How Michigan is looking for–and creating–opportunities for economic growth
Guest blog from ELP student: Connor Borrego @borregosauced University of Michigan ‘17 | LS&A Political Science & Entrepreneurship Michiganders and their businesses touch many fields. From technology and renewable energy,…
The Detroit I Didn’t Know
By DTrek participant Courtney Tatum Entrepreneurship: it was a word that I felt fairly confident describing in a textbook definition sort-of-way. And sure, I had watched enough episodes of ABC’s Shark…
Alumni Profile: Chris Kiesling- Ross Executive MBA ‘10
By Eric Bacyinski, M Engage Director, and Kate Toporski, CFE Content Development Intern Running a startup takes serious balance. But Chris Kiesling knows a thing or two about that: he…
Detroit Goes Green: 4 Ways Sustainability and Reinvention are Booming in The Motor City
By Kate Toporski, CFE Content Development Intern Sometimes it’s known as Motown, The Motor City, or Hockeytown; others refer to it as the 313, Rock City, or “The D”. And…
Spring Break in The Bay: Connecting Entrepreneurs from Coast to Coast
By Kate Toporski, CFE Content Development Intern After the State of Michigan, the second largest living population of University of Michigan alumni resides in California, specifically in the Bay Area….
For Class Credit: Coding, Hacking, Prototyping and More
By Kate Toporski, CFE Content Development Intern Build a prototype. Code an app. Create a 3D model. Experiment with UI design. All of these things are possible by simply taking one class: Introduction…
With Friends Like These
By Tom Frank, CFE Executive Director You are sitting in your dorm room, or a coffee shop, (or bored in class) and suddenly you think to yourself: “You know what…
Interdisciplinary Graduate Innovation Curriculum Enhances U-M Student Learning Experience
By Sarah Bachleda and Kate Toporski, College of Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship What exactly does a multidisciplinary, innovation-focused graduate program look like? In the Fall of 2015, two Master’s of…
Three Things to Know About Intellectual Property
By Kate Toporski, CFE Content Development Intern Since the creation of the internet, this question has become the most common, and important one to ask: how do I protect what’s…
Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship
The Center for Entrepreneurship has partnered with the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) to host a series of workshops and discussions to showcase entrepreneurship’s power in tackling challenges of gender equality….