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Projects Team Prospective Members Contact lead the way Apply Now Our Portfolio of Projects MPowered is broken up into six teams, each led by a Project Director(s). Once you join, you’ll be placed as a talent member” onto one of them. Each of these teams leads a unique, year-long initiative either across campus or within MPowered itself. INNOVATION CHALLENGE Prototyping and Design Competition STARTUP CAREER FAIR Career Fair with 45+ High-Growth StartupsMTank Innovate, Present, and Win! TRAILBLAZE Teach Kids About Entrepreneurship CONSULTING Consult for Local Startups MARKETING Build the MPowered Brand About Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. 2009-2011 Our Humble Beginnings Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Sunt ut voluptatum eius sapiente, totam reiciendis temporibus qui quibusdam, recusandae sit vero unde, sed, incidunt et ea quo dolore laudantium consectetur! March 2011 An Agency is Born Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Sunt ut voluptatum eius sapiente, totam reiciendis temporibus qui quibusdam, recusandae sit vero unde, sed, incidunt et ea quo dolore laudantium consectetur! December 2012 Transition to Full Service Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Sunt ut voluptatum eius sapiente, totam reiciendis temporibus qui quibusdam, recusandae sit vero unde, sed, incidunt et ea quo dolore laudantium consectetur! July 2014 Phase Two Expansion Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Sunt ut voluptatum eius sapiente, totam reiciendis temporibus qui quibusdam, recusandae sit vero unde, sed, incidunt et ea quo dolore laudantium consectetur! Be Part Of Our Story!Our Amazing Team Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur. Kay Garland Lead Designer Larry Parker Lead Marketer Diana Petersen Lead Developer Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Aut eaque, laboriosam veritatis, quos non quis ad perspiciatis, totam corporis ea, alias ut unde.Who We Are We are the University of Michigan’s oldest and largest entrepreneurship organization. We bring together distinguished companies and outstanding students to lead groundbreaking initiatives across campus. We’re currently building a diverse team of self-starters, big thinkers, and innovators, and we want you to join us. MPowered is broken up into six smaller teams. When you join our organization, you’re not only joining the entire MPowered community, but you’re placed on one of these teams based on your application, interviews, individual skills, and, most importantly, your personal preferences. These teams launch initiatives and events that engage the U-M and Ann Arbor startup ecosystem in unique ways. 14+ different majors 15,000 students exposed to entrepreneurship (and counting) 463 startups and companies brought to Michigan Contact Us If you have any questions, big or small, don’t hesitate to reach out! You can email us at mpowered-exec@umich.edu, or contact one of our members. Send Message© 2023 , All Rights Reserved. is a non-profit organization.Privacy Policy Terms of UseInnovation Challenge is a yearly entrepreneurial game that challenges participants from all schools and colleges to design, build, plan and execute, utilizing teamwork and networking. Teams display their entrepreneurial knowledge to put themselves at an advantage in order to complete challenges set to them. The students race against time to with their sights on the prize! Date: September 18th, 2023 Time: 5pm-8pm EST Location: Innovation Challenge will be held in-person in the Duderstadt Center basement Registration: Register online now! Date: February 4-6 2022 Location : Virtual, Headquartered @ University of Michigan, Duderstadt Center Learn MoreStartup Career Fair (SCF) is an annual campus-wide recruiting event that connects 750+ student developers, designers, and students interested in entrepreneurship to career and internship opportunities at 40+ startups. Date, Time, and Location TBA Date: February 17th, 2023 Time: 10am-3pm EST Location: SCF will be held in-person at the Duderstadt Center Registration: Register online with 12Twenty . MTank is a project similar to the reality TV show Shark Tank, where startups come to pitch their ideas, get live feedback, and guidance from judges, and compete for capital from Venture Capitalists. This event is presented by MPowered and changes the game of pitch competition. MTank adds entertainment to the playing field, drawing in a crowd and resulting in huge exposure for the startups.Date: February 2021 Location: University of Michigan, Duderstadt CenterUse this area to describe your project. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Est blanditiis dolorem culpa incidunt minus dignissimos deserunt repellat aperiam quasi sunt officia expedita beatae cupiditate, maiores repudiandae, nostrum, reiciendis facere nemo! Date: January 2020 Client: Finish Category: Identity Close ProjectMTank is a project similar to the reality TV show Shark Tank, where startups come to pitch their ideas, get live feedback, and guidance from judges, and compete for capital from Venture Capitalists. This event is presented by MPowered and changes the game of pitch competition. MTank adds entertainment to the playing field, drawing in a crowd and resulting in huge exposure for the startups. Date, Time, and Location TBA TrailBlaze brings U-M’s diverse skills and resources to low-income, first-generation middle school students to unite the gaps between school curriculum and other vast opportunities to learn. Our program emphasizes that innovation is not limited to STEM, but can be found and created in unique forms through a series of workshops and activities. Talent members will add on to their experiences in logistics, marketing, and recruiting. For the 2022 event, our theme is "Spark Your Future!" We will facilitate educational and creative activities to provide exposure to a wide variety of fields. This year, students will hear from UM’s very own Professor Fretz and practice their entrepreneurial skills to come up with unique solutions to everyday problems. Date: Friday, March 11th from 9am - 2pm Location: STAMPS Auditorium. Walgreen Drama Centerr 1226 Murfin Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109MPowered Consulting is a pro bono venture support organization focused on solving real business challenges for startups. We complete short term projects for entrepreneurs to support the entrepreneurial community. We are united by our desire to solve complex business problems and make a positive impact on our community. We pride ourselves in our ability to integrate into startups’ existing teams and how rapidly we can complete projects for our partners. Date: February 2021 Location: University of Michigan, Duderstadt CenterThe Marketing team works to ensure a unified MPowered brand. Our team is split into two main sub-teams: Marketing and Creative. Marketing is tasked with providing the project teams with a detailed marketing strategy, developing resources to achieve our marketing goals as an org, and providing a structure to empower our continuously expanding MPowered brand. Creative is tasked with providing the necessary graphics and materials to supplement the events and many projects we have throughout the year. Join us to gain valuable firsthand marketing and/or creative experience by building a presence across campus, online, at all of our events, and beyond. Date: February 2021 Location: University of Michigan, Duderstadt...