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Coleman says Tech Transfer key to prosperity at National Summit

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman made some sharp points about entrepreneurs at last week's National Summit in Detroit.

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An entrepreneurship panel pointed toward America's small business high tech future late Tuesday morning at the National Summit in Detroit.

Part of that involves university tech transfer, according to panelist Mary Sue Coleman, president of the Univeristy of Michigan: "Universities can be major hubs of innovation and entrepreneurism but it's not a give. It has to be rewarded and celebrated, and it has to have an internal champion." She also said turning a university into a consistent technology-based economic development engine involves "opening the door to businesses big and small."

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