooth sailing... 😅)

Swipe ➡️ to learn 4 lessons on entrepreneurship from the Sponge himself!
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Source: Entrepreneur’s article “What You Can Learn About Entrepreneurship From SpongeBob SquarePants”
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