Global Entrepreneurship Week is a global movement to inspire people everywhere to unleash their ideas and take the next step in their entrepreneurial journey.
Where will this week take you?
Week of Events: November 14-18, 2022
Monday, Nov 14:
Steel City Startups
Tuesday, Nov 15:
Building & Leveraging Your Professional Team
(Part of the Start Smart Legal Series)
Wednesday, Nov 16:
Kuzneski Innovation Cup Finalist Showcase
Wednesday, Nov 16 & Friday, Nov 18:
Pitt Food Rescues with Food Recovery Heroes
Thursday, Nov 17:
PDMA Competition
Friday, Nov 18:
Intro to CB Insights: Powerhouse for Data on Companies, Industries and Investors
Last day to be a Food Recovery Hero!
Steel City Startups
When: 5-6:30 p.m.
Where: Zoom, please register to receive Zoom info
Join us for this virtual panel to kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Hear TEDx-style presentations from Pitt and CMU innovators and learn about how they were motivated to pursue commercialization, what path they are taking, and the challenges they’ve faced.
Who Should Attend: Open to all.
Building & Leveraging Your Professional Team
(Part of the Start Smart Legal Series)
When: 5 -6:30 p.m.
Where: Zoom, please register to receive Zoom info
Kuzneski Innovation Cup Finalist Showcase
When: 5-6:30 p.m.
Where: Live Broadcast
Teams from the University of Pittsburgh have worked on and pitched their new ideas to a panel of industry professionals as part of the Big Idea Center’s newest competition opportunity, the Kuzneski Innovation Cup. Now we present the finalist teams to you! Join us virtually as we celebrate our student teams and learn about the projects “spinning out” of the Big Idea Center. $25,000 will be awarded in this showcase of Pitt entrepreneurial talent!
A live broadcast of the event will be made available to public audiences.
Who Should Attend: Open to all.
Watch the Kuzneski Innovation Cup Finalist Showcase Video Recording.
PDMA Competition
Time: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Where: CMU Swartz Center
Students who chose to represent Pitt, CMU, Chatham and Duquesne will go head-to-head in this year’s Pittsburgh's Chapter of the Product Development and Management Association. Witness the entrepreneurial talent growing within each of these Pittsburgh universities as students showcase their big ideas for a panel of judges.
Who Should Attend: Open to all.
Intro to CB Insights: Powerhouse for Data on Companies, Industries and Investors
Time: noon-1 p.m
Event Link: https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/cbinsights#.Y2p3Y0zMI2x
Join the Pitt Libraries for an informative workshop on the database CB Insights, a powerhouse for data on companies, industries, and investors. CB Insights, a key resource for market research, contains detailed profiles of startup companies and their funders. Users can access market intelligence for various industries and build a list of companies and competitors by industry, geography, and more. This virtual event is free and open to Pitt affiliates only. Registration is required. To register, please visit: https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/cbinsights#.Y2p3Y0zMI2x
For questions about this event, please email lmw129@pitt.edu
Pitt Food Recovery #2
November 18, 3 p.m. – Posvar Loading Dock
Participate in a hands-on social entrepreneurship activity led by Food Recovery Heroes (FRN), Pitt’s chapter of the Food Recovery Network! FRN unites university students to fight food waste and hunger by recovering surplus food from campus dining locations and redistributing it to local organizations. FRH’s main goal is to give back and help lessen food insecurity in the Oakland community.
Pitt students have the opportunity to assist Food Recovery Heroes in their food rescues by either: 1.) recovering excess food from Forbes Street Market and transporting it to the Pitt Pantry
2) wrapping surplus food from Einstein’s and Pitt cafes that will be donated to various organizations in Oakland.
Students must join Food Recovery Heroes’ emailing list to sign up for one of these four recoveries.
Additionally, students must watch an assigned food safety video, sign the food safety declaration form, and complete a video comprehension quiz prior to arriving for their scheduled shift.