by boxcaradmin | Apr 28, 2022 | News
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...
by boxcaradmin | Feb 21, 2022 | News
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...
by boxcaradmin | Jan 28, 2022 | News
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...
by boxcaradmin | Jul 19, 2021 | News
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...
by boxcaradmin | May 20, 2021 | News
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...
