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XPRIZE: AI for Good Reception

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

RSVP: aiforgoodpgh2017.eventbrite.com 147 teams around the world are currently competing in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, a 3-year, $5M global competition to develop powerful artificial intelligence technologies capable of solving the world's grandest challenges. Over the life of the competition, teams will work with a... Read more »

Plan for Success: Linking your team, goals, and process.

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Today you’re by yourself, tomorrow you may have a team of five. Now is the time to think about future challenges, in order to sync up your team and your organization’s goals. Hear from serial entrepreneurs on how to build long lasting processes and strategies... Read more »

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Getting Paid + Shipping and Logistics

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

PART TWO OF A FOUR PART SERIES Getting Paid + Shipping and Logistics - The International Experience Speakers: Edward Schick, Vice President, Trade Financial Group,The Huntington National Bank (Member of Western PA District Export Council) Chas Watson, President, RL Swearer Company (Member of Western PA... Read more »

Full Circle Info Session

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Social Venture Partners Pittsburgh invites leaders from local innovative nonprofits to join an info session where you will learn about SVP Full Circle – Pittsburgh's impact accelerator for nonprofits. During the session, Full Circle Managers will discuss the 2017 fall cohort programming as well as... Read more »

Communication Science Meets Presentation Effectiveness

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Join us for Communication Science Meets Presentation Effectiveness, with Jackie Gartner-Schmidt, PH.D. This course is designed to offer the theory and practice of principles of public speaking, with an emphasis on the compositional and presentational aspects of communication in formal speaking situations, specifically for business... Read more »

The Incline: Who’s Next in Education

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Join us as we recognize stellar under-40 leaders shaping Pittsburgh's education community. Your ticket includes local fare, beer and wine, as well as your chance to meet The Incline's Who's Next: Education class. (Presented by S&T Bank) GET TICKETS HERE

Scaling Ops: Preparing your team for tomorrow’s growth

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

All entities, regardless of industry, contain three key components: sales, marketing and production. What does it take to scale these components from 0-10 employees to 10-50? It's time to plan ahead. Join us on Thursday, July 27th to hear from three serial entrepreneurs with radically... Read more »

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Protecting Your Company & Brand Abroad

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

PART THREE OF A FOUR PART SERIES IPR, Export Regulations, and Other Legal Considerations Speakers: Erin McBride-Lovas, Export Compliance Manager, Carnegie Mellon University Susanna Cook, Director & Chair, International Business Group, Cohen & Grigsby (Member of Wester PA District Export Council) Bruce Chiu, Director, Cohen... Read more »

Intro to Financial Modeling: What You Need to Know

Ascender 6401 Penn Ave 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Financial Modeling is the task of building an abstract representation of real world financial situations. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. Financial Modeling can be one of the most challenging tasks for a new startup or non-profit. Making an accurate model takes real work and research. This... Read more »

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