About the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Our vision

Walsh’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) is the go-to source for applied business training & support for southeast Michigan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Working in collaboration with

Thanks to a generous grant from the Small Business Association of Michigan Foundation (SBAMF), the CIE will be offering a wide range of bootcamps, workshops, networking events and other resources, in what it is calling its Business Innovation and Growth (BIG) Hub.

Program participation is free for businesses that qualify and that register at the SBAM Foundation support hub website, which also includes a full listing of offerings. Please be sure to register your company there to participate in any of our BIG Hub offerings: Small Business Support Hub (SBSH) Grant Program – SBAMF | Small Business Association of Michigan Foundation
* This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP0127 awarded to SBAM Foundation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Meet our team

Daniel Sem, PhD, MBA, JD
Executive Director
Vanessa Lane
Venture Fellow

Empowering Michigan Businesses