CURRENT SPONSORS
Sustaining Sponsors
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
(www.schnader.com)
ThoughtForm brings value to thoughts, ideas, and knowledge by giving them a visual form with the power to communicate. The firm offers five design solutions—branding, interactive media, print, packaging, and environments—to clients around the world in a wide range of industries. The firm’s work has been published in many books, presented at the renowned TED Conference and featured on Alexander Haig’s World Business Review and monthly in Harvard Business Review.
(www.thoughtformdesign.com)
Corporate Sponsors
Ad-Base Group, Inc. has recently transformed into an early-stage investor company. Different than traditional funding sources, ABG Capital has a unique model that gives the entrepreneur power over their own ideas. They are comprised of highly-experienced professionals who thrive on hands-on involvement with each portfolio company. This distinctive business model has created a toolbox of resources for ABG Capital, and its subsidiaries to benefit from, including engineering expertise, technical support and customer service, sales and marketing, legal support, and complete billing solutions. ABG Capital has recently achieved national recognition for explosive growth, ranking 1,391 on the Inc. 5,000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in the US. This growth is a combination of working with individual entrepreneurs and through the acquisition of companies that are strategically aligned with ABG Capital’s ability to deliver powerful, market-driven solutions. ABG Capital is also one of the 50 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania according to the Pittsburgh Business Times and the Central Penn Journal, in addition to being recognized on the Pittsburgh 100 Fastest Growing Companies for the 3rd year in a row. Visit www.ABGCapital.com to learn more.
The University of Pittsburgh Office of Technology Management (OTM) serves as the hub of technology commercialization activity at the University. Its mission: To facilitate the development of products and processes from University technology for the benefit of the University, its faculty, staff and students, and the community. OTM fosters out-licensing opportunities with industry, and new start-up companies. (www.otm.pitt.edu)
