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Kim Gans is a 2003 alumna and in 2002, her team received a $20,000 Dare to Dream grant to move their business venture forward. Although the venture eventually came to an end, Kim moved forward with her own dreams. After working for several years at General Mills, she...
Stewart Thornhill, executive director of the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, reported for the Financial Times on the most important business school takeaway for entrepreneurs--failure. In the article, Thornhill explains that an entrepreneur should be...
Since joining Flagship Ventures in 2012 as an associate in its Ann Arbor office, Michael Johnson has leveraged his University of Michigan medical and business degrees and entrepreneurial experience to help the Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered venture-capital...
The Wolverine Venture Fund, managed by students at The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, today announced it has invested in NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc., a privately held...
Out-of-state venture capitalists can reap substantial gains by co-investing alongside local VCs in Michigan-based companies, says David Brophy, professor of finance and director of the University of Michigan Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, or...
Jim Price, a Zell Lurie Institute entrepreneurial studies lecturer, contributed an article about Business Insider on the “12 Stupidest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make,” pulling from his history watching hundreds of startups being created at the University of Michigan and...
Since making its presentation to investors at the 2013 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium last May, MAR Systems Inc. has brought in new capital and revised its market-penetration strategy, positioning the company for near-term profitability and long-term growth....
Happy Presidents Day! In need of an article to read this Holiday? Check out Crain's Detroit reporter Kirk Pinho's article on Hantz Farm's LLC, which will be breaking ground on their urban farming project in the next couple of weeks. At the bottom of the article you...
After distributing the press release this morning, word spread about the investment that the Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund made in the tech startup AdAdapted and the health startup AlertWatch. View the stories by clicking the links below. CBS Detroit Dow Jones...
Organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium announced the call for companies interested in applying to present at the 33rd annual Midwest equity event, taking place June 17-18, 2014at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti, Mich. The two-day event will showcase...