INTRODUCTION - In its eigth year of weekly shows, the Entrepreneurial Thursday Jazz, Soul & Blues Happy Hour Show (“Entrepreneurial Thursday is the Pittsburgh region’s most consistent, spontaneous and unique networking forum for the entrepreneurial and innovation communities. Created by Jessica Lee, a successful entrepreneur and musician, to promote live music in downtown Pittsburgh and to assist the entrepreneurial networking of the Pittsburgh region with funding and partnering opportunities, the show is now poised for continued high growth and service to the region’s artistic, entrepreneurial and economic development communities!


-  WHAT – Entrepreneurial Thursday is a casual, weekly social and networking event featuring live jazz, soul and blues performance (by vocalist/host Jessica Lee and special musical guests) to enhance networking of the entrepreneurial and innovation communities and to serve as a back-drop to Jessica Lee’s mid-show, open-mike interview session with hot entrepreneurs, financing sources, economic development thought leaders and other business stars around the theme of “WHAT’S INNOVATIVE AND POSITIVE IN THE PITTSBURGH REGION.”

-  FORMAT – Held each Thursday at Little E's, 949 Liberty Avenue Street, Second Floor, above Mahoney's Restaurant ($5.00 Cover Charge). The show runs from 5:30 – 8:00 PM, as follows:

                                      5:30 PM – 6:15 PM: 1st Set of Live Music and Networking
                                      6:15 PM – 6:45 PM: Open-Mike Interviews with Featured Sponsors
                                      6:45 PM – 8:00 PM: 2nd Set of Live Music and Networking

The Entrepreneurial Thursday show runs every week - same time, same place - with unique Featured Sponsors each week that participate in open-mic interviews around select themes of interest to the entrepreneurial and innovation communities.

- TARGET MARKET – With its relaxed environment, the show appeals especially to present and future entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, angel and venture investors, institutional financing sources, large corporate partners, young and young-thinking professionals, technology and life sciences industry innovators, economic development thought leaders, artists, music lovers and musicians, and all those interested in the growth of the Pittsburgh region.

- E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION – The Entrepreneurial Thursday e-mail invitation list now reaches more than, roughly, 12,000 invitees each week and growing, which helps greatly in giving entrepreneurial companies free marketing exposure in our region! The event’s e-mail invitation list consists mainly of local entrepreneurs, scientists, inventors, technology and other professionals, investors, and business people who have specifically asked to be added to 1) the event’s weekly e-mail invitation list, or 2) the e-mail distribution lists of the event’s Marketing Partners (which follow), which invite their members and contacts on a weekly basis to the show:

2009 Platinum Sponsors

Marketing Partners

AFTRA BarSmart BIOSAFE, Inc. CarolBrineyWorkFromHome.com Chrysler Corp. (SBDC) Duquense University Eagle Ventures, Inc. George Mendel Photography HDJ Associates, Inc. Help Startups Human Connections Latin American Cultural Union MAKK Strategies National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Pittsburgh Technology Council Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project (PUMP) Pittsburgh Young Professionals (PYP) Positively Pittsburgh Live Sales Star Agency Seton Hill University's E-Magnify ® Sigma Pi Consulting STAAR Financial Advisors Inc. Technical Products & Supply TiePGH-Pittsburgh Chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs Vistage Women's Independent Press