Business and Economy
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Zell pledges $60 million to U-M
Gift will extend entrepreneurial programs at the Ross School, and create a new fund for student business ventures.
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Let's toast to that
U-M students trek to Chile to help family-owned vineyards build their brands and increase tourist traffic to their wineries.
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Trial & heirs
Law School grads Danielle and Andy Mayoras (both JD ’95) take a cue from celebrities’ “famous fortune fights” to protect clients’ financial legacies.
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Telling fortunes
Disruptive business models, big data, and a potential spiral of doom. Ross School experts weigh in on the new year’s economy.
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An entrepreneur’s cheat sheet
The brothers behind Wall St. Cheat Sheet could write a case study for entrepreneurs, content providers, and new media strategists.
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Manufacturing 10,000 jobs
U-M plays key role in $148-million research institute opening in metro Detroit.
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The state of entrepreneurship
The state of Michigan conjures certain classic images: the Great Lakes, the Motor City. Time to add “hotbed of entrepreneurial activity.”
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Easy Riders
Shifting gears comes naturally to entrepreneurs. For the founders of Autobike, it’s the defining feature of their evolving startup–a bike that shifts automatically.
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A2 on the (high) rise
Things are looking up in Ann Arbor—way up. A recent building boom is reshaping the city skyline, hastening a vertical shift in perspective.