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Advance your entrepreneurial skills

The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Ross School of Business provides the programs, staff, and infrastructure to support student entrepreneurs of all types and companies at all stages of development. The Institute’s suite of co-curricular programs and experiential learning opportunities immerse students, drawn from diverse academic disciplines, in the university-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Programs & Funds

The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies provides the programs, staff, and infrastructure to support entrepreneurs of all types and ventures at all stages of development...
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About Zell Lurie

The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies advances the knowledge and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation through a broad range of activities, including academics, symposia, competitions, and global community ...
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Events

In accordance with the health and safety guidelines put in place by the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business, Zell Lurie events will be hosted in-person with a few virtual options for the 2022 fall semester. For updates on guideline...
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Entrepreneurial Students Zell Lurie Institute University of Michigan Ross

Driving Across America, Ross Open Road
"Small businesses make up America. We need to support one another, because that is the only way we are going to survive.  I am going to make a conscious effort to do more of that."

Learning to Speak Science Changed the Course of My Business Relationship
"Entrepreneurship, as all entrepreneurs have proclaimed to us and others, is as much about people as it is about technology. More than that, entrepreneurship is about communication. It’s making everyone in the room as jazzed about your idea as you are, in whatever language it takes to make that happen."

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The Stephen M. Ross School of Business offers students a unique educational opportunity to combine theoretical and experiential learning. A broad range of over 40 entrepreneurial and venture capital electives provides students with instruction on the...
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The internship program at the Zell Lurie Institute helps startup companies and venture capital firms hire University of Michigan students for a 12-week hands-on work experience. This program gives students the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial s...
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Michigan Entrepreneur
Covering the Fall 2013/Winter 2014 year at the Zell Lurie Institute
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