Image by mbfulk via FlickrPittsburgh has some resources for people that want to start businesses, especially technology businesses. I have attended some of the work shops at the Tech Council, definitely worth a few hours of your time.
I just wanted to highlight AlphaLab (they have a blog here). I mentioned AlphaLab recently because they have a really great office on Carson St. and were kind enough to host the reception for this years PodCamp Pittsburgh.
AlphaLab is a project of Innovation Works that provides support to starting companies, if your project is selected AlphaLab helps with funding, office space, some great advisors as well as other support for a seedling of a business.
The deadline to apply for the Winter/Spring 2009 Cycle is October 30, 2008. The application is not too tricky, you don’t need a full business plan, just some ideas mostly in the technology area but it doesn’t have to be a technology business. Check out the AlphaLab FAQ for all of the details.
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RiverQuest is awesome and one of those cool things that didn’t exist when I was a kid. RiverQuest, which used to be called Pittsburgh Voyager, is a floating classrom that is here to provide hand on learning on the rivers. Earlier this summer, RiverQuest moved to a new vessel that is a green, ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=37bba218-06f4-481f-b051-10e57fe02b03)
Stop by between 9:30 am and 1pm to celebrate the new library with crafts, storytelling, 
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