The CFE
Christine's title/role at the CFE
What is Director of Academic Programs?
What is a script?
This is 1st "point of entry" for U-M students seeking help with their resume, finding internship and/or job leads
What is U-M's Career Center? (careercenter.umich.edu/) +$100 bonus if your team can name the Career Center for those who have declared a major, and their 2nd "point of entry" is unique to their school/college
This concept refers to creating something new—or improving something existing—in a way that adds value.
What is innovation?
Total # of students enrolled at U-M Ann Arbor Fall '25
(Team closest to total wins this Q)
Name another ENTR course or CFE instructor
(Christine/Anushka to verify)
He referenced, "Failure is the best teacher. If you're not hearing the word 'no,' you're never going to grow." (AI expert, and is CFE's ExecDir).
Who is Dr. Kurt Skifstad?
U-M's 15 credit program for undergrads from any school/college/major that equips them with the knowledge, skills, and experience to translate ideas into real impact
What is the campus-wide minor in entrepreneurship?! (ent-minor.umich.edu/)
This term describes a newly established business designed for rapid growth and often built around an innovative product or service.
What is a startup?
This is U-M's school/college with the most declared, current students
What is LSA? (~20K declared there, as 1 of U-M's 19 schools/colleges)
The location of CFE "headquarters"
Where is North Campus, Duderstadt Center, 3rd floor?
VP of Product at Throne Labs, (formerly of Uber), this speaker leads strategy and execution for human-centered hardware transforming urban infrastructure.
Who is Shy (Shyanne) Telfer?
U-M's 12 credit program for graduate-level students from any school/college/major that equips them with the knowledge, skills, and experience to translate ideas into real impact
What is the Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship?! (cfe.umich.edu/learn/entrepreneurial-courses/graduate-opportunities/)
This is the process entrepreneurs use to gather information about customers, competitors, and industry conditions.
What is market research?
This was the 1st building on campus to have indoor plumbing
What is the President's House? (Built 1839-40, it was upgraded to include indoor plumbing in 1871 when James Angell was named U-M's president!)
Where Summer 2026 ENTR Abroad is heading for the 7th consecutive year
Scandinavia >> Copenhagen, Denmark for 5 wks and Stockholm, Sweden for 1 wk
Author of No Prize for Pessimism:Letters from a Messy Tech Optimist, Deputy CTO at Microsoft, former Google Engineering Director for Gdocs, Gmail, Calendar, and Picasa.
Who is Sam Schillace?
U-M's 2026 global rankings for entrepreneurship programs, by Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine
What is Top 5 for 2026, Top 10 for past 11 Years?
What is #4 for undergraduate programs?
What is #5 for graduate/professional programs?
(www.princetonreview.com/press/top-entrepreneurial-press-release-2026)
This presentation is used by entrepreneurs to explain their business idea to investors.
Name U-M's 2 search platforms for those looking for student orgs and campus events
What are Maize Pages and Happening@Michigan? (maizepages.umich.edu/ and events.umich.edu/) + $100 bonus if your team can name 2 E+I focused active student orgs
This is the name of CFE's funding initiative that directly supports student ventures or founders
What is FUEL Funding?
Who is Jason Bornhorst?
This is U-M's student resource for no-cost representation or legal guidance, in support of student led entrepreneurial ventures
What is ZEAL Clinic at U-M's Law School? (michigan.law.umich.edu/academics/experiential-learning/clinics/entrepreneurship-clinic-0)
This group includes anyone affected by a business’s decisions—such as investors, employees, and customers.
What are stakeholders?
The ONE thing that has NEVER been housed inside of Michigan's Union: a movie theatre, a swimming pool, or a bowling alley?
A movie theatre!