EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2013

EVENT: “How Do We Keep Wolverine Entrepreneurs in Michigan?”

Serial entrepreneur Jim Price, a faculty member at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and a member of the executive committee of U-M’s Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, will discuss how the state can continue to create an environment that inspires young entrepreneurs to keep their talents in Michigan after graduating from college.

Price has successfully launched and led multiple tech-enabled businesses in Michigan over the past two decades. His efforts have created hundreds of high-paying jobs, successful shareholder liquidity events, including an initial public offering, and several company mergers and sales.

His national thought leadership on entrepreneurship and innovation is showcased in his blogs on Business Insider at www.businessinsider.com/author/jim-price and the Huffington Post at www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-price.

PLACE: Christman/MML Building, First Floor, 208 North Capitol Ave., Lansing, Mich.

SPONSORS: Wolverine Caucus, U-M Office of Government Relations and U-M Alumni Association

INFORMATION: Veronica Wilkerson Johnson, (517) 372-7801, veronicj@umich.edu