Columbia Business School : The Entrepreneurship Program

Entrepreneurship

September 13, 2010

The Lang Center Welcomes the Incoming Columbia Community Business Program Class

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In 2008, The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center established the Columbia Community Business Program (CCBP), a Program designed to support the growth and development of businesses and not-for-profit organizations in Upper Manhattan.

The two year program fosters a business community and offers participants access to Columbia University resources from the Business, Law and Engineering Schools, as well as group and individual meetings featuring professionally facilitated peer learning.

Twelve owners of local businesses that make at least $250,000 or more were accepted into the pilot group (Watch a video about the Program). This year, nineteen owners were admitted into the program. The companies represent a range of industries including food services, retail, consulting and media.

The participants, listed below, met as an inaugural group this month and are expected to meet regularly over a two-year period:

Sharron L. Cannon
Lenox Lounge

Aliyyah Baylor
Make My Cake

Loren Brill
Sweet Loren's

Crystal McKenzie
Crystal McKenzie, Inc.

Tony Curtis
Curtis Construction

Erik Cliette
Maid Brigade Manhattan

Leon Ellis
MocaBar

Rosetta Garries, MD
Le Pavillon Garries

Jessica Mine
Deltamine

Walter Ng
GM Printing

Mary Nittolo
The Studio/Mary Nittolo, Inc.

Shezad Habib
Manhattan Strategy Group

Sean A. Mandel
The Savory Pie Guy

Tika Fotoglidi
SpaHa Café

Stephanie Pope-Caffey
Bikram Yoga East Harlem

Lisa Skinner
ABDC

Deborah Romain
Deb Romain Consulting, LLC

Leah Abraham
Settepani Restorante

William Diaz Jr.
Eastern Standard Consulting

Candido De Leon
C&N New York Food Group