Success Story

Shane Kelly, MBA ’13 Executive Director, Wolverine Angel Network Shane Kelly, MBA ’13, has used his entrepreneurial-studies education at the Zell Lurie Institute and his venture-capital investment experience at the Wolverine Venture Fund as strategic stepping stones...

Vinay Gupta, Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Studies, Vinay Gupta lives and breathes entrepreneurship and venture investing. Over the span of his 30-year career, the serial entrepreneur has launched five venture-backed technology companies and has invested angel and...

Alexandra Pulst-Korenberg, MD/MBA ’15 Founder, EasyIV Alexandra Pulst-Korenberg, MD/MBA ’15, sees medicine as the next great frontier for advancing entrepreneurial innovation. “Historically, physicians and the field of medicine have been very resistant to change,” she...

Bill Crane, Evening MBA Founder and CEO, IndustryStar Solutions Bill Crane had the ambition but lacked the know-how to start his own company. “I’ve always had an entrepreneurial bug,” Crane explains, “but I knew I didn’t have the tools I needed to raise capital from...

Tamasin Ford, MBA ’10 Founder and CEO, Power Up Tech Academy Passion, perseverance and personal skills powered entrepreneur Tamasin Ford, MBA ’10, through the nine years she ran her first start-up business, SharpCurve Solutions, a custom web development company in...

Reda Jaber, MD/MBA ’14 Partner, IncWell A late-evening phone call in February 2014 ─ that came just 30 minutes before the 9 p.m. deadline for submitting his rank list for a medical residency program match ─ catapulted U-M dual-degree student Reda Jaber, MD/MBA ’14,...

Ben Rathi, BBA/CS ’17 Founder and CEO, Blueprints For Pangaea With two years to go before he completes his dual undergraduate degree in business at the Ross School and computer science at the College of Engineering, Ben Rathi, BBA/CS ’17, is considering numerous...

Harinee Sampath, Evening MBA ’15 Founder, South Asian Flavors The idea of launching her own business venture simmered for a long time on the back burner of Harinee Sampath’s mind. “I never considered myself an idea person, and I thought it would be five to 10 years...

Erik Gordon, Associate Director, Zell Lurie Institute; Clinical Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, The Zell Lurie Institute’s four student-led venture investment funds teach students to be intelligent risk takers, equip them with strong analytical skills...

Josh Botkin, Lecturer in Entrepreneurial Studies and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, After leading the entrepreneurial teams at two start-ups and working as an innovation consultant at Ann Arbor-based Inovo Group, Josh Botkin, MBA ’06, has returned to his alma mater to...