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<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-aa25-b69b-a97fbdc0ce62"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Pittsburgh utilizes the Innovation Institute and the Big Idea Center to give students a more hands on approach when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship. In 2018 alone, Pitt startups have gained $1.23 billion in third-party investments to assist in funding. Pitt has served 1,209 businesses this past year, while aquiring 250 member companies. This has also contributed to a $31.7 million sales increase.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student organizations, like Design Hub, pair student composed design teams with physicians at UPMC to help prototype products that physicians see a need for</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are working hands-on with clinicians and are bringing small ideas to life, which are leading to larger successes down the road. &nbsp;Many of these ideas start as small projects but turn into start-up companies and small businesses. &nbsp;The bottom line is industry collaboration is not necessary to make entrepreneurs at Pitt successful, better collaboration between departments will lead to a booming age of entrepreneurial partnership between UPMC and the rest of the university.</span></span></span></span>