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The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance, at the Ross School of Business, provides the programs, staff, and infrastructure to support student entrepreneurs of all types and companies at all stages of development. 

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The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies provides the programs, staff, and infrastructure to support entrepreneurs of all types and ventures at all stages of development...
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About Zell Lurie

The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity advances the knowledge and practice of entrepreneurship and innovation through a broad range of activities, including ac...
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In accordance with the health and safety guidelines put in place by the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business, all Zell Lurie events will be hosted in an online format for the 2021 winter semester. For updates on guidelines, please v...
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Driving Across America, Ross Open Road
"Small businesses make up America. We need to support one another, because that is the only way we are going to survive.  I am going to make a conscious effort to do more of that."

Learning to Speak Science Changed the Course of My Business Relationship
"Entrepreneurship, as all entrepreneurs have proclaimed to us and others, is as much about people as it is about technology. More than that, entrepreneurship is about communication. It’s making everyone in the room as jazzed about your idea as you are, in whatever language it takes to make that happen."

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The Stephen M. Ross School of Business offers students a unique educational opportunity to combine theoretical and experiential learning. A broad range of over 40 entrepreneurial and venture capital electives provides students with instruction on the...
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The internship program at the Zell Lurie Institute helps startup companies and venture capital firms hire Ross School of Business students for a 12-week hands-on work experience. This program gives students the opportunity to develop their entreprene...
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