Entrepreneurial News

Meet the 2023 Desai Cohort

Meet the 2023 Desai Cohort

The Desai Accelerator Invests in Five Startups  The Desai Accelerator, a University of Michigan accelerator open to early-stage alumni startups, announced the five companies accepted into its latest cohort. As part of the accelerator program, the ventures will be...

Remembering Sam Zell

Remembering Sam Zell

"In the end, it is making a difference that really drives an entrepreneur – the empowerment, the ability to make something happen, the ability to see it and have it translate into reality," Sam Zell.  It is with profound sadness that the Samuel Zell & Robert H....

Experiencing Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

Experiencing Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

Executive leaders of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club at Michigan Ross, George Okpamen and Austin Sivik, share their views on the Silicon Valley Experience with the Zell Lurie Institute.   Traveling during business school with fellow Wolverines is an...

Grants & Competitions

2023 VCIC Global Finals First Place Win

2023 VCIC Global Finals First Place Win

Congratulations to the University of Michigan undergraduate team that won first place in the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) Global Finals hosted by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School on Saturday, April 1. The team earned their spot in the VCIC Global...

University of Michigan Students Receive Startup Grants for 2021-22

University of Michigan Students Receive Startup Grants for 2021-22

Student selected for the Zell Lurie entrepreneurial grant program are dedicated to testing their new venture while earning their degree. These students have demonstrated the drive and entrepreneurial spirit that continues to flourish at the University of Michigan Fall...

2022 Michigan Business Challenge Winners

2022 Michigan Business Challenge Winners

The annual Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), hosted by the Zell Lurie Institute at Michigan Ross, encourages entrepreneurship among students across the 19 schools and colleges at the University of Michigan. Throughout the multi-round competition, graduate and...

Experiential Learning

Experiencing Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

Experiencing Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley

Executive leaders of the Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club at Michigan Ross, George Okpamen and Austin Sivik, share their views on the Silicon Valley Experience with the Zell Lurie Institute.   Traveling during business school with fellow Wolverines is an...

University of Michigan Students Receive Startup Grants for 2021-22

University of Michigan Students Receive Startup Grants for 2021-22

Student selected for the Zell Lurie entrepreneurial grant program are dedicated to testing their new venture while earning their degree. These students have demonstrated the drive and entrepreneurial spirit that continues to flourish at the University of Michigan Fall...

Designing the Career of Her Dreams

Designing the Career of Her Dreams

By Joel Sensenig Zell Lurie Institute Helps MBA Student Develop High-End Label From the time she was two years old wearing a plastic smock in front of a paint-splattered canvas, Claire Pardington, MBA ’22, had an eye for art and fashion.  Today, the graduate student...