Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, a fall semester, one-day glimpse into entrepreneurship at CMU and Pittsburgh, is the kickoff to our CONNECTS series.
Sponsored by: Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and Graduate Entrepreneurship Club
Join the CMU Entrepreneurship Slack to connect with fellow entrepreneurs
Saturday, September 11, 2021
1:00 p.m. EST
In Person Ticket @ Simmons A, Simmons B, Adams Classroom and Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship Main Space all in the Tepper School of Business
Virtual Ticket via Zoom
All registered attendees will receive a Swartz Center t-shirt.
*Advanced registration is required. Attendees are able to join in person or virtually. A limited number of in-person tickets are available. For all in person tickets, you will be notified the day before to know which room to report to. We will send the Zoom information to all registered attendees the day before the event.
Please note that the session will be recorded. Schedule subject to change.
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
|
3:05 pm |
On Campus & Community Resources
|
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:
|
5:00 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
|
1:55 pm |
Pitch Your Idea |
2:30 pm |
Swartz Center Programs Undergraduate Perspective
Graduate Perspective
|
3:05 pm |
On Campus & Community Resources
|
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:
|
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:
|
2:15 pm |
On Campus & Community Resources Panel 2:
|
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