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We are excited to introduce our 2020-21 cohort of Zell Entrepreneurs. This elite program provides the necessary support to University of Michigan students who aim to launch their businesses full-time upon graduation. Tim Blair, MBA ’21. Co-Founder of Bramble, whose...
University of Michigan student startups took home cash prizes totaling over $100,000 in the final round of the 2020 Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), a campus-wide, multi-round business plan competition hosted by the Zell Lurie Institute on Friday, February 21. More...
The multi-round Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) takes University of Michigan students through the entire cycle of new venture creation — from building a strong pitch to writing a comprehensive business plan. On January24, three panels of judges narrowed the field of...
by: Claudia Capos Nine University of Michigan student teams will square off against each other on Thursday, December 12, during the annual private equity “battle of the pitches,” held by the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, or CVP, at the Ross...
by: Claudia Capos University of Michigan students are putting the final touches on their venture capital investment proposals in anticipation of the upcoming 2019 Financing Technology Commercialization Pitch Competition on Wednesday, Dec. 11. This year, 20 competitive...
The Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), a cornerstone of action-based learning at the University of Michigan, kicks off today with over 100 students participating in the 37th annual competition. MBC is campus-wide, multi-round business plan competition where student...
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was established at the University of Michigan Business School with an endowment of $10 million from Samuel Zell and Ann Lurie, on behalf of her late husband Robert H. Lurie, in 1999. Twenty...
ZLI Alumni Summit On June 7th and 8th, the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies hosted the Zell Alumni Summit. The ZLI Alumni Summit is designed to support UM alumni entrepreneurs in achieving startup growth. During the program, resources and connections...
MGCS Recap The 2018 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium hosted Wendell Brooks, president of Intel Capital, as keynote for the 2018 program where more than 400 attendees gathered and dozens of VC firms from across the U.S. were represented. The two-day program featured...
By Claudia Capos As the new program manager at the Desai Accelerator, Katy Lind looks forward to being the “bolt that zaps people into action.” Having launched her own Ann Arbor-based company, Pincause, in January 2017, Lind knows all too well the many hurdles and...