ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continuing to bring together members of the business community and leaders in entrepreneurship and venture capital, The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business will host Entrepalooza, its annual Entrepreneurial Symposium, on Friday, Sept. 18 from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the U-M Ross School of Business, Blau Auditorium. This year's event, which also marks the 10th Anniversary of the Zell Lurie Institute, will offer attendees inspirational business success stories from Fortune 100 executives and venture capital leaders, as well as unique insight into emerging trends such as social entrepreneurship and alternative financing.

The public symposium brings the best and the brightest business minds to the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor to share the secrets behind their success with students, alumni, faculty and members of the broader business community. Networking opportunities are also built into the program to enable newly minted entrepreneurs the opportunity to make personal contacts with potential backers and future clients.

Entrepalooza will open with a keynote address from Roger Frock (MBA '59), author of Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx's Incredible Journey to Success -- The Inside Story. Frock will share his remarkable story of being a member of the founding team of FedEx and the rise of FedEx from a fledgling start-up with an innovative idea to a company with annual revenues of $30 billion as a model of entrepreneurial success against the odds.

The closing address will be delivered by venture capital and software industry veteran, Ravi Mohan (MBA '96), managing director of Silicon Valley-based Shasta Venture, who will share his insights on how and when to get funded, business trends and good business practices. Prior to co-founding Shasta Ventures, Mohan was a general partner at Battery Ventures where he led eight investments and served on the boards of 12 software and technology-enabled service companies. An active entrepreneurial advocate, Mohan helped found the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA) to leverage entrepreneurial activities between India and America, and he is an active Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).