Message from Samuel Zell Chairman Equity Group Investments

Message from Thomas C. Kinnear Executive Director

Message from David J. Brophy Director, Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance

Message from Alison Davis-Blake Edward J. Frey Dean, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entrepreneurial Education
Spans the Six Critical Skills
of Entrepreneurship

The Institute's success arises from its identification of and focus on six core entrepreneurial skills  ... more

1. Opportunity Identification

Peter Adriaens Firing up Undergrad Entrepreneurs

Ankur Shah, BBA ’13 MPowered 1,000 Pitches Finalist

2. Business Design

Allen Kim, BSE ’12 Breaking Into Online Retail

Vimal Bhalodia, MBA ’11 Quest for Entrepreneurial Opportunity

3. Business Assessment

Justin Jackson, Ph.D. AeroE ’12 Evaluating Entrepreneurial Potential

Zubair Ahsan, BBa/BSE ’11 Outstanding Undergraduate Business Team

4. Business Planning

Paul Davis, MBA/MS ’11 & Robert Levine, PhD ’13 “Think Green” Award Winner

Angelique Johnson, MSE ’07, PhD EE ’11 Award-winning Business, Team and Presentation

Tyler Paxton, MBA ’11 Accelerating a Start-up

Chad Stark, BBA '12, and David Spiro, BBA '12 Unlocking Entrepreneurial Resources

5. Resourcing

Erik Gordon, Managing Director, Wolverine Venture Fund Money on the Firing Line

Shahnoor Amin, MSE ’10 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition Winner

Sherman Powell, MBA ’08 Catapulted to Entrepreneurial Success

6. Managing Growth

Diane Bouis, MBA ’12 Harnessing Growth Potential

Steve Kawasumi, MBA ’12 Debugging Semiconductor Chips

Platform For Entrepreneurial Success

Matthew Neagle, MBA ’11 Intrapreneur in Action

Lauren Miller, MBA ’11 Pursuing Social Entrepreneurship

Mary Lemmer, BBA ’10 Taste of Entrepreneurial Success

Todd Sullivan, MBA ’05 Turning New Ventures into Gold

Ben Lewis, BSE ’01, MBA ’05 Building Blockbuster Businesses

Zell Lurie Institute 2011 Milestones

Zell Lurie Institute Advisory Board & Staff