Articles tagged: Entrepreneur
U-M Law School joins the entrepreneurship game with free legal clinic for student startups
Posted: Jan 06, 2013The University of Michigan has spent years developing an environment that supports both faculty and students who want to commercialize the fruits of their labor by starting their own companies. Bryce Pilz is a co-instructor ... Read more »
Tech Beat/With Video: Top 3 eye-catching inventions from University of Michigan student entrepreneurs
Posted: Oct 27, 2012There are stories of famous entrepreneurs who never finished college - Bill Gates and Michael Dell come to mind - but the University of Michigan is banking that today students starting companies will want to stay in school if given the right resources. Read more »
With Audio: Sam Zell on Detroit, unions and privatizing U-M: 'Survival of the fittest will prevail'
Posted: Oct 05, 2012Sam Zell - a University of Michigan alumnus, billionaire real estate mogul and investor - said he would like to see U-M privatize. Read more »
Street-wear and startup icon Johnny Cupcakes to give talk at University of Michigan
Posted: Oct 04, 2012It takes a very special type of person to develop a fanatic cult following by putting images of cupcakes on T-shirts. Johnny Earle, who goes by “Johnny Cupcakes,” is that type of person. Earle, named ... Read more »
Guiding your career through lessons from entrepreneurs
Posted: Dec 10, 2011The number of events held in southeast Michigan during the recent Global Entrepreneurship Week impressed me. I’m even more impressed with the results of the entrepreneurial spirit in our region. Between Michigan Emerging and the ... Read more »
Ypsilanti's VG Kids survives, adapts, expands on Railroad Street
Posted: Mar 26, 2010For having been beat back by the failing economy over the last two years, Ypsilanti’s VG Kids' owner James Marks stands on surprisingly solid ground. In that time frame, the 31-year-old Ypsilanti entrepreneur opened four ... Read more »
Starting a Business
Posted: Jul 27, 2009Image by benn via FlickrI'm having an 'Oh Crap Moment', which must mean that I'm onto something big. By big I mean significant. By significant I mean either exceptionally awesome or publicly embarrassing, but I'm ... Read more »
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