Carnegie Mellon - Olympus - Carnegie Mellon University

Project Olympus: Synergistic Life Cycle
Project Olympus brings together the academic, business and technology communities to create
a synergistic life cycle of economic development that benefits all participants. The launch of
each successful company provides economic growth for the region and our communities.
Companies hire students as they graduate, retaining the enormous talent that our universities
attract. The companies often work collaboratively with the university faculty and students
which further stimulates university education and attracts more research dollars. Business
leaders help guide the transformation of research results into products, services, and new
enterprises, and work to foster and sustain the initiative for the long-term.
Jim Jen, Director of Innovation Works' AlphaLab
“Project Olympus has provided tremendous benefit to the region in bringing
together the academic, business and technology communities and
encouraging entrepreneurship, especially within the Carnegie Mellon
community. Innovation Works and AlphaLab are proud to be a partner of
Project Olympus as we share a common vision to encourage
entrepreneurship and to keep valuable talent here in the region. Several of
the AlphaLab companies have been Project Olympus PROBEs and we view
Carnegie Mellon/Project Olympus as a vital source of prospective AlphaLab
participants."
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