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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: Feb. 24-March 2

      by Aaron Mills

      Some of the top photos from Central Michigan University events and activities during the week of Feb. 24-March 2 as captured by University Communications

      Three college students hold plates of food at a Black History Month dinner.
      CMU Dining celebrates Black History Month with "Gather for the Culture," where Chef Andre Jones prepared dishes honoring culture and community.
      An engineering student works on a car in a garage.
      Engineering students build their Formula 1-style race cars.
      A group of students stand with comedian Maggie Maye.
      Program Board hosts comedian Maggie Maye (fourth from the left) for a night of laughter.
      Three fashion design students dress mannequins.
      Fashion Merchandising students redress mannequins for their fashion display.
      Four members of the CMU dance team pose for a photo on the basketball court.
      Members of the CMU Dance Team pose for a photo during the women's basketball game against Ball State.
      A college student stands at a podium speaking into a microphone.
      The MASS Office hosts "Navigating My Identity" where students explored how identity shapes who they become in spaces not built for them.

       

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