Tepper School of Business
News and Awards
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| Jones Center News |
BusinessWeek (November 9, 2009)
With Jobs Scant, MBAs Consider Startups (This article quotes Dr. Arthur Boni, director of the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship)
Landing a banking or consulting job used to be the main reason for going to B-school. These days, it's just as likely to be launching a business.
Qatar Tribune (October 2009)
QSTP, CMU-Q Launch Corporate Entrepreneurship Programme
Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar held a reception at the university’s Education City campus announcing the start of the Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program (CIEP) for the 2009-2010 academic year.
BusinessWeek (October 2009)
Twenty-One People Who Will Change Business
Partnering with CMU Qatar, the Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship at the Tepper School of Business and other organizations, Al-Yassini hopes by 2013 to launch the Roudha Center...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 24, 2009)
Google's CEO Says Pittsburgh is an Ideal Environment for Start-ups
Pittsburgh's selection as the site of the G-20 summit is the...latest celebration of its incubating treatment of creative technologies...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 30, 2009)
Buffalo to Get High-Tech Business Park
The jobs of the future will have a home in Butler County...
The New York Times (April 21, 2009)
Texting Is So Dreadfully Simple. SMaSh Wants to Liven It Up (Eric Boduch, BS 1996 and Chanu Damarla)
Well-known investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has led a $1.35 million first round of investment in SMaSh Technologies, a company that is creating newer, slicker ways to use text messaging.
CNNMoney.com (April 22, 2009)
Smart Business Startup Showdown: The Winners
First place, Dynamics - School, Carnegie Mellon University
| Alumni News |
The Wall Street Journal (October 19, 2009)
Chemical Solution (David Gaskin, MBA 2006)
With demand for fuel falling, ethanol plants look for other products to sell.
Inc. (October 2009)
Modcloth
30 Under 30: America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs
Tepper News (October 16, 2009)
Dynamics Raises $5.7 million
Dynamics Inc., an innovator in next-generation payment cards, announced today that it has closed an initial, oversubscribed $5.7 million Series A round of financing led by Adams Capital Management.
Red Herring (September 11, 2009)
Top 100 Global Venture Capitalists (Jim Swartz - founder of Accel Partners, MBA 1966)
After long research, Red Herring is releasing its Top 100 Global Venture Capitalists list (Accel Partners is #1).
POP City (September 9, 2009)
Innovation - Sim Ops Studios (Shanna Tellerman, BFA, 2003 and MET, 2005)
Sim Ops Studios readies new selling tools, expands Game Jam in PA
Inc. 500/5000 (September 2009)
How I Did It: Alden Mills of Perfect Fitness (Alden Mills, MBA 2000)
A Navy SEAL's seach for the perfect pushup leads to an entrepreneurial medal of honor.
Nature.com (July 23, 2009)
Playing to Win (Raymond Sekula - MBA, 2008 and Sasha Bakhru - Ph.D. student, College of Engineering)
Business plan competitions can earn you more than a plaque for the wall and a pat on the back...
Rice University Alliance and Dynamics, Inc. Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell (June 19, 2009)
2009 Rice University Business Plan Competition - Grand Prize Winner
Rice University Alliance visits the NASDAQ MarketSite along with Dynamics Inc., of Carnegie Mellon University (the grand-prize winner of the 2009 Rice University Business Plan Competition).
TIME (June 10, 2009)
Thinking Big - Entrepreneurial Heroes - No Souvenirs (Steven Fleck, MBA 2004)
Patients who undergo surgery aren't keen on souvenirs.
Carnegie Mellon University (May 4, 2009)
Bees in the 'Burgh
Meredith Meyer Grelli has ideas about some creative uses for vacant land.
Cnet News (April 20, 2009)
Symantec Acquires Mi5, expands security offerings (Doug Camplejohn)
Symantec has acquired Web security firm Mi5 Networks.
The Wall Street Journal (April 24, 2009)
The Clothes Make the Deal (Eric Koger, MBA 2007 and Susan Koger, BS 2006)
Venture investors have rarely paid much attention to clothes retailers, but with three recent deals they've assembled an entire outfit - and quite a chic one at that.
| Tepper Student Competition Awards |
Dynamics, Inc. (next-generation, interactive payment cards)
Jeffrey Mullen (MBA, 2009), Andrew Hicks (MBA, 2009), Brad Carpenter (MBA, 2009)
- 2009 McGinnis Venture Competition - Technology Track Grand Prize Winner
- 2009 Rice University Business Plan Competition - Grand Prize Winner
NeuralStemCells, Inc. (formerly NeuroBank; extract and preserve adult neural stem cells)
Raymond Sekula (MBA, 2008) and Sasha Bakhru (Ph.D. student, College of Engineering)
- 2008 University of Texas at Austin Moot Corp Competition - Global Champion
Tropical Health Systems (medical device company that treats malaria)
Alberto Gandini (MBA, 2009) and Salman Mukhtar (MBA, 2009)
- 2008 McGinnis Venture Competition - Life Science Track Grand Prize Winner
NeuroLife (noninvasive medical device to measure brain pressure)
Ernest Braxton (MBA, 2007) and Daniel McChesney (MBA, 2005)
- 2006 McGinnis Venture Competition - Life Science Track Grand Prize Winner
- 2006 University of Texas at Austin Moot Corp Competition - Global Champion
ClearCount Medical Solutions, Inc. (develops RFID-tagged sponges and technology for medical use)
Steven Fleck (MBA, 2004) and Gautam Gandhi (MBA, 2004)
- 2004 Rice University Business Plan Competition - Grand Prize Winner
EADevices, Inc. (minimally invasive surgical products)
Joshua Gerlick (MBA, 2004)
- 2004 University of Texas at Austin Moot Corp Competition - Global Champion
