Endowment helps entrepreneurial U-M students to go from idea to biz
There's little doubt that the university is an incubator for big ideas. But how many of those ideas can be translated into business? And what is the process for doing that? Tim Mayleben, CEO of biotech firm Aastrom Biosciences and former COO of Esperion Therapeutics, decided to help that process along. Excerpt: "“There’s this gap between ‘I have this cool idea,’ which is not a business, but it’s a cool idea,... [Read More...]
U-M launches Venture Shaping Program to turn ideas into startups
Business ideas don't always make profitable businesses. A new program at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business hopes to make that transition more commonplace in Ann Arbor. U-M is launching the Mayleben Family Venture Shaping Program through the Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. The new program is being funded by a gift from Aastrom Biosciences president & CEO Tim Mayleben (a U-M graduate) and his wife,... [Read More...]
Next wave of U-M start-ups floods TechArb incubator
A new batch of studentpreneurs is flooding into the TechArb, the University of Michigan's business incubator for student-led start-ups. The downtown-based incubator recently moved to a bigger space (50 percent larger) on West Liberty Street in the basement of the Liberty Square Building next to the Michigan Theatre. About a dozen early-stage start-ups use the space for a six-month periods, starting in November and May. This year the organizers... [Read More...]
U-M start-ups score $34K in Dare to Dream grants
The University of Michigan's Dare to Dream grants aren't so much about growing student-led start-ups as they are about growing the student entrepreneurs themselves. The Dare to Dream program, organized by U-M's Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, distributes up to $100,000 each academic year to U-M students. The grants range in size from $500 to $10,000 and help students fund things like feasibility studies, business... [Read More...]
U-M start-ups score $34K in Dare to Dream grants
The University of Michigan's Dare to Dream grants aren't so much about growing student-led start-ups as they are about growing the student entrepreneurs themselves. The Dare to Dream program, organized by U-M's Zell-Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, distributes up to $100,000 each academic year to U-M students. The grants range in size from $500 to $10,000 and help students fund things like feasibility studies, business... [Read More...]
Zell Lurie ranked as Top 5 entrepreneurship program
U-M's Zell-Lurie graduate school program landed in the Top 5 for teaching entrepreneurship to its students, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. The Fall 2011 list highlighted those schools that fostered the kind of entrepreneurial skill necessary to contribute to and compete in today's global economy. Check out all the rankings here. News from Concentrate Read More →
The Michigan Daily Covers Entrepreneurs and Incubators
Ann Arbor, Venture Capital is the headline of a great article written by Addie Shrodes of The Michigan Daily. The article covers entrepreneurialism in Ann Arbor and includes information about SPARK and the work we do assisting start-ups as well as on the student incubator, TechArb. Read the article. Read More →
