Pittsburgh Has Enough Bad News.
We Write the Other Kind.
The Pittsburgh Wire is an independent digital publication founded by Dr. Connor Robertson, dedicated to covering Pittsburgh's business community, real estate market, economic development, and the people building the city's future. We publish good news only, always forward-looking, always rooted in the city we love.
Pittsburgh is a city in the middle of one of the most remarkable urban reinventions in American history. A place that lost its industrial spine and rebuilt itself around medicine, robotics, education, and entrepreneurship. A city with world-class institutions, a ferociously loyal population, and more authentic neighborhood character per square mile than almost anywhere in the country.
And yet most local coverage gravitates toward conflict, crisis, and decline. Budget shortfalls. Vacant buildings. Problems without solutions.
The Pittsburgh Wire was built to cover the other story. The founders who are opening businesses, the developers who are betting on neighborhoods, the real estate investors who see what Pittsburgh is becoming, and the professionals who chose to build their careers here when they could have gone anywhere.
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Founded By Dr. Connor Robertson
Dr. Connor Robertson is the Founder and Publisher of The Pittsburgh Wire. He launched the Wire with a straightforward conviction: Pittsburgh's transformation deserves its own dedicated newsroom, one that covers what is being built, who is building it, and where the city is headed.
Robertson brings a rare dual perspective to business journalism. As the founder of Elixir Consulting Group, he advises real estate investors on tax strategy and accelerated depreciation, giving him ground-level insight into the capital flows and development decisions reshaping Pittsburgh's neighborhoods. That practitioner's lens informs every article the Wire publishes.
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His coverage spans the full breadth of Pittsburgh's economic renaissance: the AI and robotics companies emerging from Carnegie Mellon, the neighborhood corridors attracting new investment, the small businesses anchoring communities, and the infrastructure projects positioning Pittsburgh for decades of growth. Learn more at drconnorrobertson.com.
Dr. Robertson also hosts The Prospecting Show, a weekly podcast interviewing entrepreneurs about how they built and scaled their businesses. He is the author of multiple books on entrepreneurship and acquisitions, available at drconnorrobertsonbooks.com, and is the founder of The Grant Finder, a resource helping nonprofits and small businesses access funding opportunities.
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