At 19, Carlton Perry bet on himself and won $10,000 to build CLEF

By: Orlana Darkins Drewery | 3 minute read

Outlets: Technical.ly

Published: September 9, 2026

Words: 27

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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A jazz pianist by training, the college student wasn’t sure he could make a startup work. Explore Pittsburgh Tech Week helped give him the confidence to scale.

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