EPISODE 6 - TORRELL JACKSON BUILDS CHIROPROKTOR

In Episode 6 of StartUp Burgh I sit down with Torrell Jackson, founder and CEO of Tortech Industries. Torrell is an MBA candidate at CMU's Tepper business school and he is building his company around flagship product ChiroProktor. Torrell's goal is to make ChiroProktor THE educational tool that chiropractic students can use to properly learn spinal manipulations. We talk about building a team, leveraging his network, and developing a product that fulfills a need he uncovered in his every day life.

SHOW LINKS

Tortech Industries company website

Connect with Torrell on LinkedIn

CMU's Project Olympus

AlphaLab Gear accelerator

NSF I-Corps

THE PITTSBURGH THREE

  1. Favorite Pittsburgh Restaurant: Curry on Murray
  2. What makes Pittsburgh a great startup place: The connected community!
  3. Nominate another entrepreneur in Pittsburgh: Jameel Francis, Co-founder and CEO of Transelated

EPISODE 5 - JORGEN PEDERSEN AND RE2 ROBOTICS

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In episode 5 of StartUp Burgh I sit down with Jorgen Pedersen, President and CEO of RE2 Robotics. Jorgen is an active participant in the robotics community in Pittsburgh and around the world. His company, which he founded in 2001, is a world-leader in mobile robotics manipulation. They do commercial and private work and have an exciting year of growth ahead of them as Jorgen continues to methodically build and expand on his vision for the company. Pittsburgh, as a leading robotics center, is an ideal location for RE2 to fulfill it's mission.

SHOW LINKS

RE2 Robotics website

Follow RE2 Robotics' progress on LinkedIn

Follow Jorgen on LinkedIn

Watch RE2's technology in action!!

THE PITTSBURGH THREE

  1. Favorite Pittsburgh Restaurant: Church Brew Works
  2. What makes Pittsburgh a great startup place: The ecosystem of talent, support and high-tech industry
  3. Nominate another entrepreneur in Pittsburgh: Sanjiv Singh of Near Earth Autonomy

EPISODE 4 - JUSTIN SHAKA AND MED-TECH COMPANY REBISCAN

In this episode of StartUp Burgh I talk with Justin Shaka about medical technology company REBIscan. Rebiscan has been a passion of Justin's for more than 5 years as he tries to bring to market a pediatric device built to detect and diagnose precursors to childhood blindness. Let's listen as he talks about starting the business, the FDA, and their innovative iTuness app 'Babysee'.

SHOW LINKS

REBIScan's website

Follow REBIScan on Facebook

Connect with Justin on LinkedIn

Find out more about the BabySee App available for download!

REBIScan co-founder Dr. David Hunter

THE PITTSBURGH THREE

  1. Favorite Pittsburgh Restaurant: Seviche
  2. What makes Pittsburgh a great startup place: The community, in particular the resources available at CMU that helped Justin and REBIScan
  3. Nominate another entrepreneur in Pittsburgh: Luis von Ahn

EPISODE 3 - NESRA YANNIER TALKS ED-TECH PRODUCT NoRILLA

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In this episode of StartUp Burgh I talk with Nesra Yannier about her education technology product NoRILLA. NoRILLA is part of her research as a PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon, and emblematic of her passion to build her own company around advancing and empowering science education tools. Have a listen!

SHOW LINKS

Visit NoRILLA's Website

NoRILLA wins Ed Tech Refinery grant

Connect with Nesra on LinkedIn

CMU's Project Olympus program

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's Innovation Fellows program

THE PITTSBURGH THREE

  1. Favorite Pittsburgh Restaurant: Noodlehead
  2. What makes Pittsburgh a great startup place: The community support, especially the strong ed-tech community!
  3. Nominate another entrepreneur in Pittsburgh: Torrell Jackson

EPISODE 2 - VAISH KRISHNAMURTHY OF CLEANROBOTICS

In this episode of the StartUp 'Burgh Podcast, I chat with Vaish Krishnamurthy, founder and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Clean Robotics. Vaish is developing a waste-management technology that applies robotics and machine learning. They are developing and commercializing the flagship product Trashbot, which is just the best name ever. On top of that, throughout the summer Vaish is leading her business forward while part of her team is finishing up time at a hardware accelerator in China!

SHOW LINKS

Check out the CleanRobotics website

Follow Vaish on LinkedIn

More info on the Chinese accelerator HAX

THE PITTSBURGH THREE

  1. Favorite Pittsburgh Restaurant: Kaya
  2. What makes Pittsburgh a great startup place: 
  3. Nominate another entrepreneur in Pittsburgh: Kai-Min Kevin Chang

EPISODE 1 - MOLLY BLANK OF CURVYQ (PALPAID)

In this episode we meet Molly Blank, co-founder and CEO of CurvyQ (Formerly PalpAid). Molly is developing a medical technology that empowers women with more control of their health and well-being. In 2016 her business was a finalist in both the Rice Business Case Competition and AlphaLab Gear's National Hardware Cup. 

SHOW LINKS

Connect with Molly on LinkedIn

Learn more about CurvyQ

THE PITTSBURGH THREE

  1. Favorite Pittsburgh restaurant: Original Oyster House
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  3. Nominate another entrepreneur in town: Nesra Yannier