Byline: Bill Toland
Oct. 2--It has happened again and again -- Pittsburgh start-ups seeking investment from the coasts would make a pitch, only to be told that a group from Cleveland had made a similar pitch previously.
"You guys should work together," was the advice.
Regional business and academic leaders met with their Cleveland counterparts yesterday with that advice in mind, hoping to build a "Tech Belt" connecting the research and work force resources both regions offer.
Convened by U.S. Reps. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, and Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, the convention sought to expand on the ideas already being tossed around by the cities' biotech sectors and ...