Career Webinars
Join us for a webinar series hosted by alumni industry experts and career coaches on an assortment of supportive career subjects.
Transitioning to Entrepreneurship
Are you considering becoming an entrepreneur? Whether you aim to be a solopreneur or partner with someone to start a business, it’s important to evaluate if this is the best move for you and to develop a solid plan.
Join us to explore whether entrepreneurship suits you and to determine your next steps. The good news is that you can design a plan tailored to your needs and find ways to fill experience gaps for success. Certified career coach and national career expert Hallie Crawford will teach you how to:
- Tap into your strengths relevant to entrepreneurship and develop your plan around those
- Use her Ideal Career Model to evaluate your readiness for entrepreneurship and outline your next steps
- Use specific advice on where and how to get support for your new venture
This webinar will also feature a Q&A session with entrepreneur Rishi Narayan, ’03, MSE’05, founder of Underground Printing and lecturer for the University of Michigan’s Center for Entrepreneurship.
Hallie Crawford
Hallie has been a certified career coach, speaker, author, and national career expert since 2002. Her company, Create Your Career Path, is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. She has published numerous books and is regularly featured as a career expert in the media, including CNN, U.S. News, Fox Business News, and The Wall Street Journal.
Hallie has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University and the University of Illinois.
With over 2,700 success stories, her team of coaches and resume writers helps professionals find jobs that make them want to jump out of bed in the morning to go to work.
Rishi Narayan, ’03, MSE’05
Rishi Narayan is an entrepreneur and early-stage investor based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rishi has founded several companies, including Underground Printing, a national custom apparel and collegiate merchandise retailer with locations throughout the country. He is a principal in several angel funds, including Chibor Angels, Rabun Group, and Miniseed. In 2015, Rishi became a co-owner of AFC Ann Arbor, an elite amateur soccer club competing in the United Soccer League, a farm system for Major League Soccer. More recently, Rishi founded Podcasts United, a collective of local podcasts, and Varsity Pickleball, a pickleball club based in Southeast Michigan.
Rishi holds his B.S.E. and M.S.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and is currently a lecturer for his alma mater in the Center for Entrepreneurship.
Think Like an Entrepreneur: The Blueprint to Powering Your Career Success
In today’s ever-changing workplace, adopting an entrepreneurial mindset is essential for powering your success. Those who embrace this mindset transform into intrapreneurs — employees with an ownership mentality. This webinar, presented by Kelli Wingo, ’97, who delivered the Alumni Association’s highest-rated webinar of 2024, will equip you with the strategies and mindset needed to take ownership of your career, innovate within your role, invest in your human relationship capital, and create growth opportunities from Day 1.
You’ll learn how to think strategically, take calculated risks, and act tactically to bring value beyond your job description. Whether you’re starting a new role, looking to advance your career, improve productivity, or become a leader in your field, this blueprint will empower you to thrive.
Join us to unlock the intrapreneurial/entrepreneurial approach to workplace success and take charge of your professional journey.
Kelli Wingo, ’97, is an entrepreneurial culture evangelist, leadership development strategist, fire starter, and lover of laughter. She is the founder/chief vision and strategy officer of KMW Catalyst, a boutique leadership development consultancy. KMW Catalyst helps businesses and the humans that run them create innovative environments where employees thrive.
Her writing can be seen in Forbes, CEO World, Thrive Global, Addicted 2 Success, Medium, The Good Men Project, and LinkedIn.
Prior to entering entrepreneurial ventures full time, she spent a 25-year career in the financial services industry at Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Although currently residing on the East Coast, Kelli was born and raised in Ann Arbor and is a proud alumna of the University of Michigan’s Residential College. She serves her alma mater as a career coach with the Alumni Association. Go Blue!
Career Bites
Miss one of our webinars? Our Career Bites provide you with the top tips from our career experts. Full recordings are also available for viewing anytime.
This career bite focuses on the spectrum of non-technical roles in tech.
This career bite focuses on how to align your past non-tech experience with the tech role you want.
When looking for ways to make your LinkedIn profile stand out, having a professional photo can make a huge difference.
Jill Castro, a faculty and staff counselor at the University of Michigan, shares how having a script can help when communicating your boundaries.
This career bite focuses on the spectrum of non-technical roles in tech.
This career bite focuses on how to align your past non-tech experience with the tech role you want.
When looking for ways to make your LinkedIn profile stand out, having a professional photo can make a huge difference.
Jill Castro, a faculty and staff counselor at the University of Michigan, shares how having a script can help when communicating your boundaries.