Why I Love Pittsburgh Startups

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by steveklabnik • 17 years ago

28 24 17 years ago

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Okay, I might be a bit biased. But Pittsburgh is great!

edw519• 17 years ago

Makes me proud to be a Pittsburgher. Any others here at hn?

Mark_B• 17 years ago

Long time lurker ...finally signed up just to say "me too" :-)

aichcon• 17 years ago

Not a native but I attended CMU and I love the town.

urlwolf• 17 years ago

Same here. I had great times at CMU, and after living in many different cities around the world (currently Berlin) I think Pittsburgh is a dormant giant for startup work.

mtomczak• 17 years ago

Yep. Working at a startup company in the city right now, in fact.

JoelMcCracken• 17 years ago

I am from Pittsburgh.

This has needed to be said for a long time. I believe Pittsburgh will grow in tech prominence in the time ahead. If nothing else, it is an easy city to maintain "ramen profitability".

jimbokun• 17 years ago

Saw you at the first HN meetup, but missed the subsequent ones. I work at CMU.

steveklabnik3• 17 years ago

I'm currently in an AlphaLab company.

jknupp• 17 years ago

Not originally from Pittburgh but spent 5 years at CMU. Love the city and really hope the tech industry there takes off (more than it already has).

jdrock• 17 years ago

Not there anymore, but got my undergrad in CS at CMU.

ctb9• 17 years ago

My start-up and I will soon return to Pittsburgh, fleeing NC's recent affiliate tax legislation.

What's the scoop on entrepreneurship/tech meet-ups? the refreshPittsburgh blog seems abandoned.

steveklabnik3• 17 years ago

There's lots of great things. First of all, we have an Open Coffee Club, there's lots of great people there. DevHouse suffered some leadership changes, but they're going strong again. My own HackPittsburgh is doing pretty well, we've got about 30ish members. refreshPittsburgh just announced on their Twitter that they're doing something towards the end of August. I didn't see it on their blog yet. Entreprenurial Thursdays is happening, too...

sjs3822• 17 years ago

Refresh Pittsburgh, Dorkbot Pittsburgh, Devhouse Pgh, PodcampPgh, Etc...

dougb• 17 years ago

I'm from Pittsburgh. Moved back 4 years ago after living in Boston for 6. Moved because I believe that Pittsburgh is a great place to raise a family. My wife is a stay at home mom and we couldn't pull this off in Boston. If you look hard enough, you'll see quite a few startups. I'm working at one now, Conviva.com

mressler• 17 years ago

Not a native Pittsburgher, but surely proud to call myself a happy Pittsburgh transplant!

cpr2• 17 years ago

Well, close--I live in Steubenville, OH, about 40 minutes away. But I do get into meetups, etc., in Pittsburgh.

It is a great little city. (Though Boston will always be my spiritual hometown...)

cpr2• 17 years ago

Any more HN meetups planned?

steveklabnik3• 17 years ago

I'd certainly be interested in attending one. I missed the last few.

sjs3822• 17 years ago

Yup. South Hills area.

roder• 17 years ago

Former Pittsburgher & Proud

Ravenlock• 17 years ago

Yup, not a member of a startup - at least not at the moment - but a proud resident. :)

breckognize• 17 years ago

One reason for the proliferation of Pittsburgh startups are the efforts of a number of people/programs that want to see the city make a comeback. AlphaLabs is one, but IdeaFoundry and Lenore Blum's Project Olympus are two more that deserve some credit. When I started up as a CMU student 3 years ago, there was no shortage of professionals and established entrepreneurs happy to lend a helping hand; and most just wanted to see productivity return to the region.

I'm curious how this atmosphere compares to Boulder, Boston, San Francisco. Is there similar camaraderie in those cities?

billturner• 17 years ago

I'm also a recent pittsburgher (moved here 3 years ago). I just saw some tweets about this starting up as well (Build Guild): http://pittsburgh.buildguild.org/

Gibbon• 17 years ago

I'm in Canada and, a few months ago, on a whim, we went on a road trip to Pittsburgh. Great town! Clean, friendly people, great food.. From what I saw of the general culture of the place, It would make a great startup location.

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