CMU T&E - Updates for September 🚀
September Newsletter
Hey Tartans!
It was great to see you at our events this fall; we've been working on some new things behind the scenes and look forward to sharing them over the next few months.
Thanks again for contributing to making our community the best it can be 🚀
Demo Day is Today!
CMU VentureBridge - Demo Day 2022
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 1 - 5 PM PT / 4 - 8 PM ET
The VentureBridge (VB) program, part of the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, is proud to invite you to its VB '22 Demo Day. The Demo Day features CMU-alumni founded startups that have received pre-seed funding (SAFE note) from Carnegie Mellon. Since 2018, as part of its summer accelerator, the VB program has invested in over 47 startups who continue to grow and have raised over $95 million dollars in Seed and Series A follow-on funding from top-tier institutional investors.
Attend the demo day on Sep 21st to watch the VB '22 cohort of startups and select VB alumni startups present their innovations. Register to receive your invite. If you are an investor or alumni unable to attend in-person in Pittsburgh, the presentations will be livestreamed, please register to receive your livestream link. To read more, visit the VB '22 Demo Day website.
Invitation link here.
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Upcoming Events
Corporate Startup Lab Case Competition
Applications Close Friday, September 23, 2022, 11:59 PM EST
Sponsored by Optum Startup Studio and hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, Corporate Startup Lab is proud to announce its first ever Case Competition for the Fall of 2022!
THEME: Health Equity
One of the ongoing concerns in the healthcare industry is an imperfect realization of equity across all services and care. Fundamentals such as education, access, nutrition, and specialized care are not evenly distributed. The prompt of this Case Competition will seek to determine how a problem in Healthcare Equity can be solved through transformative innovation ideas, products, or services.
PRIZES:
The top three teams will receive cash prizes totaling $20,000!
$12,000 for 1st Place
$6,000 for 1st Runner Up
$2,000 for 2nd Runner Up
All Graduate students, be they a Master's, Ph.D., or M.D. student from a United States-based college or university, are eligible and welcome to apply!
Please visit the CSL website or contact Sean Mawhinney at smawhinn@andrew.cmu.edu for more information.
The contest flyer can be found here
Understanding startup equity & compounding your wealth
Monday, September 26, 2022, 11 - 12 PM PST / 2 - 3 PM EST
Compound's CEO will discuss the basics of startup equity, options exercising strategies tech employees should know about, and tax optimizations to help you compound your wealth.
What will they cover?
1. Understanding startup equity (e.g. the basics of ISOs, NSOs, AMT)
2. How to negotiate your startup offer (e.g. what to ask for, how to get more equity)
3. Key financial optimizations that can help you build your wealth (e.g. early exercising)
4. Horror stories that startup employees should be aware of (e.g. options expiring, golden handcuffs)
5. How to tax optimize your angel investments (e.g. QSBS)
Thanks for reading!
Hoping to see you at Demo Day and our other upcoming events.
-The CMU T&E team