Tom Frank (pictured) has been named the executive director for the University of Michigan’s Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Frank comes a background at online video firm Real Networks and a history of stepping in to assist struggling startups in Silicon Valley.
He said: “The real secret to success is enabling the types of programs that are going to get these students to really take things from the concept phase through the discipline process required to build something.”
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