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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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...
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – Rolling Lights
by | Feb 24, 2021
MBC Invention 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 Semi-Finals....
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – EpiSLS
by | Feb 24, 2021
MBC Invention Track 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 entrepreneurial student teams competing in the 2021 MBC Finals. Startup...
2021 Michigan Business Challenge Spotlight – EcoSimmer
by | Feb 23, 2021
MBC Innovation 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...
Michigan Business Challenge Finalist Teams Announced for 2021
by | Feb 1, 2021
The 2021 Michigan Business Challenge (MBC), the University of Michigan’s annual campus-wide business plan competition, exposes students to a rigorous, multi-phase business development and planning process. Open to all current undergraduate and graduate students,...
Innovation and Inspiration for Fall 2020
by | Aug 31, 2020
Welcome to campus! While many things have shifted to protect our University of Michigan community, the Zell Lurie Institute remains dedicated to our student entrepreneurs and future venture investors. In coordination with the guidelines put forth by U-M and Michigan...
University of Michigan receives $60 million gift from the Zell Family Foundation
by | Jul 13, 2015
The Zell Lurie Institute announced today that it has received a gift of $60 million from the Zell Family Foundation. The funds will provide endowed support to the institute for continued delivery and development of entrepreneurship programs for students and alumni....
Former Zell Lurie Advisor provides update on ZLI-Finland partnership
by | Jun 10, 2015
Though Prof. Peter Adriaens has returned to the College of Engineering, he hasn’t left ZLI behind entirely. He recently shared an update on a multi-year collaboration between ZLI and the Research Institute for the Finnish Economy, a think tank based in Finland, that...
A Year in Review: Continued Leadership in Entrepreneurial Education through Robust Action-Based Learning Opportunities
by | Apr 27, 2015
With commencement just days away, today the Zell Lurie Institute marked the close of another successful academic year, punctuated by the fact that nearly $350,000 in funding was disbursed to students to advance their entrepreneurial mindsets and endeavors. This...