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Oct12

ZLI Startup Workshop: Communicating with Investors

This workshop will explore the various tools and approaches entrepreneurs use to communicate with investors, all examined through a common framework. We?ll discuss elevator pitches, executive summaries, investor slide decks, business plans and other elements.

Oct19

ZLI Launch + Learn: Gauging Your Market

The purpose of this session is to give you the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about how to estimate market size and determine market focus for your startup. These questions could focus on gauging market size, market segmentation, or how to get early market traction.

Oct20

Michigan Business Challenge Information Session

The Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) is a campus-wide, multi-round business plan competition where student teams have the opportunity to win cash prizes totaling over $100,000 and gain feedback from serial entrepreneurs and investors. Current U-M Ann Arbor students from across campus are invited to apply!

Oct20

Michigan Investment Challenge Info Session

Michigan Investment Challenge (MIC) is a venture capital investment competition in which students play the role of venture capitalists. Student teams evaluate real ventures as investment opportunities and pitch an investment strategy to VC judges.

Oct21

ZLI Launch + Learn: Founding and Forming

The focus of this session is to give you the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the organizational, legal, and logistical elements of launching a business.

Oct26

ZLI Launch + Learn: Product Management

This session is designed to give you the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about product management.  There are no pre-made slides or lecture notes for this session, so please come prepared with questions to ask. These questions could focus on product management as a career -- e.g., what do product managers do?

Nov16

ZLI Launch & Learn: Optimizing Data and Analytics for Sales

Data can be a powerful sales tool, but how do you know where to focus your efforts? Join the discussion on creating a data-driven approach to retaining customers and acquiring new ones. There are no pre-made slides for this session, so please come prepared with questions to ask.

Nov17

ZLI Launch & Learn: Maximizing Your Shopify Store

Your Shopify store isn't going to manage itself. The purpose of this session is to help you unlock new tools and perspectives so you can utilize Shopify to its fullest extent. Please come prepared with questions.