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Programs

Entrepreneurship is not linear, and no two businesses are the same. That’s why you need a team that’s with you for the long haul.

DNEP students offer tailored support to individual businesses to help you become more profitable, grow, and scale sustainability. We offer workshops, one-on-one accounting and technology support that you can access year-round, as many times as you need. During the academic year, we match businesses with student teams in faculty-led classes, to go deep on a particular issue. You provide students with a chance to flex what they have learned in class; you gain capacity and a new network of people who are invested in your success.

Kwaku Osei, Farmacy Food

Working with the U-M DNEP is almost like having a SWAT Team of talented individuals with diverse skill sets coming together to help you address your biggest challenges and develop new strategies.

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Student voices

Maheem Syed

FORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

I hope to continue building the strategic and creative skills I learned through DNEP, and raise awareness about the effects of such large-scale events on smaller-scale businesses and communities, in order to advocate for them more effectively in the future and ensure that their perspective is heard.