Couldn't be more excited to bring you an episode of Tech Vibe Radio on a Friday night than actually

recording it on location in Seattle, or downtown Seattle, outside of the Pilchuk Glass Museum

and school.

Just coming off of our 40 by 80, Pittsburgh Technology Council, it's our startup business mission

to Seattle, where we took five startup entrepreneurs with

the help of Alaska Airlines, with the help of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, with the

web law firm, brought them out for three days of connections with investors, resources, and

hanging out at the Geekwire Summit, where there is some crazy talent on stage.

And I have Kataki to say here who leads up 40 by 80.

Can be more excited to work with Kataki.

I've known of her for a while since she's no stranger to TechVive Radio.

And a successful mission is a Kataki.

First off, tell us about 40 by 80 real quick.

Let's get our listeners back up to speed because you're doing a lot of great work when it comes to helping startups connect the capital.

Thank you, Jonathan.

Thank you so much for like the lead-up.

40 by 80 initially was started with the idea of connecting startups to investors.

And the thing that we wanted to learn was like what are the different gaps in the ecosystem?

So evangelizing startups means a lot the different gaps in the ecosystem. So evangelizing

startups means a lot of different things, supporting the entrepreneurs at their growth stage,

connecting them to potential customers, connecting them to investors. And the whole, like literally

from end to end, how can we support entrepreneurs in Pittsburgh? That's the goal of 40 by 80. The mission still is to

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