By Joel Sensenig Zell Lurie Institute Helps MBA Student Develop High-End Label From the time she was two years old wearing a plastic smock in front of a paint-splattered canvas, Claire Pardington, MBA ’22, had an eye for art and fashion. Today, the graduate student...
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Zell Lurie Institute Announces 2021 Michigan Business Challenge Winners
by | Mar 1, 2021
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business has announced the winners of its annual business plan competition, the Michigan Business Challenge (MBC). With the move to a...
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – Sustainium
by | Feb 25, 2021
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...
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – Parcel Health, Inc.
by | Feb 25, 2021
MBC Seigle Impact Track Spotlight The 2021 Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) Finals are quickly approaching! The days leading up to the final round of the campus-wide business plan competition, ZLI will highlight the innovative teams advancing from the MBC...
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – EQuity
by | Feb 25, 2021
MBC Seigle Impact Track Spotlight The Zell Lurie Institute’s campus-wide business plan competition, the Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), concludes on Friday, February 26. ZLI will highlight each of the innovative student teams competing in the 2021 MBC Finals....
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – CLOVO
by | Feb 25, 2021
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...
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – Surgical ComfORt
by | Feb 24, 2021
MBC Invention Track Spotlight The Zell Lurie Institute’s campus-wide business plan competition, the Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), concludes on Friday, February 26. As the MBC Finals approach, ZLI will highlight student entrepreneurs competing for $100,000 in cash...
Michigan Business Challenge Semi-Finalist Teams for 2021
by | Dec 7, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges, bringing with it an opportunity for our University of Michigan entrepreneurs to pivot and persevere! On December 4, nearly 40 student teams competed in one of three tracks of the 2021 Michigan Business Challenge (MBC)...
Celebrating 20 Years of Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan
by | Oct 9, 2019
The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was established at the University of Michigan Business School with an endowment of $10 million from Samuel Zell and Ann Lurie, on behalf of her late husband Robert H. Lurie, in 1999. Twenty...
Desai Family Accelerator Launches to Help Startups Move Forward
by | Aug 19, 2014
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,...