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10-Minute Tech Talks: How Tech Companies Fail and How Entrepreneurs Can Avoid It

Are you an entrepreneur building a technology company and looking to grow fast? This show teaches and inspires entrepreneurs to build better companies by learning from the failures of other tech companies and entrepreneurs.  Hosts Audrey Russo and Jonathan Kersting are from the Pittsburgh Technology Council with decades of experience helping tech entrepreneurs.

Feb 26, 2021

We are excited to conclude our special week of webcasts with Workscape and Knoll today and announce the winner of our Home Office Makeover!

As a reminder, if you submitted a photo of your home workspace for the contest, you must be present at today's Business as Usual to receive the makeover.

In honor of the Home Office...


Feb 26, 2021

We welcome Michael McQuade, Vice President for Research at Carnegie Mellon University.

Michael provides leadership for the university's research enterprise and advocates for the role that science, technology and innovation play nationally and globally.

 The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has...


Feb 26, 2021

Today we welcome Jeanne Cunicelli, Executive Vice President - UPMC Enterprises. Jeanne, who led Enterprises’ Translational Sciences focus area since 2017, took over as Executive VP this past January. She is a veteran venture capitalist in the life sciences industry, having been a managing director at Bay City Capital...


Feb 24, 2021

NextLink Labs, a Pittsburgh DevOps, custom software development, and security consultancy,  announced that Jeremy Dodson has joined the company as Chief Information Security Officer.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Dodson’s experience includes a four-year term leading a team within the Center for Executive Protection...


Feb 23, 2021

Today we welcome Joylette Portlock, Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh.

Joylette will detail how Sustainable Pittsburgh regularly works with hundreds of partners in the region — including local governments, nonprofits, and the business community — to ensure our economy is built to last and that our people...