MBC Seigle Impact Track Spotlight The 2021 Finals for the Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), are quickly approaching! The week leading up to the campus-wide business plan competition, the Zell Lurie Institute will highlight the innovative teams advancing from the MBC...
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Two Female Corporate VCs Share the Nuts & Bolts of Moving Start-ups Through the Funding Pipeline
by | Oct 20, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation and Robert Bosch are two vastly different companies. Each has its own goals, culture and products. Yet, these two global corporations share one thing in common: a laser-sharp focus on fostering innovation and developing entrepreneurial ventures...
Zell Lurie Entrepreneur in Residence Devises Ebola Healthcare Solutions
by | Feb 18, 2015
Joshua Botkin, Entreprenuer in Residence at the Institute, recently participated in a multi-discipline design charette hosted by the U-M Stamps School of Art & Design. Teams were challenged to improve procedures and products used in Ebola healthcare, from better...
“Out of Failure Springs Innovation”
by | Apr 7, 2014
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...
Launch of the Reverse Innovation Course to Bring New Mobility Solutions to Market
by | Jan 15, 2014
We are once again pioneering entrepreneurial education and action-based learning by offering a new course, Reverse Innovation, that will give students hands-on experience helping leading companies develop and bring new innovations to market. The course will take...
Spotlight: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
by | Oct 31, 2013
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Spotlight: Clean Tech Entrepreneurship
by | Oct 24, 2013
This fall, U-M students from the College of Engineering and Ross School of Business will collaborate on the design of Western-style entrepreneurial businesses in the multimodal transportation space using innovative ideas drawn from emerging and developing economies....