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| Business Exit Planning Expert Laurie Barkman Launches The Business Transition Handbook
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Tepper School of Business adjunct professor of Entrepreneurship and CEO of SmallDotBig, LLC Laurie Barkman recently launched her new book, The Business Transition Handbook, which is being sold on Amazon. "Laurie Barkman has written an indispensable guide for entrepreneurs who are facing the decision of what is next for their business and life's work. The Business Transition Handbook is a must read for those entrepreneurs", says Dave Mawhinney, Executive Director of the CMU Swartz Center.
The host of the Succession Stories podcast is also an EIR at CMU's Swartz Center and an instructor with the Corporate Startup Lab, a CMU Swartz Center Initiative.
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James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow Spotlights:
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| Christopher Elston, Poets & Quants MBA Best and
Brightest Class of 2023
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| Recent Tepper School of Business MBA graduate Christopher Elston, has been awarded the Poets & Quants MBA Best & Brightest, class of 2023. Chris has been an invaluable member of the CMU Swartz Center, having immersed himself into the Entrepreneurship ecosystem at the start of the Tepper MBA program, applying and being accepted as a James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow (2020-21), becoming president of the Graduate Entrepreneurship Club (GEC) and an MBA partner for the
99 Tartans investment fund.
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Idelic CEO Nick Bartel Awarded Leadership in Private
Company Governance Award
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Tepper School of Business MBA alumnus and Idelic CEO and cofounder Nick Bartel was recently awarded the Leadership in Private Company Governance award at the 2023 Director of the Year Awards ceremony, presented by the NACD Three Rivers Chapter. Nick is a 2014-16 James R. Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow.
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The May 2023 Customer Discovery Kickstart Program Cohort Has Been Selected
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The CMU Swartz Center's Project Olympus Incubator has selected its May 2023 cohort for its Customer Discovery Kickstart, a program for early-stage startups to explore the feasibility of their business ideas.
Startup teams in the four-week program will learn about the fundamentals of customer discovery, including conducting customer discovery interviews, and will receive coaching from experienced Entrepreneurs-in-Residence. Teams include graduate and undergraduate students, and alumni from many Carnegie Mellon University schools and departments including the School of Computer Science, College of Engineering, Mellon College of Science and Heinz College. Two of the cohort members, Ram Potham (SCS - bottom photo) and Deniz Mehmet Birlikci (SCS, top center) are also Innovation Scholars.
Applications are open for the next cohort beginning June 14th. The deadline to apply is May 31st.
For information about the Kickstart program, contact Melanie Simko, Program Manager.
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Duo’s Taqueria Opens as Full-service Mexican
Restaurant From Duolingo
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Duo's Taquería, which opened in June 2022 on the ground floor of Duolingo's headquarters on Penn Avenue via a now-replaced outdoor walk-up counter, has reopened as a roughly 2,600-square-foot space featuring a bar, dining and event areas that can seat up to 130 people who are looking to indulge on authentic cuisine inspired by food from Mexico City.
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The White House Calls Pittsburgh 'A Hub for Innovation'
As It Moves to Boost Investment
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| The city of Pittsburgh was one of five sites that the Biden administration designated as workforce hubs to encourage more public and private investment in new and innovative industries. Pittsburgh was singled out for its emerging robotics, biomanufacturing and clean energy industries. Related article
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| CMU Qatar Innovation Scholar Yusufbek Nasriddinov
Wants to Pay It Forward After Graduation
Yusufbek Nasriddinov, a new graduate from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar and the first Innovation Scholar from the school, was recently celebrated in a LinkedIn post by the Qatar Foundation. Yusufbek is working alongside his friends on building an educational financial platform that's both Sharia-compliant and competitive. The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is a private, non-profit organization that serves the people of Qatar by supporting and operating programs in three core mission areas: education, science and research and community development.
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Apply for the Customer Discovery Kickstart Program
The Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship’s Project Olympus Incubator announces the Customer Discovery Kickstart program, designed for early-stage startups to explore the feasibility of their business ideas. The second cohort will begin on June 14, 2023. This program helps startup founders to determine product-market fit by connecting them with potential customers and industry stakeholders. CMU students, staff and alumni are eligible to apply.
Apply for the June 14 - July 12 cohort by May 31, 2023!
Send questions to Melanie Simko, Program Manager.
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CONNECTS/START SMART LAW SEMINARS
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| See the full Spring 2023 schedule here.
Can't make a CONNECTS? Watch on our YouTube channel.
The CONNECTS seminars have ended for the Spring semester and will resume at the start of the Fall semester in September.
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The mission of 99 Tartans is to partner with the highest potential, early-stage CMU alumni companies and accelerate their success through access to capital and networks. Find out more.
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CMU ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUBS
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The CMU Tech & Entrepreneurship group connects the CMU community, alumni and students, to build an entrepreneurial culture and provide resources to help the community succeed. There are multiple region-based chapters within the group. Find out more and join the CMU T&E blog,
the CMU Tech Entrepreneur!
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The following companies help directly support our programming and entrepreneurs.
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| Pwc and Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC are holding in person office hours at the CMU Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship, Tepper Quad, 4765 Forbes Avenue, 3rd Floor. The office hours are for any interested CMU graduate, undergraduate or alumni interested in entrepreneurship or connecting with members of the Swartz Center network.
Walk-ins accepted. Registration NOT required!
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| Trust & Consulting Solutions
When: Weekly on Wednesdays
12-5 PM | ET: Upcoming date: June 7, 2023
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Legal Services Weekly Office Hours
Sign up for weekly office hours.
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| PATRON SPOTLIGHT
PwC
The purpose of PwC is to build trust in society and solve important problems—which is at the core of everything it does. This guides how the company serves its clients, people and the world. To help its clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes, PwC provides professional services across two segments: Trust Solutions and Consulting Solutions. Within these segments, PwC brings a range of capabilities to help organizations solve faster, solve more and realize more value. These capabilities include cloud and digital, deals, ESG, cybersecurity and privacy, governance/boards, risk, transformation, tax services and more. Across its global network of over 295K professionals in 156 countries, PwC is committed to advancing quality in everything it provides.
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HOW TO WORK OUT OF THE SWARTZ CENTER
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Swartz Center Education and Resources
No matter what phase of the entrepreneurship cycle you're in, there are programs and resources at the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship that will take your idea to the next level. Find out more.
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Project Olympus Incubator Program
Want more help with finding product/market fit, developing your business model, making connections and attracting funding? Project Olympus will team you up with a business coach to develop a personalized ‘roadmap. Find out more.
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COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES/RESOURCES
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Have an idea you want to explore? Don’t have the time or resources to fully examine it, but think it could be transformative for your company? The Corporate Startup Lab (CSL), a Swartz Center initiative, allows you to join a cohort of peer companies and work with Carnegie Mellon University graduate students to investigate what’s possible over the course of a semester.
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FIND OUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING
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Have startup news or opportunities to share? Have questions about the Swartz Center Weekly Bulletin? Send news, opportunities or questions to Sonya Ford, Program Manager.
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Carnegie Mellon University Swartz Center For Entrepreneurship
5000 Forbes Avenue | Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 |
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