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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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      The week in photos: Nov. 13-26

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      Due to the extended time off around Thanksgiving, we're featuring events from the past two weeks. Here are some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities from Nov. 13-26 as captured by University Communications. 

      CMU President Bob Davies stands on stage in an auditorium as a large screen in the background reads
      With a focus on the future, Central Michigan University’s 15th president, Robert O. Davies, delivered the 2023 State of the University Address on Thursday, November 16, in Plachta Auditorium.
      Former Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez wears light blue shirt while holding a microphone and speaking to a crowd. A CMU step and repeat banner stands behind her.
      Former Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez visited CMU on Saturday, November 19, where she spoke in front of an audience of students, staff, faculty, and community members in Plachta Auditorium.
      Former US Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez stands in front black curtains on a stage while striking a gymnastics victory pose.
      Laurie Hernandez rose to fame when she made the US Olympic Gymnastics Team at only 16 years old, where she earned an individual silver medal on the balance beam and helped secure the gold medal for Team USA.
      CMU's colorful parade float travels through downtown Detroit between tall buildings.
      For a third straight year, CMU's "We Do" float was a part of America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White in Detroit.
      A group of parade marchers dressed in commencement attire walks in downtown Detroit next to a CMU float.
      Members of the CMU community marched alongside the CMU float as it made its way through Downtown Detroit.
      CMU friends and supporters cheer from the stands in downtown Detroit along the parade route.
      Central Michigan alumni cheer for CMU’s float as it passes by the CMU grandstands.

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