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More opportunities for student -- and alumni -- entrepreneurs at Ross are in the works thanks to a new gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies has received a pledge of $60 million from the...
The Desai Family Accelerator, a joint venture of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering, launched today. The Accelerator is dedicated to helping Michigan startups gain ground and will provide the physical infrastructure,...
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 recent merger of Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business plan competition, or GLEQ, and the Small Business Foundation of Michigan, or SBFM, has created a new, high-powered nonprofit organization, called MiQuest, with a mission to “ignite, unleash and promote a...
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...
Michigan has seen several successful homegrown harvests in recent years, such as those of HealthMedia Solutions and HandyLab, Inc. Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) Founder David J. Brophy, Director and Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan Ross...
Ann Arbor, Mich. – April 13, 2012 – Today, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium announced that Jason Mendelson, co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, will deliver the opening keynote address at the 31st annual event. Mendelson will provide...
Check out this piece from Tom Henderson on UM's student-led Social Venture Fund's investment in LearnZillion: The Social Venture Fund, a new fund operated by students at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, announced its first investment this...
For many, now is an ideal time to launch a startup company. Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) Founder David J. Brophy, Director and Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, said one reason is that Michigan universities have...
Venture Investors Managing Director Jim Adox has been involved with the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) in a variety of roles since the mid-1990s. His first exposure to the forum came when he was a University of Michigan Ross School of Business student...