Michigan Engineering Entrepreneurs 2007-09-29T22:13:47Z An area for Michigan Engineering faculty, students and staff to discuss entrepreneurial activities tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2013:/enginentrepreneurs/5916 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2007, claytonb Entrepreneurship and risk 2007-09-29T22:13:47Z 2007-09-29T00:22:03Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2007:/enginentrepreneurs/5916.32543 2007-09-29T00:22:03Z Tue 10/2, or Thur 10/4 claytonb web page claytonb@umich.edu Do I have to take a risk to become a successful entrepreneur?

]]> I keep hearing about risk being a key to success. Do it while you're young, they say. Go out on a limb. Find an idea and fall in love with it, then take a risk to make it work. But is that how it works? Do I have to take a risk to become a successful entrepreneur?

]]> The College of Engineering entrepreneurial push 2010-11-25T16:31:17Z 2007-09-27T17:04:18Z tag:mblog.lib.umich.edu,2007:/enginentrepreneurs/5916.32481 2007-09-27T17:04:18Z Michigan Engineering has made a worldwide name for itself in education, research and team projects. Now it's making a push to encourage entrepreneurship claytonb web page claytonb@umich.edu Michigan Engineering has made a worldwide name for itself in education, research and team projects. Now it's making a push to encourage entrepreneurship -- we have the groundwork; we need the know-how, guidance and resources to really get things rolling.

Check out MPowered Entrepreneurship, an organization that focuses on fostering entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan. Its mission is to light a fire under students, spurring them to explore the opportunities of entrepreneurship through exposure to active entrepreneurs, orientation towards innovation-by-collaboration and support as they begin their own ventures.

A lot of folks are excited about this. You'll be hearing more about it in the coming weeks.

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