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Constantly shifting winds ─ emanating from changing federal regulations, financial market conditions, limited partners’ expectations and geopolitical situations ─ are buffeting today’s private equity industry and compelling PE fund managers to be more creative and...
Executive Director Stewart Thornhill will join a panel of experts for the Financial Times MBA Jobs Clinic Q&A on starting your own business this Thursday, October 16, from 9 to 10 a.m. EST. The panel will be a great opportunity for business students to get advice...
At the conclusion of Entrepalooza 2014, Michigan students from a variety of disciplines sat down to Lunch and Learn with the event speakers, who included successful start-up company founders, corporate entrepreneurship professionals and members of the U-M faculty. The...
Large corporations, once considered stodgy backwaters of organizational inertia and inbred thinking, have pivoted dramatically in recent years. Now many companies are hiring bright, talented individuals who can bring entrepreneurial thinking to the corporate boardroom...
The Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance is hosting two fireside chats this Friday, September 19, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m in the Blau Auditorium at Ross. Hosted by Professor David Brophy, the chats will kick off with Gary Zenkel, President of NBC...
Four young entrepreneurs who launched and grew start-up ventures while they were students at the University of Michigan shared their insights during a panel discussion at Entrepalooza 2014. A common theme resonating throughout their discussion was the competitive...
Former Michigan basketball star Rob Pelinka, BBA ’93, JD ’96, returned to the U-M campus on Friday, Sept. 12, to speak at Entrepalooza 2014 where he provided an animated play-by-play recap of his meteoric career in sports law and his decision to strike out on his own...
From July 31 to August 3, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel invited 125 students from top Midwest universities to take a tour of Chicago’s tech scene and attend the 3-day Lollapalooza music festival. I was one of the fortunate selected participants at ThinkChicago...
Entrepalooza, the Zell Lurie Institute’s annual entrepreneurial symposium, is set for Friday, Sept. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Michigan League, located at 911 N. University Ave. in Ann Arbor, Mich. This year’s event will feature a keynote address at 9:00...
In case you missed it live, here’s a link to CBS Detroit’s Michigan Matters interview with Tom Kinnear, former executive director of the Zell Lurie Institute and current professor of business administration and marketing. During the June 4 interview, Kinnear discussed...