Vuzit Gives Back to the Local Community
October 12, 2009 – 5:55 pm by Cristina Martin Greysman
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The Vuzit management team strives to foster entrepreneurship in Philadelphia and give back to the community which has supported the company and helped it to grow. To that end, Vuzit executives recently participated in two local Philadelphia events.
Vuzit CEO and founder, Brent Matzelle visited 32 students in Temple University’s “Introduction to Information Science and Technology” class on Friday October 2nd. This class is the first that Information Science & Technology majors take and Professor Wendy Urban likes to bring in several speakers during the semester so that her students can learn about job opportunities and other areas of the major that they might like to explore.
Brent shared with the class his experience after college working in the IT industry with a computer science degree as well as his motivations, challenges and successes while starting his own company. After Brent’s talk, the students wrote blog posts about their impressions. Many were intrigued by the idea of starting a business and wrote that they planned to pursue business and/or entrepreneurship classes as part of their studies. Other students commented that after hearing Brent’s speech they felt empowered about their future career options and how by studying information technology they can a make an impact in the business world.
On October 5, Vuzit’s CTO, Chris Cera, participated on panel called, “How to Start a Startup Community” at Innovation Philadelphia’s Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit. Chris is on the board of Philly Startup Leaders (PSL), an organization of entrepreneurs dedicated to helping other entrepreneurs realize their dreams by providing networking, support and other resources. The panel shared with conference attendees how PSL got off the ground as well as insights on how several other grassroots organizations got their start.
