Yearly Archives: 2009

AlphaLab Summer/Fall 2009 Application Cycle is Now Open!

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On Friday afternoon we began to take applications for the Summer/Fall 2009 AlphaLab session which starts on June 15th, 2009!

We’ve introduced a new phase of our application cycle this time around:  Early Action.  What is Early Action and what’s it all about?

Early Action is a great opportunity for applicants to be considered and potentially accepted earlier in our general application cycle.     Some highlights include:

  • Early Action applicants will be invited to a meet-n-greet event with AlphaLab staff where they can interact and ask questions.
  • Early Action candidates that are accepted to AlphaLab will be able to get an early start on working on their companies and have early access to AlphaLab resources.
  • If an applicant is not accepted as part of AlphaLab Early Action, they will be re-considered as part of the general application period.

Check out the Early Action FAQs for additional information.

Want to see the questions without having to start an application?  Check out the PDF of our application questions.

The Early Action deadline is April 17th, 2009.  Our general application deadline is May 15th, 2009.

For questions or issues, please send an e-mail to apply (at) alphalab [dot] org.

Good luck!

Networking at AlphaLab + Announcement of Second Group of AlphaLab Companies

Yesterday we hosted our fourth Open Coffee Club meeting – a group organized by Aaron Tainter and Alan Veeck of Meakem Becker Venture Capital.  Alan speaks to the goals of Open Coffee Club in this post on his blog, Pittsburgh Ventures.  The turnout was great, as can be seen in the picture.  We had a nice mix of entrepreneurs (seasoned, new, and wannabes), investors, and service providers all mingling with each other.  One of the attendees texted me, “good networking” after the event and I would agree: I saw a lot of familiar faces but many new faces and had an opportunity to speak with many of the attendees.  Justin Kownacki – self-proclaimed social media explorer – discussed his experience at the event in this post on his blog, Cafe Witness.

In conjunction with the Open Coffee Club event, we announced our second group of AlphaLab companies.  You can read more about the new AlphaLab companies here. We are excited to work with the six companies and look forward to a busy twenty weeks!

If you’d like to find out about the next Open Coffee Club in Pittsburgh, join the Open Coffee Club group on Facebook.

ShowClix gets you into the Super Bowl party hotspots!

ShowClix, great supporter of AlphaLab and Innovation Works portfolio company, has an important role in the activities going on in conjunction with Super Bowl XLIII.  They were recently covered by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for landing several high profile Super Bowl parties going on in the week leading up to the big game.

Heading down to Tampa?  Diddy and Deion Sanders headline the extravaganza as part of the Good Life Experience.  Want to meet Playboy Playmates and models, or are professional athletes both current (Ray Lewis and Reggie Bush) and former (Earl Christy and Joe Namath) more your speed?  ShowClix offers a great way to get into these hot events with tickets issued electronically in a no-muss no-fuss fashion.

(ShowClix is a Pittsburgh-based event search engine and online ticketing company created to connect artists, venues and event promoters with the millions of people around the world that are seeking local events. The website combines an open, event database with an online ticketing platform, giving event promoters, artists and venues an easy, affordable way to promote their events and sell tickets to users who search for, track and share events on the site.)