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What is the entrepreneurial mindset? and why is it important to non-entrepreneurs?

Contributed by: Jonathan Song, Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Cohort 2025, Master’s in Social Work, December 2025 Since starting graduate school, the…

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Celebrating 10 Years of ELP: Maxwell Feldman’s Poetic Journey with Entrepreneurship

Maxwell Feldman isn’t your typical student founder. He’s a senior majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), minoring in Creative…

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Student Spotlight: Michael Ettlinger

When Michael Ettlinger first found the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Michigan Engineering Embark event, he knew he’d found his…

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Defining Entrepreneurship and What It Means to Me

Contributed by Kayle Riley, Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Cohort 2024-2025, Biomedical Engineering PhD Candidate Entrepreneurship is one of those words that…

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Meet the Future: Introducing our 2026 Entrepreneurial Leadership Cohort

The Center for Entrepreneurship is full of anticipation as we welcome the 2026 cohort of our esteemed Entrepreneurial Leadership Program…

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Maximizing Your Graduate Experience at the University of Michigan

Contributed by:  Idman Gabayre, Entrepreneurial Leadership Program 2024-25 Cohort, Master’s in Biomedical Engineering and Neural Engineering The University of Michigan…

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Three Quotes Heard in the ELP Classroom that Prompted Action 

Contributed by Garret Potter, ELP Cohort 2024-2025, Master’s Student in Information These three quotes inspire action. Since hearing each, I…

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Student Spotlight: Ivana Vera Sánchez

Meet Ivana Vera Sánchez, Industrial and Operations Engineering major, Entrepreneurial Leadership Program (ELP) cohort member, and the Director of Trailblaze…

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Three AI Roles, One Summer: Lessons in Organized Chaos

Contributed by Ashhad Jaffer, ELP 2024-2025 Cohort, Masters, Information Opening Hook Coming into this summer, I was desperate for an…

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