Entrepreneur round-up: Wayne program gets more grant funding; start-up weekend set for this week

Some good news for budding entrepreneurs in Detroit:

Wayne State University recently received a $90,000 grant for its Adams Entrepreneurship Fellowship program, and Detroit Start-up Weekend is set to get started on Friday.

Start-up Weekend is similar to Ann Arbor SPARK's highly successful Entrepreneur Boot Camp. It will bring together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and creative people of all stripes to help them create their own businesses in Detroit. For information, click here.

The Wayne State entrepreneurship fellowship program is in its fourth year thanks to the $90,000 from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. Each year a Wayne State MBA student or alumni works closely with an entrepreneur, assessing new business ventures and taking part in the management of a start-up.

Applications are due by April 27 and can be found here. For information, send an email to [email protected].

Source: Wayne State University and Detroit Start-up Weekend
Writer: Jon Zemke
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