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Part of the college experience is getting to know people who might be different from you. However, many tend to gravitate toward others like themselves. So when students are assigned to ask individuals what their problems are or what would make their lives better, they typically speak to their friends or those in their social circles, aka, people just like themselves.
The idea of customer discovery can be terrifying. How does one approach people they have never met and ask them probing questions about their needs and gains?
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ELP Blog
Fellowship Program Welcomes 2021 Cohort
Through an adaptive remote recruitment process, the Center for Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurs Leadership Program is proud to announce the 2021 Cohort of 22 exceptional students. The…
Innovation Goes Virtual During CFE Event
While the setting was certainly different than past years, the CFE’s annual Innovation Challenge still gave students the opportunity to hone their entrepreneurial skills in…
Why Mentorship is Important and What My Mentor Taught Me
Blog Post by ELP Student Braden Shugarman (Business Administration | Class of 2022) There is no better way to learn than by getting involved first-hand….
Research and Faculty
Students Engage with National Security for Credit
What if one of the following missions was assigned to you? Help an explosive ordnance disposal technician develop an effective method to identify obscured or…
Pandemic Response: Program Pivots to Virtual Platform
When the world began closing its doors in March and everything seemed to move online, several programs quickly found themselves needing to adapt and evolve…
MBVF Portfolio Company Genomenon Closes Successful Oversubscribed Funding Round
Genomenon, a genomic health IT company that connects patient DNA with the world’s most comprehensive database of genomic research (think ‘the Google of DNA variants’)…
Alumni Spotlight
An Innovative Team: 55 Years of Dixon and Carol Doll
University of Michigan alum and Center for Entrepreneurship supporter, Dixon Doll, received the 2021 National Venture Capital Association’s Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award. As…
Spilling the Industry Tea: The Importance of the Informational Interview
Build your network. Attend alumni mixers. Connect on LinkedIn. We’ve heard from friends, counselors, and mentors what we need to do to prepare for our…
Technology, Silicon Valley, and the Go Blue Connection: Kleiner Perkins Fellowship Alumni
Imagine a fellowship that includes a summer internship at a company like Airbnb, Coursera, Doordash, Handshake, Nextdoor, Pinterest, Slack, Uber with Tally, or Robinhood (just…