Innovation Challenge is a yearly entrepreneurial game that challenges participants from all schools and colleges to design, build, plan and execute, utilizing teamwork and networking. Teams display their entrepreneurial knowledge to put themselves at an advantage in order to complete challenges set to them. The students race against time to with their sights on the prize!

• Date: September 18th, 2023
• Time: 5pm-8pm EST
• Location: Innovation Challenge will be held in-person in the Duderstadt Center basement



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Startup Career Fair (SCF) is an annual campus-wide recruiting event that connects 750+ student developers, designers, and students interested in entrepreneurship to career and internship opportunities at 40+ startups.

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MTank is a project similar to the reality TV show Shark Tank, where startups come to pitch their ideas, get live feedback, and guidance from judges, and compete for capital from Venture Capitalists. This event is presented by MPowered and changes the game of pitch competition. MTank adds entertainment to the playing field, drawing in a crowd and resulting in huge exposure for the startups.

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TrailBlaze brings U-M’s diverse skills and resources to low-income, first-generation middle school students to unite the gaps between school curriculum and other vast opportunities to learn. Our program emphasizes that innovation is not limited to STEM, but can be found and created in unique forms through a series of workshops and activities. Talent members will add on to their experiences in logistics, marketing, and recruiting.

MPowered Consulting is a pro bono venture support organization focused on solving real business challenges for startups. We complete short term projects for entrepreneurs to support the entrepreneurial community. We are united by our desire to solve complex business problems and make a positive impact on our community. We pride ourselves in our ability to integrate into startups’ existing teams and how rapidly we can complete projects for our partners.

The Marketing team works to ensure a unified MPowered brand.

Our team is split into two main sub-teams: Marketing and Creative. Marketing is tasked with providing the project teams with a detailed marketing strategy, developing resources to achieve our marketing goals as an org, and providing a structure to empower our continuously expanding MPowered brand. Creative is tasked with providing the necessary graphics and materials to supplement the events and many projects we have throughout the year.

Join us to gain valuable firsthand marketing and/or creative experience by building a presence across campus, online, at all of our events, and beyond.