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Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship

We are a dedicated institute for student entrepreneurs across campus and beyond. We aim to maximize your success by fostering your entrepreneurial mindset, promote inter-disciplinary collaboration and provide support for the creation and development of your new ventures. Jumpstart your ideas and get involved today!

Tune in for excitement!

Passion. Potential. Pitches. Don't miss any of the 2025 New Venture Challenge excitement.

Tune in Friday, April 11 at 1 p.m. for great ideas and fierce competition. Then, join the judges, mentors, spectators and teams as they see who is going home with thousands of dollars in venture financing. The awards broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. and one team will walk away as the overall best venture. 

Start your entrepreneurial journey

Central Michigan University’s College of Business Administration is the home of the Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship and the first Department of Entrepreneurship in the state of Michigan. We are a student-centric hub where experiential, curricular, and external entrepreneurial opportunities intersect.

Our mission is to maximize student success by fostering a campus-wide entrepreneurial mindset that promotes inter-disciplinary collaboration and the creation of new ventures.

We aim to create innovative programming, boost cross-campus and ecosystem collaboration and provide a comprehensive mentoring program.

Our institute provides extracurricular opportunities and is open to all undergraduate and graduate CMU students.

Student opportunities

  • Meet experienced alumni, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors, and other business and political leaders.
  • Learn practical skills, innovative thinking, and connect with mentors and entrepreneurial resources.
  • Attend skill-building workshops and compete in pitch competitions and Hackathons.
  • Take part in special scholarship programs and travel experiences.
  • Pitch your venture at our signature New Venture Challenge event and compete for up to $20,000 in cash awards.

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      Every journey is unique. Explore the opportunities that interest you.

      The week in photos: Aug. 19-25

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      A look back at some of the best photos from events and locations across Central Michigan University's campus captured by University Communications from Aug. 19-25, 2022.

      CMU students cheer in the hallway during IMPACT.
      CMU students cheer each other on during IMPACT, a two-and-a-half-day event that allows incoming multicultural freshman and transfer students to become familiar with campus, learn about cultural student organizations, and attend social workshops.

       

      IMPACT attendees walk under the CMU arch on their way to the Student Activities Center.
      IMPACT attendees walk under the CMU arch on their way to the Student Activity Center.
      Students smile and point at the camera during Leadership Safari while holding signs featuring their team names.
      Students inside the Student Activity Center get hyped for Leadership Safari.
      Leadership Safari students literally life each other up during a team building exercise inside the Student Activities Center.
      Leadership Safari students literally lift each other up as part of a team-building exercise inside the Student Activity Center.
      Students from Leadership Safari and the CMU Marching Band form a “C” on the turf inside Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
      Students from Leadership Safari and the CMU Marching Band form a “C” on the turf inside Kelly/Shorts Stadium.
      A beautiful sunrise over the Charles V. Park Library.
      A beautiful sunrise over the Charles V. Park Library.

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