What We Do
Your tech journey starts here.
Business+Tech cultivates technologically curious students who are ambitious, adaptable, and collaborative. Our programs and activities are designed for everyone in mind, focusing on three core areas of literacy, competency and mastery. It is the institutes belief that tech and business are increasingly intertwined, and that the leaders of tomorrow will be able to navigate the complexities of this dynamic relationship.
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TECH LITERACY
Learn the language.
TECH COMPETENCY
Learn the concepts.
TECH MASTERY
Transform the world.
A three-week series where participants increase their +tech literacy and competency through hands-on workshops and speaker sessions ranging from basic coding in Python to industry-lead info sessions on emerging technologies.
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A six-week challenge designed to mimic a real-world +tech team of product managers, designers, developers, and business consultants, where teams of 4-5 multidisciplinary students go through three phases: Ideate, Create, and Demonstrate.
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An initiative that elevates and supports talent among underserved U-M students pursuing careers within the intersection of business, +tech, and innovation. Past programs have funded trips to AFROTECH Conference and curated a competition in partnership with Howard University.
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A half-day conference that brings together leading experts who take participants through a crash-course on an emerging +tech topic such as GenAI or digital transformation of logistics. Featured experts represent all roles from operations to product to sales.
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A week-long series of workshops geared towards advancing data analytics skills through a +tech lens. Led by Ross faculty and industry experts, students are taught key +tech tools such as SQL and Tableau.
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A hackathon style competition where interdisciplinary teams of students use data as the primary basis for developing creative solutions to real-world problems. Past competitions have utilized U-M football ticket and flight industry data.
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A three-week competition where diverse student teams develop a modernized solution to a relevant problem utilizing an existing finance concept or trend. Past challenges have focused on cryptocurrency and financial accessibility.
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