INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS CREATION

Business partners and investors are always looking for the next big thing. Chances are, they’re going to find it in the University Research Corridor, where $1.3 billion in academic research spins out dozens of licensing opportunities and new companies each year.

A critical mass of talented, well-educated, and creative people have chosen to live and work around the University Research Corridor. See the latest statistics.

And contrary to what you might have heard, most of the leadership talent we develop stays right here in Michgian. Crain’s Detroit Business recently asked the CEOs of metro Detroit’s largest companies where they went to school and found 40 of the CEOs went to U-M, 32 went to Wayne State and 31 went to MSU. For the complete list, visit the Crain’s web page.

The University Research Corridor is anchored by three leading business schools that feature life-long executive education and entrepreneurial training to keep the momentum going.

Regional Resources For Business

Michigan Economic Development Corp.

Automation Alley

Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce

MichBio – “Driving Life Sciences Industry Growth”

Rational Siting/Push-Pull Accelerator (RSPPA)

SPARK – “Ann Arbor USA, The Address Of Innovation”

TechTown – “Where Minds and Means Intersect”

University Resources for Business

Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative (MUCI)

MSU, Office of Intellectual Property

MSU – The James B. Henry Center for Executive Development

U-M Office of Technology Transfer

U-M – The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

U-M – Ross School of Business, Executive Education

WSU – Office of Technology Commercialization

WSU – Professional Development Division