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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...
The Promise and Peril of a Star CEO
Harvard Business Review October, 2018 Star CEOs can be good for companies, providing social proof that their firm is a high quality place and making it easier to attract capital and talent. But they can also be dangerous. The recent cases of Tesla, Papa John’s, and...
University of Michigan’s student-led venture fund invests $100K in food startup MINDWELL
siliconprarienews August, 2018 A student-led venture fund in the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan announced on Wednesday that it has made a $100,000 investment in MINDWELL, a plant-based jerky company. Read...
Eight Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read This Summer
SmallBiz-Resources August, 2018 Most entrepreneurs won’t spend these dog days of summer relaxing at the beach; you might instead find them hard at work refining their business plans and investor pitches, developing new customer acquisition strategies or adjusting...
Start-Up für pflanzliches Trockenfleisch erhält 100.000 US-Dollar
vegconomist August, 2018 Die Absolventen der University of Michigan Allyson Stewart und Bridget Henley, konzentrierten sich nach ihrem Master-Abschluss auf die Gründung des eigenen Unternehmens „Mindwell Snacks LLC“,...
Vegan Jerky Brand Mindwell Raises $100,000 to ‘Change the Protein Game’
Vegan Insight August, 2018 Woman-owned vegan jerky company Mindwell has received a $100,000 investment in order to change the way consumers see protein. The funds were raised by The Zell Founders Fund, a student-led venture capital seed fund based in the Zell Lurie...
Vegan Jerky Brand Mindwell Raises $100,000 to 'Change the Protein Game'
Live Kindly August, 2018 Woman-owned vegan jerky company Mindwell has received a $100,000 investment in order to change the way consumers see protein. The funds were raised by The Zell Founders Fund, a student-led venture capital seed fund based in the Zell Lurie...
University Invests in Plant-based Jerky Maker
Specialty Food Association August, 2018 The University of Michigan has invested $100,000 in Chicago-based Mindwell Snacks LLC, a maker of plant-based jerky, reports Crain's Detroit Business. Mindwell jerky is available in Plum Markets, and the company plans to...
Students Launch Instagram-Worthy Vegan Jerky
VegNews August, 2018 llyson Stewart and Bridget Henley, recent Masters of Business graduates at the University of Michigan, created legume-based jerky brand MINDWELL with millennials in mind. The duo was awarded $100,000 this week in seed funding by...