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The Michigan Business Challenge has narrowed down to eight from the original 45 student teams. After round one, fourteen teams were selected to compete in round two where each team was given seven minutes to describe their company's solution to a pressing market need...
Last week, the Accelerate Michigan business plan competition took place at the University of Michigan’s North Campus Research Complex in Ann Arbor where students and companies presented their business plans. Of the 28 teams that presented at the business plan...
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business will officially kick off the Michigan Business Challenge on Nov. 14 when team applications are due. The multi-round business development...
Fall 2011 Dare to Dream Recipients include Live Business Chat Solution, Healthcare Software Security and Several E-Commerce Endeavors The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business...
Over $215,000 in Prize Money Awarded to Concepts in Green and High Technology Sectors Several student-run startups have been awarded top prizes at this year's Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC), the world's largest and richest graduate-level business...
Ohio-based CerviLenz, a developer of technology identifying women at risk of pre-term birth, has had an eventful year since its presentation at the 2010 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS). The company is currently in a controlled launch environment,...
We're pleased to share details on the winners of the Institute's 2010-2011 Michigan Business Challenge competition awards and Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grants for U-M student startups. Award winners and grant recipients received funding totaling over $106,000...
Michigan innovation has been the focus of an ongoing column found on AnnArbor.com. This month's column focuses on the efforts of the Zell Lurie Institute to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in students across campus by engaging them in the the annual Michigan...
The annual, campus-wide Michigan Business Challenge is well underway. The teams moving onto round two were announced earlier this month and include an exciting mix of concepts ranging from e-commerce and retail to medical devices and cloud-based technology platforms....
Last week, energy efficient microcontroller maker Ambiq Micro announced that it closed a $2.4 million round of seed funding. Our excitement is three-fold not only because Ambiqe is a University spin-out but also because of the company’s ties to the Institute. First,...