ANN ARBOR – On July 18 a panel of educational, government, business leaders and venture capitalists will discuss the progress, the opportunities and challenges for start-ups in Michigan to cap off the week of the launch of ICorps at the University of Michigan.

Michigan eLab, Menlo Innovations, Ann Arbor SPARK and Bank of Ann Arbor invite you to a reception afterwards.

Panelists:

? Steve Blank, Startup Guru, I-Corps, Serial Entrepreneur, Lecturer at Stanford, Berkeley & Columbia

? Josh Linkner, Managing Partner, Detroit Venture Partners and NY Times Bestselling author, Founder, Chairman and Former CEO of ePrize

? Paul Brown, VP, Capital Markets at Michigan Economic Development Organization

? Rick Bolander, Co-founder & Partner, Michigan eLab and Co-founder & Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners

? Rick Sheridan, Co-Founder & CEO of Menlo Innovations

Moderator:

? Doug Neal, Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Co-founder & Partner, Michigan eLab

Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Time: 5:00 pm ? 7:00 pm

Location: 505 E. Liberty Street, Ann Arbor (in the atrium)

Parking: Republic Parking, 510 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI ($3 after 3:00 pm)

RSVP no later than July 16 at: WhatsNextForMichigan.Eventbright.Com

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