Earlier this year, we welcomed 350+ builders and doers to learn about the inaugural XchangePgh.com sereies at The Shop - Homewood. Everyone present was able to enjoy breakfast from locally owned and operated 7 Senses Catering, be greeted by Nate Da Phat's tunes, mixing and mingling with folks from sectors, industries, organizations, and neighborhoods across our region, and even enjoy locally made products like Knotzland.com. The attendees were palpably excited (despite the early hour on a Friday with freezing weather outside).
We were able (thanks to www.pipercreative.co and www.privemgt.com) to preview an overview of the this year's 4-event series: XchangePgh 2023 intro video
We heard from the inspirational leaders representing our city's best who were willing to show up, no matter the time, location, weather, or politics and talk about meeting people where they are: Speaker highlights video from the kickoff event thanks to Privé
for the quick flip on the speaker videos.
The diverse crowd was also able to experience a preview of new AR technologies (Example of the augmented reality tour experience featuring Rafiyq Cromwell) that XchangePgh will feature at each event thanks to Joe Zeff and Privé.
A few media outlets have already captured quotes and thoughts throughout as we kicked of the journey: Pittsburgh Inno & Technically Pgh's article about the kickoff event
How you/your organization can get more involved:
- Mark your calendars for April 24-30th, XchangeInnovation Week
- Bring your team (or sponsor tickets) to the upcoming XchangeIdeas (Design and Build) weekend in March to spark an idea, refine a project, or bring scale to your efforts. We are already lucky to have some initial community sponsors along impactful themes for the weekend including Innovation in Aging (Allegheny County), Sustainability (Kloopify.com), Health and Wellness (Insider.Fitt.co), Main Street/SMBs (NoireExpedition.com), Corp Innovation (CMU's Corp Startup Lab), Food/Ag (Harvie Farms), and more to be announced soon.
- Volunteer, Suggest a Speaker, Workshop or Venue
- Suggest a sponsor for the series - 2023 XchangePgh sponsor deck
Some important highlights to keep in mind as you explore these innovation events:
- No prior design, research, or technology experience is required for any of the events or experiences
- If you need any help getting to an event (e.g., a bus pass) or making the most of it (e.g., childcare) please let us know, we can't always guarantee we can help directly but we will most certainly try
- Existing and aspiring entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs are invited to participate
- All forms of innovation will be on display: high tech/high growth, family business, solopreneurs, consulting, franchises, acquiring a business, side hustles, etc
- Have other ideas or feedback or thoughts? Get in touch with us
Have other ideas or feedback or thoughts? Get in touch with us
