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Business Insider Parent Nears Deal to Buy Controlling Stake in Morning Brew
The Wall Street Journal September, 2020 While undergraduate students at Michigan Ross, Alex Lieberman (BBA '15) and Austin Rief (BBA '17) launched MorningBrew, a startup known for a popular email newsletter on business and finance. Business Insider parent...
Hair without harm: U-M graduates use invasive plant species to create healthier extensions
Crains Detroit September, 2020 Two recent University of Michigan graduate students are aiming to reinvent synthetic hair extensions without plastic, in a way that puts an invasive species to productive use. Jannice Newson and Nana Britwum have just created...
Google lawsuit could have downstream chilling effect on emerging tech startups
Crains Detroit September, 2020 Erik Gordon, Michigan Ross professor and Wolverine Venture Fund faculty director, discusses the impact of the Google lawsuit on emerging tech startups with Crain's Detroit Business. Read the full article here:...
The World’s Best MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship In 2021
Poets & Quants October, 2020 The Ross School of Business ranked #3 in the world for its entrepreneurial MBA program. The 2021 list has expanded to 50 schools, last year’s inaugural ranking featured 27 schools. The ranking is the result of a...
How we chose the 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 innovators
CNBC May, 2019 2019 was another record year for the CNBC Disruptor 50, with more than 1,200 companies vying for just 50 coveted spots on the seventh annual list. The companies that made the final cut share a common goal of developing revolutionary new...
Guest column: An Incomplete History of Greater Ann Arbor’s Innovation Community
MLive October, 2019 As President of Bank of Ann Arbor’s Technology Industry Group (BOAA TIG), I’ve had a front row seat for nearly two decades to the accelerated growth of Michigan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. More specifically, I’ve seen the development of...
More Than A Side Hustle: When Should Entrepreneurs Quit Their Day Jobs
Entrepreneur July, 2019 by: Jim Price, Michigan Ross faculty & ZLI entrepreneur-in-residence Many startup businesses begin as something the founders pursue in their spare time, while still working a full-time job. If your dream is to turn such a side hustle...
Michigan Ross School co-hosts first VC University Live program
University of Michigan News April, 2019 The Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business will co-host the inaugural VC University Live program in conjunction with this year’s Midwest Growth Capital...
20 Years Later, Michigan Ross Continues Entrepreneurial Build
Poets & Quants November, 2019 A lot can happen in 20 years. Especially nowadays when technological advances and innovations develop at mindboggling and sometimes frustrating rates (just cool it, Apple). At the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, 20 years...
Meet The Most Disruptive MBA Startups Of 2019 – Dear Black Women
Poets & Quants October, 2019 MBA Program: University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Industry: Community, Wellness Founding Student Names: Florence Noel, MBA, MSI Brief Description of Solution: Dear Black Women (DBW) is an affirmation movement...
The World’s Best MBA Programs For Entrepreneurship – Michigan Ross #4
Poets & Quants October, 2019 27 SCHOOLS MAKE INAUGURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RANKING Creating that entrepreneurial ecosystem from the inside, out has been key for the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor community. “When you look at the landscape of entrepreneurship...
No. 1 ranking for U-M’s entrepreneurship program
Princeton Review November, 2018 The University of Michigan captured the #1 spot on the undergraduate entrepreneurship programs ranking list for the first time. The Princeton Review posted the ranking lists today...