We’ve all got them — those ideas that we know, just know, would make a fortune if we could get them to a store shelf.
Now, some University of Michigan students are hoping to tap into that genius. MPowered Entrepreneurship is challenging students to make their pitches — whether for ideas they’ve mulled for years or an unexpected flash of brilliance.
“It’s ‘Hey, you’re waking up at 3 a.m. with an idea. What is it?’ ” said MPowered president Lauren Leland, 20, of West Bloomfield.
The spiels range from the intriguing (sidewalks that capture kinetic energy from pedestrians) to the…
