The LMU Entrepreneurship Program helps students identify their talents and passions, develop essential business skills and learn the fundamentals of starting, owning and successfully managing a new venture. Students work with outstanding faculty, take innovative courses, meet inspirational guest speakers and network with other entrepreneurs. So, what happens when our students enter the real world? Meet some of our top graduates as they share their inspiring journeys, top lessons learned and how LMU gave them the knowledge and skills to succeed on their own.
Daniel Abas '01, MBA '04
CEO & Founder, Boost, Inc.; Founder, Ghost Media Inc.; Founder, Red Butler
Garett Awad '07
VP, Group Strategy Director, Deutsch
Daniel Bowen '07
Director of Corporate Development, RealPage, Inc.
Megan Bristol '07
Host, Wheel Travel Far; COO, The Long Cruise
Brandin Cohen '10
Founder & CEO, Liquid I.V.
Saachi Cywinski '13
Founder, WriteyBoard
Bryson Ishii '09
Principal, Growth Factor Ventures Inc.
Toni Lee Jimenez '03
Founder/Publisher, ChicaGirl Magazine
John Jorgensen '08
Group Manager, SMB Acquisition, LinkedIn
Ted Kraus, MBA '10
Investment Director, AI & Blockchain, Techcode Global
Christian Limon, MBA '10
Advisor and CMO
Mark Macedo '86, MBA '94
Principal, Geneva Street Partners Company
Chris McKleroy '10
Head of Design, Deep Sentinel
Christi Nonnemaker '09
Director of Product Management, eSalon.com
Tami Halton Pardee MBA '01
Founder & CEO, Pardee Properties
Arturo Perez '03
Founder & CEO, Kluge Interactive
Cynthia Salim '09
Founder & CEO, Citizen's Mark
Jake Tanner '16
CEO & Creative Director, Outstanding Now
Chris Vaughn '10
CEO & Founder, Saucey
Peter Yeh, MBA '14
President, Innovative Medical Management
Michael Ziegler, MBA '08
Executive Director of Racing, Churchill Downs