entrepreneurship
Uptown Kitchen: Cooking up a small business
by (Chelsea)
Submitted 11-11-2011 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT
Kelly LeCoy recently graduated from Calvin College with a business and marketing degree. For her final thesis project before graduating last May, LeCoy drafted a business plan for a community commercial kitchen space to help local businesses grow...
Bridging the Gap: New Grand Rapids startup brings parents and teachers together to help students
by (GRCC Compositio...)
Submitted 03-10-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
This article was written and edited by Annie Batts, Megan Carrington, Trevor Cooper, and Jessica Covert for EN 102-4433 at GRCC. Education provides an opportunity for everyone to reach their full potential. Unfortunately, some students who put the...
Nominations now open for Second Annual EPIC Awards
by (GRACC)
Submitted 01-28-2011 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce EPIC Awards, launched in 2010, combines three of its traditional events into one EPIC event! EPIC is an acronym for Entrepreneurial, Progressive, Innovative and Collaborative, all qualities the selection...
Startup Weekend 2011 yields nine new projects
by (dennetmint)
Submitted 01-17-2011 under NEWS
Come year three, Startup Weekend will need to upgrade its space. On Friday night, 75 participants from as far as Lansing, Mich. crammed into The Factory (38 W. Fulton), a business incubator space in downtown Grand Rapids. Participants heard 21...