Zell Lurie Institute honors outstanding students at annual awards luncheon

Yesterday, the Zell Lurie Institute held its annual awards luncheon to honor outstanding entrepreneurial students. Here’s a list of this year’s winners:

• Weiser Family BBA Entrepreneurs of the Year ($1,500 award each)
  • Katie Reiner (BBA 2016)
    • Katie is the co-founder of Companion and winner of the Michigan Business Challenge
  • Danny Freed (BBA 2015)
    • Danny is the co-founder of Companion and winner of the Michigan Business Challenge
• Weiser Family Social Entrepreneurship Leadership Award ($1,500 award each). Awarded for entrepreneurial leadership and commitment to creating value beyond economic impact.
  • Ben Rathi (BBA 2016)
    • Ben is the CEO and co-founder of Blueprints for Pangaea (winner of the MBC Social Impact Award), was a Marcel Gani intern for ArborMetrix, and competed in the OptiMize Social Innovation Challenge
  • Perry Teicher (MBA 2015)
    • Perry leads the Urban Revitalization circle in the Social Venture Fund and has worked closely with Mission Throttle and Loveland
• Valenti Awards for Exceptional Entrepreneurial Development ($2,500 each). Awarded for their development of entrepreneurial skills through continued engagement with ZLI
  • Harinee Sampath (Evening MBA 2015)
    • Harinee is the founder of South Asian Flavors, a Dare to Dream grant winner, a MBC Marketing Award winner and a Zell Scholar
  • Alex Pulst-Korenberg (MBA 2015)
    • Alex is the founder of EasyIV and Women Who Launch, a Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund Fellow, a TechArb member, and a Zell Scholar
• Weiser Family MBA Entrepreneur of the Year ($3,000)
  • Bill Crane (Evening MBA 2015)
    • Bill is the founder of IndustryStar, a TechArb member and a Dare to Dream grant winner

Congrats to all the winners!