Podcasts about alphalab gear

Join us as we speak with 412 Venture Fund Managing Partner Ilana Diamond about her founding of the the AlphaLab Gear manufacturing cycle program, building up the Pittsburgh community, approach to investing in companies and community building. If you have an early stage startup with product in the market and paying or pilot customers, that's looking to raise $500,000 to $1,000,000 please reach out to 412 venture fund at 412venturefund.com If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode releases and it's the best way to support the channel! Companies looking to outsource difficult engineering problems should consider SKA Custom Robots and Machines. They sponsor this podcast and solve some of the most difficult engineering problems in the world.

Join us as we speak with 412 Venture Fund Managing Partner Ilana Diamond about her founding of the the AlphaLab Gear manufacturing cycle program, building up the Pittsburgh community, approach to investing in companies and community building. If you have an early stage startup with product in the market and paying or pilot customers, that's looking to raise $500,000 to $1,000,000 please reach out to 412 venture fund at 412venturefund.com If you enjoyed this episode and want to see / hear more like it please subscribe to Collaborative With Spencer Krause today. You'll get notified every time a new episode releases and it's the best way to support the channel! Companies looking to outsource difficult engineering problems should consider SKA Custom Robots and Machines. They sponsor this podcast and solve some of the most difficult engineering problems in the world.

How I Started is a podcast discussing the "0 to 1" stories of the most amazing people on the planet.In this episode, my guest is Ilana Diamond.Ilana is the Managing Partner at 412 Venture Fund headquartered in Pittsburgh. 412 venture fund invests in early-stage startups and focuses on the untapped potential of underrepresented founders in the region.Before this, Ilana was the founding Managing Director of Alphalap Gear – the hardware arm of the nationally ranked accelerator program Alphalab. At Alphalab gear, Ilana worked with hundreds of startups – sourcing and coaching portfolio companies as well as serving on the boards of many. Even before, Ilana was President & CEO of Sima Products Inc, which produced consumer electronics under several different brands.Ilana is a master networker, and I got the opportunity to witness her operate firsthand when I was part of a robotics startup that went through the Alphalab Gear program. During my time in the Pittsburgh Startup scene, I felt Ilana was everywhere and everyone knew Ilana. In this conversation, Ilana shares her wisdom about building startups, defining culture, and overall building a productive life. It took me a long time to get this episode ready as I kept going back to listen and take notes on the many insights. This conversation is packed with golden nuggets to help you level up your game no matter what level you are operating at in your career. I had so much fun and learned a ton from this conversation. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!Find Ilana at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilana-diamond-9162155/https://www.412venturefund.com/This podcast is part of my infrequent newsletter - Always be learning! #ABLFollow me on:https://aakashpathak.substack.com/https://twitter.com/aakashpathak_

Join us as we speak with Afshan Khan about her work with Innovation Works, where she is a Portfolio Executive. Afshan has extensive experience with Mergers and Acquisitions as well as running innovative manufacturing operations in a variety of markets. Stay tuned for big things from IW and AlphaLab Gear! https://www.innovationworks.org/

Join us as we speak with Afshan Khan about her work with Innovation Works, where she is a Portfolio Executive. Afshan has extensive experience with Mergers and Acquisitions as well as running innovative manufacturing operations in a variety of markets. Stay tuned for big things from IW and AlphaLab Gear! https://www.innovationworks.org/

Randy Eager and Greg Coticchia talk about the fourth co-hort of the Pittsburgh Founder Institute (FI) forming for winter 2021. Get the details on how FI helps entrepreneurs take an idea and forge it into a business. FI is running a vertical industry focus of AI and Robotics in additional to the traditional program.  Philips is the sponsor for the vertical and it has added 15 mentors with specific industry experience in order to assist Founders launching companies in these industries - Pittsburgh has such a large AI and Robotics presence and these companies have such unique challenges warranting a unique approach. Check out the following events to get more info on FI Pittsburgh. 10/27/20: How to Raise Capital for your Startup in Pittsburgh Featuring Founder Instiute and AlphaLab Gear 11/17/20: Pitch Pittsburgh Investors & Experts   12/1/20: How to Start an AI or Robotics Startup in Pittsburgh   1/26/21: Pitch Pittsburgh Investors & Experts

Andrew Katon is the Founder and CEO of Cobbler Technologies, an advanced additive manufacturing (3D-printing) technology company. With a focus on manufacturing process and a system uniquely able to handle advanced and complicated materials Andrew has made a place for Cobbler in the industry. Recent highlights have included collaborations with multi-national household brands and graduation from the globally ranked hardware startup accelerator, AlphaLab Gear.

If you're tired of measuring and scooping powdered drink mix, this week's guest will interest you.  Jared Raszewski is the founder of Dissolves, and he has invented the Tide Pod of drink mixes. Like the name says, the pod dissolves in your drink!  It's completely safe for all diets, and solves a lot of different problems of measuring, mixing, and cleanup. Jared talks to Scot about what he learned in the University of Pittsburgh's Blast Furnace, Founder Institute and AlphaLab Gear, the decisions he has made along the way, and where he sees things going from here.

On this episode, we interview Brian Gaudio, CEO & Co-founder of Module a company designing module homes to adapt with their customer's changing needs. The Caffeinated Innovation co-hosts, Pam Eichenbaum and Jenn Van Dam talk to Brian about his path to entrepreneurship, the AlphaLab Gear program, and the future of housing.

On this episode, we interview Courtney Williamson, CEO & founder of AbiliLife, a company engineering products to improve the quality of life for neurodegenerative and elderly patients. The Caffeinated Innovation co-hosts, Pam Eichenbaum and Jenn Van Dam talk to Courtney about her path to entrepreneurship, the AlphaLab Gear program, and the future of the medical device market.

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media! Professor Buzzkill joins Sorg and Chilla as we talk this week (and this century) in tech: Chilla is sharing his Pixel 3a as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg was able to attend the AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup event to experience it up close and personal behind a live stream rig as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg had an opportunity to check out Yodel Labs and their AR positioning as part of the Hardware Cup. Sorg is sharing some updates from Vital Flo and Algenair from the Hardware Cup. Want to do your own canning? No, not like your grandmother's beets, more like your grandfather's adult beverages with Equals Can. Professor Buzzkill is sharing the black-and-white setting on his iPhone as his Awesome Thing of the Week. For most things in tech there are previous ideas and predecessors in history. Professor Buzzkill is sharing some of that evolution with us. No Awesome Thing of the Week is dumb as long as it's awesome to you - like Brian's sweet standing desk. Microsoft and Sony are partnering for gaming and cloud services? Schell Games is having a friends and family event. You can all thank Sorg for the new MacBook Pro release from Apple. Pittsburgh is bringing back the magic with Liberty Magic. Chilla is giving us all the details. Sorg was in Hollywood - and of course he found the Museum of Selfies. Professor Buzzkill is questioning bathroom selfies. Minecraft AR is coming. Sorg can't wait to compare it to Angry Birds AR. After the show remember to: Want to support our friends at Postindustrial? Check out their Kickstarter. Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Professor Buzzkill (@buzzkillprof), Sorg (@Sorgatron), and Chilla (@chilla) Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST  

This week’s episode brought to you by Sidekick Media Services, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media! Professor Buzzkill joins Sorg and Chilla as we talk this week (and this century) in tech: Chilla is sharing his Pixel 3a as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg was able to attend the AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup event to experience it up close and personal behind a live stream rig as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg had an opportunity to check out Yodel Labs and their AR positioning as part of the Hardware Cup. Sorg is sharing some updates from Vital Flo and Algenair from the Hardware Cup. Want to do your own canning? No, not like your grandmother's beets, more like your grandfather's adult beverages with Equals Can. Professor Buzzkill is sharing the black-and-white setting on his iPhone as his Awesome Thing of the Week. For most things in tech there are previous ideas and predecessors in history. Professor Buzzkill is sharing some of that evolution with us. No Awesome Thing of the Week is dumb as long as it's awesome to you - like Brian's sweet standing desk. Microsoft and Sony are partnering for gaming and cloud services? Schell Games is having a friends and family event. You can all thank Sorg for the new MacBook Pro release from Apple. Pittsburgh is bringing back the magic with Liberty Magic. Chilla is giving us all the details. Sorg was in Hollywood - and of course he found the Museum of Selfies. Professor Buzzkill is questioning bathroom selfies. Minecraft AR is coming. Sorg can't wait to compare it to Angry Birds AR. After the show remember to: Want to support our friends at Postindustrial? Check out their Kickstarter. Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Professor Buzzkill (@buzzkillprof), Sorg (@Sorgatron), and Chilla (@chilla) Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST  

Interview begins: 06:32Debrief begins: 51:53Terri Glueck is the Director of Communications at Innovation Works. Leah Simoncelli is the Coordinator of the AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup.As Director of Community Development & Communications, Terri Glueck leads Innovation Works' communications efforts. Having joined Innovation Works in its own startup phase, Terri has helped build Innovation Works' brand as one of the nation's most active seed-stage investors and a global model for technology-based economic development.Leah runs the AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup, an international pitch competition for early-stage hardware startups.  She leads the outreach, marketing, and event management efforts for the US regional competitions, connecting entrepreneurs, angels, VCs, and the startup community across the nation. She also provides support to partners holding Hardware Cup events around the world, including partners in Israel, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and India.  Additionally, she manages marketing for the AlphaLab Gear program, which includes everything from traveling to meet startups around the US to creating and implementing a social media strategy to planning collaborative events in the AlphaLab Gear space.​ //Innovation Works is the Ben Franklin Technology Partner of Southwestern PA and is supported by the Department of Community and Economic Development.The Innovation Works mission is to introduce, connect, support and expand the startup & entrepreneurial ecosystem within Southwestern Pennsylvania, making the region a center for innovative startups and tech investors from around the country.They are the largest seed stage investor in Southwestern PA, having invested $78M over nearly 400 companies.Founded in 1999, Innovation Works is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Learn more about Innovation Works: https://www.innovationworks.org/Learn more about the Alpha Lab Hardware Cup: https://alphalabgear.org/hardwarecup/Follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm 

This week’s episode brought to you by Professor Buzzkill, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media! Sorg, Katie, and Chilla brave the bitter cold this week to bring you this week's tech news, including: Chilla is sharing a Nintendo Switch TV as his Awesome Thing of the Week this week. Katie is sharing the Brazilian 501st Legion carnival float as her Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg is sharing the Steel Cage Challenge video game as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Chilla is sharing Excel's ability to take a printout from another screen into OCR to create an editable table using AI. Pittsburgh's mayor signs an executive order creating new rules for self-driving cars. AlphaLab Gear's Hardware Cup winner has been announced! Speaking of cool things coming out of Pittsburgh, we're talking about Creation Labs and their 3D Printing space at South Hills Village. Weezer created a Fortnite island to promote its new album. There is an awesome Transformers cosplay cover of Immigrant Song. We're talking about Spectre, a great app with a slow shutter and neural engine that helps with long exposure photography. Replay FX is coming back! 2019 dates announced. ScareHouse is venturing into the laser tag realm with Rogue Laser Grounds. Jibo the social robot died?!?! Apex Legends already has 50 million players after one month. Thunderbolt devices are getting cheaper. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Katie (@Kdudders), Sorg (@Sorgatron) and Chilla (@chilla) Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST

This week’s episode brought to you by Professor Buzzkill, Slice on Broadway, and Alex Kahrs Design & Media! Sorg, Katie, and Chilla brave the bitter cold this week to bring you this week's tech news, including: Chilla is sharing a Nintendo Switch TV as his Awesome Thing of the Week this week. Katie is sharing the Brazilian 501st Legion carnival float as her Awesome Thing of the Week. Sorg is sharing the Steel Cage Challenge video game as his Awesome Thing of the Week. Chilla is sharing Excel's ability to take a printout from another screen into OCR to create an editable table using AI. Pittsburgh's mayor signs an executive order creating new rules for self-driving cars. AlphaLab Gear's Hardware Cup winner has been announced! Speaking of cool things coming out of Pittsburgh, we're talking about Creation Labs and their 3D Printing space at South Hills Village. Weezer created a Fortnite island to promote its new album. There is an awesome Transformers cosplay cover of Immigrant Song. We're talking about Spectre, a great app with a slow shutter and neural engine that helps with long exposure photography. Replay FX is coming back! 2019 dates announced. ScareHouse is venturing into the laser tag realm with Rogue Laser Grounds. Jibo the social robot died?!?! Apex Legends already has 50 million players after one month. Thunderbolt devices are getting cheaper. After the show remember to: Eat at Slice on Broadway (@Pgh_Slice) if you are in the Pittsburgh area! It is Awesome! (sliceonbroadway.com) Want to be part of our studio audience? Hit us up at awesomecast@sorgatronmedia.com and we’ll save you a seat! Join our AwesomeCast Facebook Group to see what we’re sharing and to join the discussion! Follow these awesome people on Twitter: Katie (@Kdudders), Sorg (@Sorgatron) and Chilla (@chilla) Have you seen our AwesomeTips videos? You can support the show at Patreon.com/awesomecast! Remember to check out our friends at the River’s Edge (@RiversEdgePGH) and The 405 Media (@The405Radio) who replay the show on their stream throughout the week! Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment; and view us livestreaming Tuesdays around 7:00 PM EST

Priya Amin is the cofounder of Flexable, a company that specializes in providing pop up childcare at professional & personal events, offices, and retail stores.   Priya discovered this need when she became a mother and realized she was missing out on networking opportunities and events because of her need for childcare. Together with previous guest Jessica Strong, she founded Flexable to solve the problem and create a more inclusive business community.   She holds an MBA from the University of Arizona, and previously worked as a product and brand manager at IBM and Nestle.   In this conversation, Aaron & Priya discuss how to hone your presentation skills, the founding story of the company, and how to create a more inclusive community.   Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Priya’s Challenge; Find cool & innovative ways to be inclusive   Connect with Priya LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter Website   If you liked this interview, check out;   Episode 75 with Jessica Strong where we discuss Whetstone Workgroup & new models for coworking.   Episode 274 with Erica Peterson where we discuss teaching Moms how to Code.   Episode 50 with Ilana Diamond her role in launching & leading AlphaLab Gear.   Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

On episode six of season one, we talk to Brad Kriel of Velocity Robotics and Leah Simoncelli, AlphaLab Gear Coordinator. Veolicty is creating the internet of power tools. Based in Pittsburgh, PA they bridge practical fabrication needs with high-tech solutions. Happy listening!

AlphaLab Gear is a hardware and robotic startup accelerator that provides physical product companies with investment, mentorship and connections. The AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup is a pitch competition for early-stage hardware startups. The Hardware Cup tours 6 US regions, with events in: Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, and Austin. Other countries around the globe also participate, including Japan, South Korea, Israel, and others. https://alphalabgear.org/hardwarecup/ https://www.facebook.com/AlphalabGear/ https://twitter.com/alphalabgear Somatic Labs We're designing for a future without screens - starting with a platform for haptic communication. We’ve developed Zorb, a full-stack platform that uses the sense of touch to convey information. We provide more than an ordinary tap or vibration. The Zorb Platform enables the delivery of real-time information (alerts, instructions, directions) through rich vibro-tactile patterns that move across a user’s skin. Our patented technology allows the rapid creation of high resolution tactile patterns consisting of pulses, shapes, directions, and complex illusions of motion. https://somaticlabs.io https://twitter.com/SomaticLabs https://www.facebook.com/SomaticLabs/

On episode three of season one, we talk to Dick Zhang of Identified Technologies and Ilana Diamond, IW's Managing Director of Hardware and AlphaLab Gear. Industrial leaders use Identified Technologies' managed commercial drone solution to improve project tracking and team productivity. Happy listening!

Alison Alvarez knows a lot about a lot.   In just 30 minutes, she taught me about Charleston, West Virginia, the power of geo-tracking, and how she does market research. We didn’t even get into Japanese literature.   Alison is the CEO and co-founder of BlastPoint. She has spent years building big data tools for large companies and became convinced that more affordable and accessible solutions should exist.   She has emerged as an expert consultant regarding large geospatial data systems, lecturing around the country to teach people how to use data tools for themselves, and developing a library of free interactive coding lessons.   She currently sits on the advisory board of Y-Combinator’s Valor Water If you liked this interview, check out previous tech CEO interviews like TrackMaven CEO Allen Gannett, AlphaLab Gear alum Avi Geller, and CivicMapper founder Emily Mercurio. Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Alison’s Challenge; Try building new skills outside of your core focus. Stretch yourself.   Book Mentioned Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond   Connect with Alison LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Website Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

This week, Scot indulges his obsession with materials startups by hosting Carmel Majidi and Navid Kazem, the founding team behind Arieca, who recently took up residence at Alphalab Gear.  Arieca's “Thubber” product is a soft non-brittle rubber product that can conduct heat or electricity. Regular rubber doesn't conduct very well at all, and the few conductive rubbers that are currently available on the market are too brittle for the kinds of applications that Thubber was designed for.  Scot talks to the two men about their plans to raise Thubber's profile, drive adoption, and sell the new material to manufacturers.

Tax Day is coming and, no doubt, it is a taxing time of year! So, what can you do to relax? Even more importantly, what do tax accountants and preparers do to relax after they have looked through all of your fake receipts and mileage expense reports? We are at ESSpa Kozmetika in Aspinwall looking for relaxing measures for all of our guests: Mike from Switcheroo, relaxing steelpan music by David Pugliano of Barrels to Beethoven, and suggested options to spend the day at Esspa! Episode Music: Barrels to Beethoven 01:15 Opening What was on the blog: Brackets/tax day contest chatter—NOMINATE and receive a signed Kessel puck in addition to the spa treatment. PGH MAGAZINE TALKING POINTS FOR NEXT WEEK!!! SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises has made a name for itself when it comes to the worlds of hockey and football, but thanks to the newest TSE location in the West Penn Billiards showroom in McMurray, billiard play will be added to the list of sports mastered. Celebrate the collaboration of TSE and West Penn Billiards on Cinco DeMayo with a billiard bracket, charity aspect and chance to beat 8X World champ billiard player LoreeJon. Check out details on tseshop.com QUESTION OF THE DAY: What do you find TAXING… if you could pay someone to do ONE thing for you EVERY DAY… what would it be? 04:35 Eva and Scott of ESSpa Kosmetica talk about the spa, why the Hungarian influence is important AND… the contest. You can win a 60-minute spa visit by texting the word LOVE to 20001! Do it! 23:08 Mike from Switcheroo. From kickstarter to production! Switcheroo is ready for your home. Everyone is invited to the launch party. The party is at AlphaLab Gear on Friday, April 20th. The invitation is open, so bring whomever you would like; the more the merrier. Just be sure to register either through the Facebook event or the Eventbrite link. 38:08 Heather from ESSpa Kosmetica… get rid of that uni-brow! But seriously, this is an art. Heather is the expert! 46:12 Dave Pugliano of Barrels to Beethoven joins us. What happens with the bat in the bat cave moment? Barrels to Beethoven is such a cool thing. You can learn how to play steelpan (as some incorrectly call it steel drums)! The next event coming up for adults.. Let's Play Pan (+21) Thanks as always to Hannah & Wayne for the production. SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises has made a name for itself when it comes to the worlds of hockey and football, but thanks to the newest TSE location in the West Penn Billiards showroom in McMurray, billiard play will be added to the list of sports mastered. Celebrate the collaboration of TSE and West Penn Billiards on Cinco DeMayo with a billiard bracket, charity aspect and chance to beat 8X World champ billiard player LoreeJon. Check out details on tseshop.com Find daily #Jagoffs posts at www.YaJagoff.com How to Listen Regularly: All shows are free and available to listen 24/7/365 nationwide. Audio-On-Demand in-your-hand, on smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop computers. – Available to APPLE users on the iTunes and Podcast app. – Available to ANDROID users on Google Play Music, – Available to ALL users via YaJagoff.com, Stitcher, or tunein * SEARCH: YaJagoff Podcast * Thanks, To: • Photo Credits: Hannah Lapiska • Production: Wayne Weil How to Follow Everyone on Twitter: • Total Sports Enterprises @TotalSportsEnt • John Chamberlin @YaJagoff • Rachael Rennebeck @RachaelRennebe3 • Barrels to Beethoven @BarrelsPGH • ESSpa @ESSpaKozmetica • Switcheroo @Switcheroo #YaJagoff Podcast / A “Taxing/Relaxing” Podcast / Episode 109 / April 10, 2018 See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tax Day is coming and, no doubt, it is a taxing time of year! So, what can you do to relax? Even more importantly, what do tax accountants and preparers do to relax after they have looked through all of your fake receipts and mileage expense reports? We are at ESSpa Kozmetika in Aspinwall looking for relaxing measures for all of our guests: Mike from Switcheroo, relaxing steelpan music by David Pugliano of Barrels to Beethoven, and suggested options to spend the day at Esspa! Episode Music: Barrels to Beethoven 01:15 Opening What was on the blog: Brackets/tax day contest chatter—NOMINATE and receive a signed Kessel puck in addition to the spa treatment. PGH MAGAZINE TALKING POINTS FOR NEXT WEEK!!! SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises has made a name for itself when it comes to the worlds of hockey and football, but thanks to the newest TSE location in the West Penn Billiards showroom in McMurray, billiard play will be added to the list of sports mastered. Celebrate the collaboration of TSE and West Penn Billiards on Cinco DeMayo with a billiard bracket, charity aspect and chance to beat 8X World champ billiard player LoreeJon. Check out details on tseshop.com QUESTION OF THE DAY: What do you find TAXING… if you could pay someone to do ONE thing for you EVERY DAY… what would it be? 04:35 Eva and Scott of ESSpa Kosmetica talk about the spa, why the Hungarian influence is important AND… the contest. You can win a 60-minute spa visit by texting the word LOVE to 20001! Do it! 23:08 Mike from Switcheroo. From kickstarter to production! Switcheroo is ready for your home. Everyone is invited to the launch party. The party is at AlphaLab Gear on Friday, April 20th. The invitation is open, so bring whomever you would like; the more the merrier. Just be sure to register either through the Facebook event or the Eventbrite link. 38:08 Heather from ESSpa Kosmetica… get rid of that uni-brow! But seriously, this is an art. Heather is the expert! 46:12 Dave Pugliano of Barrels to Beethoven joins us. What happens with the bat in the bat cave moment? Barrels to Beethoven is such a cool thing. You can learn how to play steelpan (as some incorrectly call it steel drums)! The next event coming up for adults.. Let's Play Pan (+21) Thanks as always to Hannah & Wayne for the production. SPONSOR: Total Sports Enterprises has made a name for itself when it comes to the worlds of hockey and football, but thanks to the newest TSE location in the West Penn Billiards showroom in McMurray, billiard play will be added to the list of sports mastered. Celebrate the collaboration of TSE and West Penn Billiards on Cinco DeMayo with a billiard bracket, charity aspect and chance to beat 8X World champ billiard player LoreeJon. Check out details on tseshop.com Find daily #Jagoffs posts at www.YaJagoff.com How to Listen Regularly: All shows are free and available to listen 24/7/365 nationwide. Audio-On-Demand in-your-hand, on smartphone, tablet, laptop and desktop computers. – Available to APPLE users on the iTunes and Podcast app. – Available to ANDROID users on Google Play Music, – Available to ALL users via YaJagoff.com, Stitcher, or tunein * SEARCH: YaJagoff Podcast * Thanks, To: • Photo Credits: Hannah Lapiska • Production: Wayne Weil How to Follow Everyone on Twitter: • Total Sports Enterprises @TotalSportsEnt • John Chamberlin @YaJagoff • Rachael Rennebeck @RachaelRennebe3 • Barrels to Beethoven @BarrelsPGH • ESSpa @ESSpaKozmetica • Switcheroo @Switcheroo #YaJagoff Podcast / A “Taxing/Relaxing” Podcast / Episode 109 / April 10, 2018 See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alphalab Gear is a hardware and robotic startup accelerator that provides physical product companies with investment, mentorship and connections. http://www.alphalabgear.org The AlphaLab Gear National Hardware Cup application is open to early-stage startups that create at least one physical product. 6 teams will be selected in each city to give a 4-minute pitch to judging teams made up of local VCs and Hardware CEOs. http://alphalabgear.org/hardwarecup

Ilana Diamond is the Managing Director of AlphaLab Gear, Innovation Works’ hardware start-up accelerator which provides physical product startups with connections, investment, mentorship and more.  Ilana helps entrepreneurs rapidly progress through the early stages of product and customer development by leveraging her experience and network, gained from over 20 years of leading and growing companies, from early stage to exit.   Prior to running AlphaLab Gear, Ilana served as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Sima Products. She built Sima’s management team, developed and managed a network of Asian manufacturers and led profitable sales growth at national brick and mortar retail chains such as Target and Walmart, internet retailers such as Amazon.com, and specialty catalog retailers.Based on innovative technology developed by Sima, she also founded and managed a commercial alerting startup, raised outside capital spun it off into a separate entity. In 2010, Ms. Diamond negotiated the sale of Sima and transitioned operations to the new owners.   Ilana currently serves as a Member of the advisory board at Sole Power, LLC. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Technology Council and Tie Pittsburgh. Previously, she sat on the Executive Board of the Consumer Electronics Association.   Ilana’s Challenge; Pick one thing every day that you are going to do well. You can’t do everything well every single day.   Connect with Ilana Twitter @Ilanadiamond @AlphalabGear LinkedIn AlphaLab Gear Website Hardware Cup

We talk with Niko Triulzi of AE Dreams, a Pittsburgh company developing Turtle Mail, a mobile mini printer to relay messages and activities to kids. We talk about the product and developing it via Alphalab Gear right in Pittsburgh. Find out more at aedreams.com. Help out the show with a donation! Become our boss! Go to patreon.com/awesomecast Also, check out sorgatronmedia.com and awesomecast.com for more entertainment. Follow Michael Sorg (@sorgatron) and @AwesomeCast for updates and live streams of our interviews! Subscribe on Spreaker, iTunes, and Youtube!

Sophia is the CEO and co-founder of Trusst Lingerie, a company that has reengineered the bra for larger-busted women. She left her job as a product manager in August of 2014 to co-found her company and enter the AlphaLab Gear accelerator in Pittsburgh.   Sophia comes on the show and discusses launching her first product, running a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $80k with just a $25k goal, and building her team.   Trusst’s first product launched in October 2015 and will be delivered in the spring. Check it out!   Sophia’s Challenge; Track your fitness for 100 days. 100 day challenges will help you build new effective habits.   Articles Today feature article     Connect with Sophia Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Trusst Lingerie Website Email; sophia@trusstlingerie.com

Henry Thorne serves as a Mentor at AlphaLab Gear. He founded Aethon Inc. in 1997 and served as its President. He co-founded Thorley Industries LLC in 2005 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer. Henry is a mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, graphic user interface designer and computer scientist. He received BS degree in 1982 and MS degree in 1984 from Carnegie-Mellon University. Upon graduation, Henry joined General Motors Corporation. During his five years there, among his many accomplishments were the invention of the first weld path adjustment system, the invention of the first fully automatic tool center point calibration system (eliminated the single largest cause of downtime in automated arc welding); the design and implementation of the world's largest automated arc welding system (still running today with the lowest downtime in the auto industry); and the development of a spot weld controller (software installed on thousands of robotic welding machines). Further, Henry invented and patented the world's leading system for calibrating robotic tools, still licensed to ABB. In 1990, Henry left General Motors Corporation and founded Cycle Time Corporation to design and market "Tophat," a graphic user interface for robotic welding. Under contract to ALCOA, he also invented the first system for real time arc weld quality measurement, still the best available measurement of the quality of a weld as it is being produced. He served as Director of Aethon Inc. It was here that he invented and patented three technologies that solve the “navigation riddle,” without using elaborate and expensive laser and inertial guidance systems. He is currently the CTO for 4moms, a company he co-founded with partner Rob Daley. He is also the longest sitting board member for USA Ultimate and has remained very active in the ultimate community. He also serves as a special advisor for Ultimate Peace, a non-profit committed to using ultimate to help teach conflict resolution in Israel. ArticlesForbes Inc. Connect with Henry @4moms @HenryFThorne Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Website