Professor Erik Gordon is using his time off from teaching MBA students in Michigan to teach at the WeHave the Future! Summer Camp in Northeast Italy. The program, created by the former editor-in-chief of the Economist, Bill Emmott, hopes to address the economic...
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Industry Leaders Say Big Data Offers Big Opportunities to Entrepreneurs and Investors in Michigan
Big data is getting even bigger these days, as megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes give way to petabytes and yottabytes of information. Many of these ballooning data sets have become too large and complex to be managed with existing data-handling systems, said a panel...
Prominent CEOs Weigh in on Best Practices for Engaging with VC-backed Boards
Chief executives can take strategic steps to ensure venture-capital-backed boards have the right people with the right experience to help start-ups and growth-stage companies achieve key milestones and avoid serious pitfalls. Likewise, said a panel of CEOs from...
Entrepreneurs and Investors Must Work to Build Better Companies and More Attractive Deals, Says UM’s Brophy
As entrepreneurs and venture-capital investors convene today for the 2014 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, they face a common goal of building better companies and more attractive deals that can compete for institutional investment money flowing from local, national...
SurClean Refreshes its Products, Markets and Investor Pitches
Since making its first presentation at last year’s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, SurClean Inc. has hit the refresh button on its product offerings, target markets and investor pitches. “We feel our story has changed dramatically,” explains CEO Susan Sprentall,...
Professors Len Middleton and Peter Adriaens Offer Reading Suggestions to Entrepreneurs
Adjunct Professor Len Middleton, corporate strategy, international business and entrepreneurship and Professor Peter Adriaens, civil and environmental engineering, entrepreneurship and strategy, shared their 2014 reading lists with Entrepreneur Magazine. Below are the...
MGCS Unveils Details of the New Track Session to Spotlight Emerging Companies and Innovations from Midwest Universities
The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) announced a new track session that will spotlight the startup landscape at Midwest research universities and profile several emerging companies. Dubbed the University Research “Pitch” Track, the session will be facilitated...
Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Announces Speakers for the Midwest’s Venture Capital Event
Organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) unveiled initial program details for the 33nd annual event. The Symposium, which serves as a conduit for introducing early stage and emerging growth companies seeking funding, to U.S. investors prospecting...
“Chat Sports Startup Changing the Way You Follow Your Teams”
The Zell Lurie Institute was recently featured in the Monroe Street Journal in a story on Chat Sports’ chief operating officer Brett Scott. The article details how the Institute was able to connect Scott with Chat Sports during his MBA program and how that fostered a...
UM Growth Capital News: HistoSonics Makes Key Advances in Clinical Studies and Venture Financing
Over the past year, HistoSonics Inc. has laid important groundwork for clinical studies and venture financing to advance the commercialization of its Vortx Rx histotripsy system. The Ann Arbor-based company is now well-positioned for rapid market entry and expansion....