Lauren Miller (’17), UpDog Kombucha

“In the spring of my junior year, I walked into Dan Cohen’s office with one of our first bottles of UpDog Kombucha and said: ‘Hey, Olivia and I want to start a kombucha brewery. What resources are available to us that would help us get this off the ground?’ He was so excited to help and introduced us to the Center for Entrepreneurship. The CE gave us the mentorship and resources that helped us launch UpDog and set it up for success in the future.

Creating UpDog was a huge challenge and risk, so it was always reassuring knowing that we had a whole team of people behind us wanting to see us succeed. Not only was the Center for Entrepreneurship supportive of our venture, but they gave us invaluable resources such as networking opportunities, access to grants and seed capital, and classroom learning opportunities. I will always be grateful for the steadfast support of the Center for Entrepreneurship that has supported our fast growth over the last year.”