Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, a fall semester, one-day glimpse into entrepreneurship at CMU and Pittsburgh.
Sponsored by: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and Graduate Entrepreneurship Club
Join the CMU Entrepreneurship Slack to connect with fellow entrepreneur
Saturday, September 7, 2024
1:00 p.m. EST
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, 3rd Level, Tepper Quad
*Schedule subject to change.
All registered attendees will receive a Swartz Center t-shirt!
![bootcamp attendees](images/fall-2019/entrepreneur-boot-camp-7.jpg)
![Bootcamp Crowd](images/fall-2019/entrepreneur-boot-camp-13.jpg)
![Bootcamp Panel](images/fall-2019/entrepreneur-boot-camp-3.jpg)
Fall 2023
Saturday, September 9, 2023
1:00 p.m. EST
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, 3rd Level, Tepper Quad
All registered attendees will receive a Swartz Center t-shirt!
Fall 2022
Saturday, September 10, 2022
1:00 p.m. EST
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, 3rd Level, Tepper Quad
All registered attendees will receive a Swartz Center t-shirt!
1:00 pm |
Introduction to the Swartz Center |
1:20 pm |
Swartz Center Programs Undergraduate Perspective
Graduate Perspective
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1:55 pm |
CMU Clubs Undergraduate Clubs
Graduate Clubs
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2:45 pm |
On Campus & Community Resources
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3:50 pm |
Entrepreneurship 101
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4:30 pm |
Hear from our Entrepreneurs
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5:15 pm |
Pitch Your Idea + Network |
Fall 2021
Saturday, September 11, 2021
1:00 p.m. EST
1:00 pm |
Introduction to the Swartz Center |
1:20 pm |
CMU Clubs Undergraduate Clubs
Graduate Clubs
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1:55 pm |
Pitch Your Idea |
2:30 pm |
Swartz Center Programs Undergraduate Perspective
Graduate Perspective
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3:05 pm |
On Campus & Community Resources
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3:40 pm |
Entrepreneurship 101 Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses. |
4:15 pm |
Hear from our Entrepreneurs Listen to the entrepreneurial journey from some of our startups, including:
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5:00 pm |
Pitch Your Idea + Network |
Fall 2020
Saturday, September 12, 2020
1:00 p.m.
1:00 pm |
Introduction to the Swartz Center |
1:30 pm |
Swartz Center Programs & CMU Clubs Panel 1:
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2:15 pm |
On Campus & Community Resources Panel 2:
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3:00 pm |
Pitch Your Idea |
Fall 2019
Saturday, September 7, 2019
1:30-5:00 p.m.
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad
1:30 pm |
Entrepreneurship at CMU & Panel Discussions Panel 1: Swartz Center Programs & Entrepreneurship Clubs
Panel 2: Swartz Center Partners
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3:00 pm |
Entrepreneurship 101 |
4:00 pm |
Networking at the Swartz Center |
Fall 2018
Saturday, September 8, 2018
1:30-5:00 pm
Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad
1:30 pm |
Entrepreneurship at CMU & Panel Discussions |
3:00 pm |
Entrepreneurship 101 Research to Commercialization |
4:00 pm |
Networking at the Swartz Center |
Our 2018 Panel of Experts:
- Jim Jen, AlphaLab & Innovation Works
- Ilana Diamond, AlphaLab Gear
- Susan Wu, Contrary Capital
- Rishav Khemka, Corporate Startup Lab
- Zach Pan, CMU Summit
- Reed McManigle, CTTEC
- Andrew Ellerhorst, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
- Grant Vanderbussche, GEC
- Amber Lucas, Innovation Fellows Program
- Max Mirho, Innovation Scholars Program
- Dietrich Stephan, LifeX
- Dave Passavant, numo
- Esme Rhine, Swartz Fellows Program
- JJ Xu, McGinnis Venture Competition
- Sankalp Arora, NSF I-Corps Program
- Hunter Hartshorne, PROBE Program
- Melanie Simko, Project Olympus
- Stella Han, UEA
- Anuraag Jain, VentureBridge Program
Fall 2017
Saturday, September 9, 2017
1:30-5:30 pm
Mellon Auditorium, Tepper School of Business/Project Olympus
1:30 pm |
Entrepreneurship at CMU & Panel Discussions |
2:30 pm |
Entrepreneurship 101 Research to Commercialization Entrepreneurial Internships & Careers |
3:30 pm |
Travel to Project Olympus |
4:00 pm |
Networking at Project Olympus |
Our 2017 Panel of Experts:
- Sankalp Arora, ar.sankalp@gmail.com, NSF I-Corps Program
- Dominique Brych, dbrych@andrew.cmu.edu, Innovation Scholars Program
- Cindy Chepanoske, cchepano@andrew.cmu.edu, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC)
- John Choi, johnchoi@andrew.cmu.edu, Innovation Scholars Program
- Ilana Diamond, idiamond@alphalabgear.org, AlphaLab Gear
- Stella Han, stellah@andrew.cmu.edu, Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association and McGinnis Venture Competition
- Jim Jen, jjen@alphalab.org, AlphaLab & Innovation Works
- Gus Jenkins, gjenkins@andrew.cmu.edu, Swartz Fellows Program
- Arthi Manivasadam, amanivas@andrew.cmu.edu, numo FinTech Challenge
- Chris Moehle, chris@coalhillventures.com, Robotics HUB
- Nathan Pitzer, npitzer@tepper.cmu.edu, Graduate Entrepreneurship Club
- Michael Provenzano, mprovenz@tepper.cmu.edu, Stars Club
- Tonia Simakova, simakova@cmu.edu, Innovation Fellows Program
- Huter Hartshorne, hhartsho@andrew.cmu.edu, PROBE Program
Fall 2016
Saturday, Septmeber 10, 2016
1:30-5:30 pm
Rashid Auditorium, School of Computer Science/Project Olympus
1:30 pm |
Entrepreneurship at CMU & Panel Discussions |
2:30 pm |
Entrepreneurship 101 Entrepreneurial Internships & Careers |
3:30 pm |
Travel to Project Olympus |
4:00 pm |
Networking at Project Olympus |
Our 2016 Panel of Experts:
- Michael Mawhinney, Innovation Scholar
- JiaJia Zhang, Swartz Fellow
- David Skoog, Innovation Fellow & I-Corps
- Albert Topdjian, PROBE
- Derek Gregg, McGinnis Venture Competition
- Apurva Raghupathi, UEA
- Austin Webb, GEC
- Jim Jen, AlphaLab & Innovation Works
- Chris Millard, AlphaLab Gear
- Reed McManigle, CTTEC
- Chris Moehle, Robotics HUB
- Chetali Gupta, Salix Lignopolymers
- Matthew Tesch, HEBI Robotics