Alphalab Gear kicks off its Hardware Cup 2018 with a pitch contest in their home town. In the Mid-Atlantic Regional, hardware startups pitched a panel of judges in order to win cash and a chance to advance to the finals held later this year. The regional winners get $3,000 in cash, and a chance to […]
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Birchmere Ventures Hosts GeekWire HQ2 Welcome Party
GeekWire, a Seattle news outlet, has beat Amazon to the punch and setup their HQ2. They’ve gone ahead and chosen Pittsburgh as the new base of operations for the month of February. The GeekWire team will be working out of Beauty Shoppe‘s Butler Street Lofts co-working space. A coalition of Pittsburgh companies including the Pittsburgh Technology […]
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The Best Pittsburgh Photos of 2017 Will Absolutely Amaze You
Pittsburgh is changing. The streets are filled with self driving cars. Startups have filled East Liberty. But one thing remains the same – Route 28 is still under construction. For four years Jekko has covered over 2,400 events ad-free. Our goal is to preserve those fleeting moments. Here are our best Pittsburgh Photos from of 2017. […]
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Stripe Atlas Partners with Techstars Startup Weekend to Incorporate Businesses
Stripe Atlas has placed boots on the ground at Techstars‘ Startup Weekend to recruit startup founders. Atlas provides business registration, stock management, and bank setup for $500. Their aims is getting startups processing payments within days. This fall, Robert Neivert a 500 Startups Venture Partner, told the 3 Rivers Venture Fair audience in his keynote presentation […]
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Uber Orders up to 24,000 Volvo XC90 SUVs for Its Driveless Fleet
Volvo has announced a tentative agreement with Uber to deliver up to 24,000 XC90 SUV’s between 2019 and 2021. Volvo hope this will position their company as the leader of the autonomous vehicle revolution. Uber has been using vehicles from the Chinese-owned, Swedish vehicle manufacturer, Volvo for a while now. The expansion of the detail signals […]
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Roberto Clemente Museum Raises Donations to Help Puerto Rico
The island of Puerto Rico is devastated from Hurricane Maria and they have put out the call to help. The Roberto Clemente Museum lead by Executive Director Duane Rieder gave out the call for help. Bill Peduto used his social media megaphone as mayor to request the help as well. Pittsburgh answered. The community has managed fill […]
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18 Pittsburgh Personalities You Should Meet Before 2018
Have you ever wondered who brings the party? Want to know the right person to know? Does that person give you Déjà vu? This list who tells you who they are. For the second year running, I’ve applied facial recognition to the my photo archive to find the most photographed people in Pittsburgh. What makes […]
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Corningworks Presents Six A Breast
Beth Corning has once again returned to the New Hazlette Theatre in Pittsburgh’s Northside to produce and perform in a surrealist dance that bends light and color. Under the production name Corningworks, Beth assembles a rag tag group of veteran dancers that challenge the stereotypes we hold for the stage. I will be the first […]
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Tom Rainey Trio Plays Alphabet City for Jazz Month
The Tom Rainey Trio takes the gloriously fresh pressed stage of Alphabet City to deliver a sporadic musical message note by note. Opening ceremonies were held by Tuhin Das and Randy Gilson of Randyland fame. (Full Disclosure, I was baited into covering this because Randy, Tuhin, and I are friends. I stayed for the Jazz.) […]
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Weather Permitting is a Concert in a Plant Nursery, Closes 2017 Season
Weather Permitting is one of the best things Pittsburgh has going. Pete Spynda and his team of social misfits claim the Shadyside Nursery on summer weekends to have a blast. The small concerts draw a few hundred music lovers of all ages. Small bands, big bands, traveling bands, local bands, the kids dance and hula […]