Adept in driving value for clients by designing market-shifting solutions from the ground up, Madhavi is a thoughtful, human-centered strategist committed to creating equitable, sustainable products, services and experiences that make life better for everyone. Her...
Results-oriented professional with over 7 years of experience in consulting, publicly traded and privately held companies, with a strong interest in impact and a passion towards strategy. Proven track record of initiating and leading cross-functional projects in...
Across America, 89% of businesses employ less than 20 people. These small organizations represent the backbone of our economy. On May 1, 2016 I set out on a five week road trip as part of Ross Open Road with three other Ross MBAs to discover the heartbeat that keeps...
By Anita Lin After our first year of business school, my three teammates and I set off for a month-long road trip. We started in our backyard city of Detroit and made our way over to the St. Paul, Minn., area, Fargo, N.D., and Minneapolis. We drove the 1100+ miles in...
Sustainability is hard work. And, to borrow from the child-rearing adage, it takes a village. That has never been more clear to me than it was at the 2015 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference, titled “Resilient Business, Resilient World.” The annual BSR...
by Santiago Bunce This week we open a parenthesis in our 7 post series about the positive impacts of BoP strategies to take a look at cases where profits trump development goals. So far we have argued that offering products and services in BoP markets not only...
By Santiago Bunce Welcome back to this seven-part blog series: Social Enterprise: Understanding the Base of the Pyramid. This week, in our second post, we are exploring the business case for engaging the market at the base. Specifically, we’ll take a look at a leading...
Erb External Advisory Board member, Lauren Bigelow, is featured in Forbes magazine. "Lauren Bigelow is the CEO of the Growth Capital Network (GCN) which does project management, evaluative and analytical work. But what she really does is help connect entrepreneurs and...
Erb alum, Jackie Pitera, discusses corporate sustainability in employee engagement in Environmental Leader "Aligned Incentives and Engaged Employees Improve Triple Bottom Line Performance."
Ryan Waddington (Erb '99) and partner,Tim Streit, recently launched Huron River Ventures to serve MI clean and high tech industry sectors.