Today we announced the winners of the 31st annual Michigan Business Challenge and recipients of the Applebaum Dare to Dream Grants and Mayleben Family Venture Shaping Grants. The business plan competition and grant programs, recognize promising student-led startups,...
Grants & Competitions
Ross Venture Capital Investment Competition winners announced!
by | Dec 19, 2013
Congratulations to the team representing Michigan at the VCIC Regionals on 2/21 at Babson - Nick Kransz (MBA '15), Jae Lee (MBA '14), Trish Leung (MBA '15), Matt Logan (MBA '14), Mark Shubitz (MBA '14)
Alumni take 2nd Place and $100k at the Accelerate Michigan Competition
by | Nov 16, 2013
University of Michigan alumni Vince Alessi, Founder and CSO, and Cameron Smith, Co-founder and CFO, were awarded the second place prize of $100,000 for their company, Covaron Advanced Materials, at the Accelerate Michigan Competition. Covaron Advanced Materials is a...
$26,000 in Start Up Grants go to Student Entrepreneurs
by | Oct 15, 2013
Thirty student teams representing the Business School, College of Engineering, Medical School and others were awarded a total of $26,000. Each year, the program awards up to $100,000 to University of Michigan students to develop their businesses while earning their...
Focus on Fitness
by | Apr 22, 2013
Cavan Canavan, MBA '12, and Grant Hughes, MBA/MS '13, want to improve your workout through their startup, Focus Solutions. Entrepreneurs are always thinking about the next great idea. For Cavan Canavan, MBA '12, it came while sweating profusely. Canavan's penchant for...
Tom Kinnear Offers Assessment of the Michigan Business Challenge– and the Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Michigan– in Xconomy Article
by | Feb 28, 2013
Zell Lurie Institute Executive Director Tom Kinnear recently spoke with Xconomy's Sarah Schmid about the recent Michigan Business Challenge. In addition to discussing some of the great business ideas emerging from student teams that participated in this year's event,...
Photos from the 30th Annual Michigan Business Challenge
by | Feb 26, 2013
The 30th annual Michigan Business Challenge had yet another successful year, and we want to thank all 72 student teams for their participation in this year's event. This year's competition featured some outstanding ideas and business plans, and we feel confident that...
University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Institute Awards $112,000 to Promising Student Startups in 30th Annual Business Plan Competition and Dare to Dream Grant Program
by | Feb 25, 2013
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business today announced today the winners of the 30th Michigan Business Challenge and recipients of the Applebaum Dare to Dream...
Join Us at the Clean Energy Venture Challenge
by | Feb 11, 2013
Please join us this Friday, Feb. 15 at the Clean Energy Venture Challenge, where 22 clean tech startups from 10 Michigan colleges and universities will compete for the chance to win more than $100,000 in order to transform their green energy ideas into viable...
CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAMS ADVANCING TO THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS CHALLENGE SEMI FINALS
by | Feb 4, 2013
Winners of Round 2 of the MBC have been announced! Eighteen teams (65 participants) competed in Round 2 of this annual campus-wide business plan competition. Nine teams will advance to the semi-finals of MBC on February 22. The awards reception follows the finals...