b'E M E R G I N G L E A D E R SACCELERATING & INVESTING IN SMALL BUSINESSESWDI supports student learninga potential investment into one experiences in a wide varietyof the enterprises in Poornathas of projects in low- andaccelerator program.middle-income countries. When it comes to developingPoornatha is the India affiliate and investing in smallof the Michigan Academy for businesses in those regions,Developing Entrepreneurs WDI projects occasionally(MADE), which was founded intersect with one another. in 2017 by WDI, the Zell-Lurie Institute at the University of That was the case for LawrenceMichigan and Poornatha. MADE Chen, who earned his MBAprovides Entrepreneurship from the Ross Business SchoolDevelopment Organizations at the University of Michigan(EDOs) a repeatable, scalable, in 2020. During his Ross MBAtransferable and profitable programs Multidisciplinaryservice platform to develop Action Project (MAP), Chenentrepreneurs in their home worked with Poornathacountries. In late 2020, MADE Partnering Entrepreneurs LLP,generated national headlines a small- and medium-sizedin India when Indian Bank enterprise (SME) acceleratorannounced it would be a partner in Madurai, Indiawhere hein a new training program for developed a growth strategyits micro-, small- and medium-for the organization. Chen alsosized enterprises (MSMEs).led financial vehicles research for the International InvestmentThanks to his leadership in Fund (IIF), a student-runmultiple WDI student projects investment fund and MBA-leveland affiliated university courses, course, supported by WDI. TheChen earned the distinction teams assignment focused onas a Davidson Field Scholar.22 20|21 INSIGHTS'