The Entrepreneurial Sounding Board
The Entrepreneurial Sounding Board* provides opportunities for Columbia MBA students and alumni to meet individually with faculty members and practitioners affiliated with the Lang Center to discuss their entrepreneurial ideas and potential business opportunities.
These 30-minute sessions provide students and alumni with a platform to receive preliminary feedback, next-step action items and, in many cases, links to additional support from appropriate mentors. You may be at any stage of development of your venture. All sessions are confidential.
Sounding Board schedules fill up quickly! Biographies for each practitioner are linked below. The Sign-up schedule is located at The Lang Center, 317 Uris Hall.
You may also contact Delores Brown at 212 854 3244 or by email at db25@columbia.edu for appointment availability.
Scheduling a session must be done in advance and students/alumni are asked to notify the Lang Center at least 24 hours in advance if they are unable to keep their appointment. We ask that you sign up for only one slot per month.
*Sounding Board sessions for the fall semester will begin in October. Following are this semester's practitioners. The key words provide an "at-a-glance" look at their backgrounds:
Murray Altmanretail, international financial transactions, merchandising
Emily Campbell
legal (clients in fashion, entertainment, technology, consulting, health care and real estate industries)
Gerald Fisher
manufacturing, wholesale, retail, e-commerce, patents,not-for-profit
Michael Garrett
legal, finance, strategic planning, organizational alignment and effectiveness
Belinda Lang
marketing, brand strategy, communications strategy, consumer positioning
Deborah Larrison
wealth management, strategy and business development
Shalom Leaf
legal (clients in internet, software, computer hardware, media, bioscience, apparel, real estate and beverage industries) private equity
Teri Mendelsohn
online information products creation, implementation and launch, strategic planning and business development
Richard Mgrdechian
aerospace, consumer electronics, digital technologies, telecommunications, publishing and media
Kathy Nalywajko
financial services, wealth management, fundraising
Michael Preston
family business consulting, management and organizational growth
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Current Columbia MBA students [only] may also request an appointment with members of the Executives in Residence Program. Please contact Julie Adams at ja2403@columbia.edu or 212-854-6100.
