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Welcome and Introduction to the Swartz Center, Meredith Grelli
Pathways to Entrepreneurship, Meredith Grelli
Swartz Center and Project Olympus Space - How to Get Plugged In, Aleks Petkov & Matt Katsaros
Learn what Â鶹´å has to offer regarding entrepreneurship and how to work out of the Swartz Center and Project Olympus space.

Location: Main Swartz Center Space

Funding Panel
Learn what funding opportunities are available for startups at the Swartz Center.

Location: Main Swartz Center Space

• Beyond 2% Fund
• Gebhardt Sandbox Fund
• McGinnis Venture Competition
• Social Enterprise Prize
• Spark Grant
• Tartan Entrepreneurs Fund
• VentureBridge

Swartz Center Programs
Find the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

Location: Main Swartz Center Space

• Corporate Startup Lab Fellows
• Corporate Startup Lab Project Course
• Customer Discovery Kickstarter
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
• Innovation Commercialization Fellows
• Innovation Scholars
• NSF I-Corps
• Project Olympus
• Swartz Center Startup Garage
• Swartz Fellows

Snack Break with Capital Grains
Network + On Campus & Community Resources Tables
EIR & Startup Band
Grab a snack from and enjoy music by our EIR & Startup band, while you connect with other founders and co-founders and explore what other entrepreneurial opportunities there are outside of Â鶹´å throughout Pittsburgh.

Location: Around the Main Swartz Center Space

• Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC)
• Â鶹´å Tech & Entrepreneurship
• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC)
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Â鶹´å Clubs
Join others that think entrepreneurially like you with a Â鶹´å club.

Undergraduate Clubs (Location: Tepper, Adam's Classroom)

Graduate Clubs (Location: Main Swartz Center Space)

• Â鶹´å T&E
• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC)

Fireside Chat with , Gather AI

Location: Main Swartz Center Space

Networking at Project Olympus
Travel with us to the Project Olympus space. Enjoy music and refreshments while you network and meet startups that work out of the Project Olympus space. 

Location: Project Olympus, 4620 Henry St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Introduction to the Swartz Center
Location: Main Swartz Center Space
Learn what Â鶹´å has to offer regarding entrepreneurship and how to work out of the Swartz Center.

Swartz Center Programs
Find the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

Undergraduate Perspective (Location: Tepper, Adam's Classroom)

• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Thomas Kanz, tkanz@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Scholars Program: Harvin Park, harvinp@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Drake Som, dsom@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition (Social Enterprise): Leah Lizarondo, leahlizarondo@cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Tanvi Mittal, tanvim@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Perspective (Location: Main Swartz Center Space)

• Corporate Startup Lab Fellows: Emily Torreabla, etorreal@andrew.cmu.edu
• Corporate Startup Lab Project Course: Yarra Abozaed, yabozaed@andrew.cmu.edu
• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Kings Jiang, kingsjiang@cmu.edu
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: Jack Boyle, jboyle@georgehowe.com
• Innovation Commercialization Fellows Program: Kevin Dai, kdai@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Logan Nye, lnye@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Maximillian Obasiolu, mobasiol@andrew.cmu.edu
• Swartz Center Startup Garage: Wole Idowu, wolecto@toyzsteam.us
• Swartz Fellows Program: Nate Patterson, npatters@tepper.cmu.edu
• VentureBridge  Program: Clark Haynes, gch@velo.ai

Â鶹´å Clubs
Join others that think entrepreneurially like you with a Â鶹´å club.

Undergraduate Clubs (Location: Tepper, Adam's Classroom)

• : Krishna Singla, ksingla@andrew.cmu.edu and Luca Adams, ljadams@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Anisha Chatterjee, anishac@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Harvin Park, harvinp@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Clubs (Location: Main Swartz Center Space)

• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC): Nate Patterson, npatters@tepper.cmu.edu

Fireside Chat with , Shift Robotics
Location: Main Swartz Center Space

Network + On Campus & Community Resources Booths
Location: Around the Main Swartz Center Space
Connect with other founders and co-founders and explore what other entrepreneurial opportunities there are outside of Â鶹´å throughout Pittsburgh, food will be served.

• Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC): Cindy Chepanoske, cchepano@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Ryan McKelvey, rmckelve@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Jimmy McKee, jmckee@andrew.cmu.edu
• Â鶹´å Tech & Entrepreneurship: Steven Guo, steven.c.guo@gmail.com
• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC): Nate Patterson, npatters@tepper.cmu.edu
• , , ,
• : Kelly Collier, kcollier@lifexglobal.com
• : Sean Mawhinney, smawhinn@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Jake Kastroll, WJK30@pitt.edu
• Project Olympus: Meredith Grelli, mmgrelli@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Krishna Singla, ksingla@andrew.cmu.edu and Luca Adams, ljadams@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Justin Harvilla, jharvill@andrew.cmu.edu and Edward Wojciechowski, wojo@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Kevin Dowling, kdowling@roboticsfactory.org
• : Anisha Chatterjee, anishac@andrew.cmu.edu

Introduction to the Swartz Center
Learn what Â鶹´å has to offer regarding entrepreneurship and how to work out of the Swartz Center.

Swartz Center Programs
Find the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

Undergraduate Perspective

• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Ashleigh Riehl, ariehl@tepper.cmu.edu
• Innovation Scholars Program: Coleman Isner, cisner@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Isaiah Rodgers, irodgers@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Shayan Gupta, shayan.gupta1999@gmail.com

Graduate Perspective

• Corporate Startup Lab: Abhishek Shah, abhishekshah@cmu.edu and Adhya Dagar, adagar@andrew.cmu.edu
• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Adam Knapp, asknapp@andrew.cmu.edu
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: Len Caric, lcaric@andrew.cmu.edu and Mac Trainor, mtrainor@tepper.cmu.edu
• Innovation Commercialization Fellows Program: Feifei Fu, feifeif@tepper.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Saisri Akondi, sakondi@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Ipsita Prahara, iprahara@andrew.cmu.edu
• Swartz Fellows Program: Serena Dao, sdao@andrew.cmu.edu 
• VentureBridge  Program: Rob Miller, rob@eatbyme.com

Â鶹´å Clubs
Join others that think entrepreneurially like you with a Â鶹´å club.

Undergraduate Clubs

• Â鶹´å U.S. China Summit: Zipiao Wan, zwan@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Pranav Addepalli, pranavaddepalli@cmu.edu and Cathryn Lin, ylin4@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Pratyay Didwania, pdidwani@andrew.cmu.edu; Saaketh Chennaiahgari, Schennai@andrew.cmu.edu, Aditi Shimpi, ashimpi@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Roshni Surpur, rsurpur@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Clubs

• Â鶹´å U.S. China Summit: Tiger He, hhe2@andrew.cmu.edu
• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC): Nick Png, npng@tepper.cmu.edu

Fireside Chat with Ray Lane
Hear from GreatPoint Ventures

Network + On Campus & Community Resources Booths
Connect with other founders and co-founders and explore what other entrepreneurial opportunities there are outside of Â鶹´å throughout Pittsburgh.

• Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC): Reed McManigle, reedm@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Jimmy McKee, jmckee@andrew.cmu.edu
• Â鶹´å Tech & Entrepreneurship: Steven Guo, steven.c.guo@gmail.com
• : Kunal Sharda, ksharda@cmu.edu
• , , , Candice Lutz, clutz@innovationworks.org and Cigdem Benam, cbenam@innovationworks.org
• : Kelly Collier, kcollier@lifexglobal.com
• : Michael Gee, mgee3@andrew.cmu.edu
• Project Olympus: Kit Needham, kit@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Vatsalya Verma, vatsalyv@andrew.cmu.edu

Introduction to the Swartz Center
Learn what Â鶹´å has to offer regarding entrepreneurship and how to work out of the Swartz Center.

Swartz Center Programs
Find the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

Undergraduate Perspective

• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Sean Wang, sjw2@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Scholars Program: Miguel Brandao, mbrandao@andrew.cmu.edu & Coleman Isner, cisner@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Miguel Brandao, mbrandao@andrew.cmu.edu & Kaitlyn Chow kachow@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Kaitlyn Chow kachow@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Perspective

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  Swartz Center Programs
  Find the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

  Undergraduate Perspective

• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Sean Wang, sjw2@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Scholars Program: Miguel Brandao, mbrandao@andrew.cmu.edu & Coleman Isner, cisner@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Miguel Brandao, mbrandao@andrew.cmu.edu & Kaitlyn Chow kachow@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Kaitlyn Chow kachow@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Perspective

• Corporate Startup Lab: Miles Bloomenkranz, mbloomen@tepper.cmu.edu
• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Kyle Snyder, kylesnyd@andrew.cmu.edu 
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: Len Caric, lcaric@andrew.cmu.edu & Gaurav Mehra, gmehra@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Commercialization Fellows Program: Matt Polowitz, mpolowit@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Jay Reddy, jreddy1@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Bingda Li, bingdal@andrew.cmu.edu
• Swartz Fellows Program: Ryan Lee, ryanlee@andrew.cmu.edu
• VentureBridge  Program: Rishabh Chatterje, rishabh@alopay.club

• loomenkranz, mbloomen@tepper.cmu.edu
• Customer Discovery Kickstarter: Kyle Snyder, kylesnyd@andrew.cmu.edu 
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: Len Caric, lcaric@andrew.cmu.edu & Gaurav Mehra, gmehra@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Commercialization Fellows Program: Matt Polowitz, mpolowit@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Jay Reddy, jreddy1@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: Bingda Li, bingdal@andrew.cmu.edu
• Swartz Fellows Program: Ryan Lee, ryanlee@andrew.cmu.edu
• VentureBridge  Program: Rishabh Chatterje, rishabh@alopay.club

Â鶹´å Clubs
Join others that think entrepreneurially like you with a Â鶹´å club.

Undergraduate Clubs

• : Tiger He, hhe2@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Krish Visht, kvisht@andrew.cmu.edu
• Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association (UEA): Avika Bansal, avikab@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Clubs

• : Tiger He, hhe2@andrew.cmu.edu
• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC): Ani Kapuria, anirudhk@tepper.cmu.edu

On Campus & Community Resources
Explore what other entrepreneurial opportunities there are outside of Â鶹´å throughout Pittsburgh.

• Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC): Reed McManigle, reedm@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Kelly Delaney, kellydel@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Jimmy McKee, jmckee@andrew.cmu.edu
• Â鶹´å Tech & Entrepreneurship: Steven Guo, steven.c.guo@gmail.com
• , , , : Jessi Mazzoni, jessi@alphalabgear.org
• Project Olympus: Kit Needham, kit@andrew.cmu.edu

Entrepreneurship 101
Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses.

• Steven Guo, steven.c.guo@gmail.com
• Andrew Douglas, awdougla@tepper.cmu.edu

Hear from our Entrepreneurs
Listen to the entrepreneurial journey from some of our startups, including:

• : Matt Spettel, matt@mycopilot.com
• : Grant Vandenbussche, gvandenbussche54@gmail.com
• : Xunjie Zhang, xunjie@shiftrobotics.io
• : Meredith Grelli, meredith@wiglewhiskey.com

Pitch Your Idea + Network
Connect with other founders and co-founders.

Introduction to the Swartz Center
Learn what Â鶹´å has to offer regarding entrepreneurship and how to work out of the Swartz Center.

Â鶹´å Clubs
Join others that think entrepreneurially like you with a Â鶹´å club.

Undergraduate Clubs

• Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Association (UEA): Angela Sun, angelasu@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Tiger He, hhe2@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Clubs

• Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC): Rob Miller, ram2@tepper.cmu.edu
• : Tiger He, hhe2@andrew.cmu.edu

Pitch Your Idea
Connect with other founders and co-founders.

Swartz Center Programs
Find the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

Undergraduate Perspective

• Innovation Scholars Program: Dorcas Lin, dorcasl@andrew.cmu.edu 
• PROBE Program: Connor Colombo, cwcolomb@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Snehita Sana, ssana@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Perspective

• Swartz Fellows Program: Alex Baikovitz, abaikovi@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Fellows Program: Greg Houchins, ghouchin@andrew.cmu.edu
• NSF I-Corps Program: Shreya Agarwal, shreyaa@andrew.cmu.edu
• PROBE Program: David Ajoku, dajoku@andrew.cmu.edu
• McGinnis Venture Competition: Emily Ellis, ede@tepper.cmu.edu
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: Len Caric, lcaric@andrew.cmu.edu
• Corporate Startup Lab: Piper Hayden, phayden@andrew.cmu.edu
• VentureBridge  Program: Matt Spettel, matt@deltatrainer.fit

On Campus & Community Resources
Explore what other entrepreneurial opportunities there are outside of Â鶹´å throughout Pittsburgh.

• Project Olympus: Kit Needham, kit@andrew.cmu.edu
• Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC): Reed McManigle, reedm@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Kelly Delaney, kellydel@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Justin Harvilla, jharvill@andrew.cmu.edu
• , , , : Jim Jen, jjen@alphalab.org,  and Megan Shaw, mshaw@innovationworks.org
• Â鶹´å Tech & Entrepreneurship: Drew Bermudez, drewtbermudez@gmail.com

Entrepreneurship 101

Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses.

Hear from our Entrepreneurs

Listen to the entrepreneurial journey from some of our startups, including:

• : Meredith Grelli, meredith@wiglewhiskey.com
• : Emily Ellis, ede@tepper.cmu.edu
• : Matt Spettel, matt@deltatrainer.fit
• : Ryan Bove, rbove@aurochsbrewing.com
• : Nesra Yannier, nyannier@andrew.cmu.edu
• : Xunjie Zhang, xunjie@shiftrobotics.io

Pitch Your Idea + Network
Connect with other founders and co-founders.

Introduction to the Swartz Center
Learn what Â鶹´å has to offer regarding entrepreneurship and how to work out of the Swartz Center.

Swartz Center Programs & Â鶹´å Clubs
Learn the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship ecosystem through various programs from the perspective of startups and students.

Panel 1:

• UEA: Samarth Gowda, sgowda@andrew.cmu.edu
• Scottie Ventures: Aaron Silverstein, aosilver@andrew.cmu.edu
• IEA: Haoyang He (Tiger), hhe2@andrew.cmu.edu
• GEC: Brian Hayt, bhayt@tepper.cmu.edu
• Innovation Scholars: Sachi Shah
• NSF I-Corps: Shayan Gupta
• PROBE: Connor Colombo, colombo@cmu.edu
• Swartz Fellows: Daniel McDade, dmcdade@tepper.cmu.edu and Emily Ellis, ede@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Fellows: Jooli Han, joolih@andrew.cmu.edu
• Corporate Startup Lab: Nick Shariat and Michael Coutinho
• McGinnis Venture Competition-Joseph Pugar, pugarj@arugatechnologies.com
• Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: Len Caric, lcaric@andrew.cmu.edu
• VentureBridge: JJ Xu, jj@talkmeup.co

On Campus & Community Resources
Meet members from Innovation Works, AlphaLab, AlphaLab Gear, CTTEC and many more.

Panel 2:

• CTTEC: Reed McManigle, reedm@andrew.cmu.edu
• Project Olympus: Kit Needham, kit@andrew.cmu.edu and Melanie Simko, msimko@andrew.cmu.edu
• IDeATe: Kelly Delaney, kellydel@andrew.cmu.edu
• Innovation Works: Ilana Diamond, Ilana.Diamond@outlook.com and Jim Jen, jjen@innovationworks.org
• Life X: Mara McFadden, mmcfadden@lifex-labs.com
• Philips: Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, mary.beth.navarra-sirio@philips.com

Pitch Your Idea
Connect with other founders and co-founders.

Entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å & Panel Discussions
Learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å and in Pittsburgh from the perspective of startups and students. Meet members from Innovation Works, AlphaLab, AlphaLab Gear, CTTEC, and many more.

Panel 1: Swartz Center Programs & Entrepreneurship Clubs

• Stuart Diller, sdiller@andrew.cmu.edu, Innovation Fellows Program
• Samarth Gowda, sgowda@andrew.cmu.edu, Undergraduation Entrepreneurship Association (UEA)
• Dave Jasnos, djasnos@gtentrepreneurs.com, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
• Kwaku Jyamfi, jyamfi@cmu.edu, NSF I-Corps Program
• Paris Mielke, pmielke@andrew.cmu.edu, Swartz Center Space
• Shana Pradeep, shanap@tepper.cmu.edu, Swartz Fellows Program
• Lisha Prakash, lishap@tepper.cmu.edu, Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC)
• Wallace Scott (Penn), wpscott@tepper.cmu.edu, Project Olympus PROBE Program
• Jason Somma, jsomma@tepper.cmu.edu, Corporate Startup Lab
• Matt Spettel, mspettel@andrew.cmu.edu, Innovation Scholars Program
• Susan Wu, susanw@andrew.cmu.edu, Contrary Capital
• Summer Xia, qinxianx@tepper.cmu.edu, McGinnis Venture Competition
• Jeff Xu, jiaxix1@andrew.cmu.edu, Scottie Ventures
• Xunjie Zhang, xunjie.zhang@nimbus-robotics.com, VentureBridge Program
• Chenchen Zhao (Rosie), czhao2@andrew.cmu.edu, IEA

Panel 2: Swartz Center Partners

• Ilana Diamond, AlphaLa Gear & Innovation Works, idiamond@alphalabgear.org
• Kelly Delaney, IDEATE, kellydel@andrew.cmu.edu
• Erica Friedman, Innovation Works (UpPrize), efriedman@innovationworks.org
• Diana Haidar, TechSpark, dhaidar@andrew.cmu.edu
• Jim Jen, AlphaLab & Innovation Works, jjen@alphalab.org
• Mara McFadden, LifeX, mmcfadden@lifexventures.com
• Reed McManigle, CTTEC, reedm@andrew.cmu.edu
• Mary Beth Navarra-Sirio, Philips, mary.beth.navarra-sirio@philips.com
• Melanie Simko, Project Olympus, msimko@andrew.cmu.edu

Entrepreneurship 101
Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses.

Networking at the Swartz Center
Experience CONNECTS, which formally connects you with the entrepreneurial community around you.

Entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å & Panel Discussions
Learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å and in Pittsburgh from the perspective of startups and students. Meet members from Innovation Works, AlphaLab, AlphaLab Gear, CTTEC and many more.

Entrepreneurship 101
Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses.

Research to Commercialization
Through this panel discussion learn the building blocks from research to commercialization.

Networking at the Swartz Center
Experience CONNECTS, which formally connects you with the entrepreneurial community around you.

Entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å & Panel Discussions
Learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å and in Pittsburgh from the perspective of startups and students. Meet members from Innovation Works, AlphaLab, AlphaLab Gear, CTTEC and the Robotics HUB.

Entrepreneurship 101
Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses.

Research to Commercialization
Through this panel discussion learn the building blocks from research to commercialization.

Entrepreneurial Internships & Careers
Experience entrepreneurship as a career and internship.

Travel to Project Olympus
4620 Henry St., Pittsburgh PA 15238
Walk to Project Olympus for the remainder of Bootcamp for an informal networking event.

Networking at Project Olympus
4620 Henry St., Pittsburgh PA 15238
Experience CONNECTS, which formally connects you with the entrepreneurial community around you.

Entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å & Panel Discussions
Learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship at Â鶹´å and in Pittsburgh from the perspective of startups and students. Meet members from Innovation Works, AlphaLab, AlphaLab Gear, CTTEC and the Robotics HUB.

Entrepreneurship 101
Interested in entrepreneurship but have little to no experience? Learn the vocabulary and how startups differ from small businesses.

Entrepreneurial Internships & Careers
Experience entrepreneurship as a career and internship.

Travel to Project Olympus
4620 Henry St., Pittsburgh PA 15238
Walk to Project Olympus for the remainder of Bootcamp for an informal networking event.

Networking at Project Olympus
4620 Henry St., Pittsburgh PA 15238
Experience CONNECTS, which formally connects you with the entrepreneurial community around you.