AlphaLab Gear presents: HARDWARE TEAR DOWNS

Tear apart a product, see how it’s made, and pitch improvements to the founder. Two chances to participate!

Oct 15th: Consumer Electronics featuring Switcheroo

Schedule

5-5:30: Registration, networking, food & drink

6:00-7:00: Team product tear downs

7:00-7:30: Pitch one thing to make the product “better” (scalability, production time, reliability, production cost)

7:30-8:00: Pitch winner awards

*Also* Learn about upcoming open-to-the-public manufacturing programming including prototyping, supplier negotiations, import/export, regulatory, crowdfunding, and financing

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AlphaLab Gear presents: HARDWARE TEAR DOWNS

Tear apart a product, see how it’s made, and pitch improvements to the founder. Two chances to participate!

Oct 10th: Soft Goods featuring Gus Gear

Schedule

5-5:30: Registration, networking, food & drink

6:00-7:00: Team product tear downs

7:00-7:30: Pitch one thing to make the product “better” (scalability, production time, reliability, production cost)

7:30-8:00: Pitch winner awards

*Also* Learn about upcoming open-to-the-public manufacturing programming including prototyping, supplier negotiations, import/export, regulatory, crowdfunding, and financing

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Our Networking Reception begins at 5:30PM with food & drink, serial entrepreneurs, industry experts, and seasoned investors.

The event will kick off at 6:30PM.

Flexable will be providing free childcare for the event. Register Here

Our 12 Featured Startups:

Pippy Sips, SwiftSENSE, Heart Health Intelligence, AuraSpark, NeoEx, Yodel Labs, ARIECA, Toaster Pets, Aspinity,PanaceaAg, Project Vive LLC, and Atimize

Our Hardware Cup Pittsburgh Judges:

Mike Lehman ofLehigh, Josh McElhattan of Startbot, David Motley of BlueTree Venture Fund, Margot Matoukof Next Act Fund, Sree Gaddeof BlueTree Allied Angels, and Afshan Khan of Innovation Works.

Admission is free, but registration is required in order to attend. We also want to have the correct head count for food and drinks!

Thank you to our location Partner CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.

The CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship is located inside of the Tepper School of Business, at 4765 Forbes Avenue in Oakland. The main entrance is located near the corner of Morewood and Forbes Avenues.

Parking at the CMU Swartz Center:
On-street parking is available, but very limited. The nearest public parking lot is the East Campus Garage (GPS Address: 5040 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213). This garage is free after 5 PM. Additional parking options are listed on the CMU Transportation website.

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