Graduate Entrepreneurship Club

Tons of people think they can become an entrepreneur one day. However, people are often hit with the reality that it takes a lot more than they expected.

Tepper’s Graduate Entrepreneurship Club offers students the first-hand knowledge and skills for becoming an entrepreneur. From pitching to finding an investor, the club trains you in building from the ground up.

Here’s how the GEC helps make students kings and queens of their own castles:

Quick Facts

• The GEC makes students “think like an entrepreneur” from finding co-founders to building a startup (mental breakdowns included).
• They also have members across all of CMU, not just Tepper.
• Raji Sankar, a noteworthy alumna of the GEC, founded Choolaah.
• They host events alongside the Futurist Club to discuss topics like food sustainability, artificial intelligence, and more. To be an entrepreneur, you’ve got to think forward.

Lots to Do

• Hack-a-Startup is one of their flagship events where students have only 48 hours to build their own startup.
• Another fun event is Find-a-cofounder in which students network with other students from across CMU.
• The GEC plans to offer more information about taking valuable entrepreneurship skills into any role, not just for creating your own business. They’re also planning to set up a recruitment process for startups directly with the GEC.
• They have two annual treks to Austin, Texas, and Silicon Valley.

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Regan Gleason | MBA 2020

Brand Manager Intern at E. & J. Gallo Winery

Regan Gleason joined Tepper after eight years in Chicago working for startups and Fortune 500 tech companies in marketing and business development roles. Her internship was with E&J Gallo Winery as a brand manager working on the Apothic Wines team to develop a direct-to-consumer strategy.

The Tepper experience is what you make of it. Regan participates in countless clubs and is the student body (GBA) Marketing Chair, which she co-manages the school’s Instagram. She is also an editor for the weekly school newspaper, the Robber Barons, on the Welcome Weekend Committeeand a student ambassador.

In her free time, Regan enjoys traveling, boozy brunches and a good laugh. She lives in Shadyside and loves having classmates as her neighbors.

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