Alumni Success Stories

When Paul McCreadie began the full-time MBA program at Michigan Ross in 2001, he had limited knowledge of the world of venture capital. Today, he is a Partner with Arboretum Ventures, which raised a $...

During his seven years as a U.S. Army officer, Michael Thompson, MBA ’17, gained combat experience in Afghanistan, led a 130-person infantry company for two years and earned the rank of captain. Now, ...

Immersion in the strong entrepreneurial culture at the Ross School and Zell Lurie Institute gave Susan Tahir, MBA ’04, the lessons-learned,...

Shane Kelly, MBA ’13, has used his entrepreneurial-studies education at the Zell Lurie Institute and his venture-capital investment experience at the Wolverine Venture Fund as strategic stepping stone...

Alexandra Pulst-Korenberg, MD/MBA ’15, sees medicine as the next great frontier for advancing entrepreneurial innovation. “Historically, physicians and the field of medicine have been very resistant t...

Passion, perseverance and personal skills powered entrepreneur Tamasin Ford, MBA ’10, through the nine years she ran her first start-up business, SharpCurve Solutions, a custom web development company...

A late-evening phone call in February 2014 ─ that came just 30 minutes before the 9 p.m. deadline for submitting his rank list for a medical residency program match ─ catapulted U-M dual-degree studen...

Secure Healing Inc., a start-up founded by Amit Kulkarni, MBA ’12, has developed computer security software that keeps patients’ medical records safe from prying eyes and provides alerts, in real time...