
The Entrepreneurs Leadership Program provides deep training and mentorship for a select cohort of students to develop the functional, managerial, and leadership skills that differentiate the good from the great entrepreneurs. It equips some of the University of Michigan’s most driven minds with a rigorous experiential curriculum to lead them onto an entrepreneurial path during and after their college career.
We are looking for the most driven, passionate and talented students to join a strong network of entrepreneur peers and mentors. Will that be you?
Entrepreneurs Leadership Program Details:
The ELP Experience is a year-long fellowship program that combines teaching, mentorship, and training.
- Students study entrepreneurial leadership, strategy, and culture through the 3-Credit Entrepreneurial Leadership Course (Winter semester) and 3-Credit Entrepreneurial Action and Vision Course (Fall semester)
- Both ELP courses are compatible with the Minor in Entrepreneurship and PCDC credit (College of Engineering)
- Students have exclusive access to meetings with founders, investors, executives and other notable entrepreneurs in class, on Global Treks, and campus events
- Students gain hands-on experience over the summer working in an entrepreneurial ecosystem by completing an internship at a growing startup, starting a venture, or shadowing an entrepreneurial leader
- The CFE will provide exclusive access to internship at growing startups and mentorship opportunities with successful and active entrepreneurs. Through this process the CFE guarantees each ELP student at least one interview for a paid summer internship at a venture-backed startup; however, it is the responsibility of the student to secure the internship. The CFE guarantees interviews will take place from the start of January to the end of February.
- The CFE will provide as much support as possible, including aiding in negotiating any offer for employment with the student. Further, the CFE can provide significant financial support for summer internships at startups based one or more of the following conditions:
- CoE Students
- Women majoring in Computer Science
- Venture-backed startup internships
- Non-profit startup internships
- ELP is open to students from all schools and colleges, academic programs, and years


Alex Bismuth
Computer Science | Class of 2022

Caroline Slack
Mathematical Sciences and Economics | Class of 2022

Christopher Sullivan
Political Science | Class of 2022

Deeksha Gollamudi
Economics and Statistics | Class of 2023

Elina Mangal
Computer Science and Cognitive Science | Class of 2023

Grace Maloney
Business Administration | Class of 2024

Isaac Fung
Computer Science and Data Science | Class of 2022

Jessica Liang
MBA & MPP | Class of 2023

Justin Kula
Industrial and Operations Engineering | Class of 2022

Krishna Koka
Biomedical Engineering and Business Administration | Class of 2023

Malik Bunton
Mechanical Engineering | Class of 2021

Neil Gurnani
Computer Science | Class of 2022

Noah Hanover
Computer Science | Class of 2022

Raul Dutta
Computer Science | Class of 2021

Rutvi Shah
Computer Science | Class of 2023

Sai Pavan Yerra
Computer Science | Class of 2022

Samay Shamdasani
Computer Science Engineering | Class of 2023

Samuel Forman
Computer Science | Class of 2023

Sukrit Gill
Computer Engineering | Class of 2022

Tianyu Jiang
Cognitive Science, Data Science, and Applied Statistics | Class of 2021

Varun Jindal
Computer Science | Class of 2023

Vidyuth Suresh
Computer Engineering | Class of 2023
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