These days, you can’t walk the hallways of a business school campus and not overhear excited conversations among MBA students about their business plans and startup ideas.
State legislators have backed off a plan to end funding for venture capital firms from two state funds created during the Granholm administration to help diversify the economy.
Though more and more young tech billionaires seem to be household names, the percentage of new businesses started by 20-to-34-year-old entrepreneurs has actually been declining over the past decade
In recent years, colleges across the nation, including the University, have started offering degrees, certificates and classes geared toward entrepreneurship and innovation.
Universities across the country have developed entrepreneurship programs in recent years aimed at encouraging students and faculty to turn promising business ideas into actual companies.