Next month, the SBIR Road Tour will be making a stop in Pittsburgh for a day-long event to promote the $2.5 billion in funding available from a dozen federal government agencies to help small businesses bring innovative new products and technologies to market.
Social entrepreneurship doesn’t necessarily mean an enterprise that does not make a profit. In the case of a Pitt student startup dedicated to unlocking solar power’s potential in the developing world, organizing as a Public Benefit Corporation is designed to help do well by doing good. We welcome Jay Murray, CEO of Solinius, to our blog to introduce his company and the Kickstarter campaign he and his colleagues have launched around the cellular IoT development board they created to drive their system.
Innovation Institute Entrepreneur in Residence Michael Hufford recently signed on as CEO of Pitt Spinout LyGenesis Inc. In this blog post he takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to give advice to investigators who are considering whether to leave academia to join a startup built around their discoveries.
The Innovation Institute welcomes Matt Bootman, CEO of Crystalplex Corporation to the blog.