Center for Entrepreneurship

  1. February 25, 2016

    CFE, Mcity collaborate to spur transportation innovation

    The Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Mobility Transformation Center is launching TechLab at Mcity, a collaborative effort to promote connected- and driverless-vehicle innovation.

  2. January 22, 2016

    Contest offers student ventures chance at mentorship, prize money

    Student teams will pitch 21 ideas hoping to be the last one standing in a unique, semester-long student venture competition called The Startup.

  3. November 3, 2015

    University invests $1 million in solving transportation challenges

    U-M will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation’s toughest challenges.

  4. February 15, 2014

    Gene-based cancer diagnosis tech wins entrepreneurship contest

    Three U-M pathology researchers who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment have won a statewide competition organized by the Center for Entrepreneurship.

  5. February 10, 2014

    Business contest aims to grow entrepreneurial roots in Michigan

    A new statewide contest administered by U-M’s Center for Entrepreneurship aims to arm university students with the resources and skills to launch successful startups in Michigan.

  6. January 22, 2014

    $4.35M from Davidson Foundation to fuel research-driven innovation

    The William Davidson Foundation has awarded $4.35 million to U-M to support programs that will accelerate the flow of university-generated ideas to the marketplace.

  7. November 4, 2013

    U-M aims to offer entrepreneurial education to all undergrads

    In an effort to offer formal entrepreneurship education to all U-M undergraduates within the next two years, Provost Martha Pollack has appointed Thomas Zurbuchen, an engineering professor with a proven entrepreneurial track record, as senior counselor for entrepreneurial education.