CBC News April, 2022 “It’s a giant shift because Elon Musk is a giant personality. He’s a business person, but he’s not buying #Twitter for business reasons,” says Erik Gordon, Michigan Ross professor at and Wolverine Venture...
CNBC February, 2022 CNBC Feature on Aurora Tights – Imani Rickerby (MHSA, ’21) Aurora Tights currently has $150,000 in funding from investors like the University of Michigan’s Desai Accelerator. The relatively small number isn’t for lack of trying: It’s...
WIRED January, 2022 Applications for new businesses rose 20 percent last year, after languishing for a decade. Many newly minted founders attribute it to the pandemic. Stewart Thornhill, executive director of the Zell Lurie Institute at Michigan Ross, discusses the...
DBusiness Magazine July, 2021 The new accelerator was created from a dedicated fund that included a $5.4 million gift from Eleanor and Michael Pinkert. That gift also established the Pinkert Scholars Program, which provides full-ride scholarships for...
DBusiness Magazine May, 2021 Four companies have been accepted into the Desai Accelerator, an accelerator program for early-stage alumni startups at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As part of the accelerator program, the ventures will receive...
