Entrepreneurship Resources

Pittsburgh and the Western PA region is a great place for someone interested in technical entrepreneurship. A number of regional entrepreneurial resources are available that can help with everything from developing ideas that are still in their infancy to obtaining the necessary funding for well-developed business plans. Some of the groups/resources that we have come across include the following:

Note: The groups/resources with an asterisk have had representatives attend previous CrossLink discussions.

Entrepreneurship Resources Available to Anyone in the Pittsburgh / Western Pennsylvania Region

• *Innovation Works: http://www.innovationworks.org/



• Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center: http://www.pananocenter.org/



• *Pittsburgh Technology Council: http://www.pghtech.org/



• Idea Foundry: http://www.ideafoundry.org/



• Pittsburgh Regional Alliance: http://www.alleghenyconference.org/public/cfm/homepage/index.cfm



• Allegheny Conference on Community Development: http://www.pittsburghregion.org/


• Innovation Partnership (IPart): http://www.innovationpartnership.net/



• PA Department of Community and Economic Development: http://www.newpa.com/default.aspx?id=15



• Technology Collaborative: http://www.techcollaborative.org/

Entrepreneurship Resources Available to CMU Students, Faculty, and Collaborators Only

• Institute for Complex Engineered Systems (ICES): http://www.ices.cmu.edu/



• Pennsylvania Infrastructure and Technology Alliance (PITA): http://www.ices.cmu.edu/PITA/



• CIT Advancement Office: http://www.cit.cmu.edu/quicklinks/deans_office.html



• Economic Development Office: http://www.cmu.edu/leadership/president/office/index.html



• Center for Technology Transfer: http://www.carnegiemellonctt.com/



• Don Jones Center, Tepper School of Business: http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/faculty-research/research-centers/donald-h-jones-center-for-entrepreneurship/index.aspx



• Center for Business Solutions, Tepper School: http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/corporations-and-recruiters/center-for-business-solutions/index.aspx