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The Challenges Of Being A Startup In Pittsburgh

Participants in a 2014 startup workshop.

Despite a report released last week by the Kauffman Foundation ranking Pittsburgh low for startup ecosystems, Thrill MillPresident, CEO and Co-Founder Bobby Zappala said “not all is lost” for entrepreneurs. Zappala joined Essential Pittsburgh as a Tech Startup Contributor. He also runs Thrill Mill, an independent organization that serves as an incubator/accelerator for startup companies in Pittsburgh.  For this segment, he looked at challenges of being a new business and discussed some startups coming out of their infancy and the challenges they're facing now.

Also in the program, a reporter and photojournalist from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review discussed their week-long seriesexamining experiences along the U.S.-Mexican border, and acres of wetland could be losing their Clean Water Act protections.