Mercier Lecture 2022 with Dan Tzotzis

The Lassonde School of Engineering and Schulich School of Business invite you to attend the 2022 Ernest C. Mercier Lecture in Entrepreneurial Science.

We are honoured to welcome Dan Tzotzis (BBA '02, MBA '10), co-founder of AWAKE Chocolate to present this year's lecture Bracing for the Entrepreneurial Thrillride.

AWAKE Chocolate is North America's best-tasting energy product. As a multi-million dollar brand, AWAKE is available in over 20,000 locations in North America and was featured on NBCNews.com in its Top 24 Most Innovative Consumer and Retail Brands.

Want to know more? Watch the AWAKE Chocolate pitch on Dragon's Den

Bracing for the Entrepreneurial Thrillride:
20 years of stories, paired with the occasional insight, Dan will share his perspective on what to expect as a new entrepreneur and some of the lessons he has picked up to help manage through the roller coaster ride of an entrepreneur's life.

About the Ernest C. Mercier Lecture in Entrepreneurial Science
In an effort to inspire and empower future generations of students at York with a sense of the possible, Ernest C. Mercier’s wife, Dr. Eileen Mercier, a York graduate (MBA '77, Hon LLD '10), established the lecture series in her late husband’s name. Bridging the worlds of business and commerce with the intensive research world of STEM, the series presents an entrepreneur and renowned scientist who has used his/her own science education as a springboard to other enterprises.

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