October 9, 2006

Gilbert creating boot camp to develop young entrepreneurs

Business columnist Tom Walsh writes about a planned initiative by Dan Gilbert, founder of Quicken Loans, to create a boot camp for young entrepreneurs. He will fund the endeavor, which will begin with a class of 10-20 students in January, with $10 million. Although the enterprise, to be called Bizdom U, is not directly affiliated with Wayne State University , it will be headquartered out of a storefront office on campus. Bizdom will fund the start-up of a graduate's company with an investment of $250,000- $500,000 in stages. The article mentions that Gilbert is a graduate of the WSU Law School . The piece also ran on the AP wire and was picked up by Booth Newspapers.

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