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Yesterday, Praveen Suthrum, a Ross alumnus, published an article in the Economic Times of India on how to go that extra step to evolve from just a worker to an entrepreneur. According to Praveen, “a worker waits for things to happen while an entrepreneur goes about...
A dual MD/MBA candidate, Alexandra Pulst-Korenberg’s interest in entrepreneurship solidified when she helped a small group of her fellow med students found and run a free medical clinic for the community of Pinckney in Livingston County, a clinic that saw 250 patient...
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...
Congratulations to the U-M teams that have tested their mettle against students from other universities in intercollegiate business plan competitions this month: Elegus Technologies—John Hennessy (MsE '14), Long Qian (MsE '14) and Dan VanderLey (MsE '14)—competed in...
As announced earlier this week, Elegus Technologies has been invited to represent the University of Michigan to compete in the 2015 Rice Business Plan Competition for more than $1 million in prizes at Rice University in Houston, TX on April 16-18, 2015. In addition to...
Elegus Technologies has been selected to represent U-M at two of the biggest intercollegiate competitions: the Rice Business Plan Competition (April 16-18) and the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition (May 7-9). Elegus Technologies has created a lithium-ion...
The Zell Lurie Institute announced today the winners of the 32nd annual Michigan Business Challenge, as well as recipients of the Applebaum Dare to Dream and Mayleben Family Venture Shaping Grants. The business plan competition and grant programs, which recognize...
While working as a data analyst for the University of Michigan’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, Alex VanDerKolk, BBA ’13, found himself elbow-deep in data that doctors were trying to use to plan the most effective and cost-efficient treatments for breast cancer...
Like most college students and young adults living on their own, Katie Reiner, BBA ’16, had some concerns about traveling on foot late at night on the University of Michigan’s campus. Although it’s a safe place, she would make sure that she was aware of her...
Congratulations to Ashka Dave (MBA/MPH 2017), Perry Teicher (MBA 2015), Saurabh Kumar (MBA 2015), Jeremy Holzwarth (PhD candidate), and Lax Poojary (MBA 2015) for representing Michigan Ross and taking first at today's Venture Capital Investment Competition regionals...