Brian Wirtz
Tepper MBA student • PROBE team leader • Show & Tell presenter

“I must say, I NEVER could have imagined the events of my first semester here at CMU: our first meeting in July, recruiting Bright's first six teammates, my first television interview, the first Project Olympus headquarters, Bright's first newspaper article -- things have gone AMAZINGLY well!  In just five months, I've learned so much and have had so many life-changing experiences. It's my hope that our work will forge a legacy for Project Olympus and CMU.”

Priya Narasimhan
Profesor (ECE) • PROBE team leader • Show & Tell presenter

"The work with the Penguins resulted directly due to the last Olympus Event. Audrey Russo heard me speak and immediately solicited a proposal for the Penguins [who want to use cutting-edge technology in their new arena].  So, the Olympus event made this connection happen, and I am very excited by it. Thank you again.....for EVERYTHING. You have made so much possible for us.”

Alan Veeck
VC (Meakem Becker) • Olympus Advisory Cabinet member

“It is so important to increase the number of innovators in Pittsburgh,
and Project Olympus is a natural catalyst with privileged access
to the talent pool at CMU. The school has brilliant students, and
also rocket-science professors;  now we just need to help them
move the great stuff coming from the labs into start-ups. That's
a role Olympus is playing.”

Matt Humphrey
BS (CS) ’07 • MBA (Tepper) ’08 • PROBE team leader • Show & Tell presenter

"Project Olympus was and continues to be an excellent boost to my entrepreneurial career as it provided both immediate, direct, tangible help to my startup as well as on-going access to prestigious faculty, excellent mentors ... and more potential funders than we ever thought possible in Pittsburgh and the nation, with lots of anchors in Silicon Valley and elsewhere. .... Every day I continue to see personal benefit attained from Olympus, and for that I really am grateful. ..."

Betty Cheng
Phd Student (SCS) • PROBE team leader • Show & Tell presenter

"... Through Olympus we were able to meet individuals from business, legal, and computer science. The business and legal advice proved instrumental in our preparations, application and negotiations with our lawyer for a patent, forming our company, while advice from fellow computer scientists helped in designing user tests and gathering data. ...Olympus' prestige enabled us to be more than just a student project and gave us confidence in moving forward."

Sue Martin
ARCS member • Show & Tell attendee

“My husband and I were delighted to attend your presentations last week at CMU. We're looking forward to attending more of them. You should be very proud of what CMU is contributing to the Pittsburgh community. ...We're bragging about Olympus to all of our friends. You'd think that we were the proud parents!!”

Wei An Wang
BS (CS) ’07 • MBA (Tepper) ’08
PROBE team member • Olympus CONNECTS Students presenter

"Project Olympus served as an excellent introduction to the wide range of opportunities that Pittsburgh offers to budding entrepreneurs. I enjoyed many hours of valuable face-time with top venture capitalists from Western Pennsylvania and beyond that helped me to mature individually ... . In addition, Olympus tied in nicely with my MBA studies, and helped me to put the things I learned into an entrepreneurial context."