Welcome to Entre
Entre: Noun: ahn-trey
1. abbrev. entrepreneur, 2. entrée, as in “the dish.”
Welcome to Entre: The way to connect to everything entrepreneur. Think of this site as your main course, an online regional resource. The info is organized into four sections (capital, incubators, advisory support and education). Click around. Bookmark us. Visit often.
2011 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
DeNovo Sciences claims $500,000 prize in the company competition, and "Are You a Human" claims $25,000 prize in student competition. Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business plan competition which highlights Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation and business opportunity. The competition fuels innovation-based business growth by uncovering the best and brightest new business concepts from local and global entrepreneurs, exposing those opportunities to potential investment capital and fostering their growth within Michigan.
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Students Pitch Ideas to Investors
CALEDONIA — Business students pitched their best ideas to simulated investors: a job-shadowing database, a snagged lure fishing retrieval system, a shirt that keeps elbow pads in place for hockey players and designer heating vents. Read more at the link below...
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2011 Thought Leaders in Entrepreneurship
As executive director of Grand Valley State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation since April, Kevin McCurren’s job is to champion entrepreneurship in West Michigan and help innovators commercialize their ideas... Follow the link below to read more.
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GLEQ Business Plan Competition
The Fall 2011 GLEQ Business Plan Competition opens August 22! Registration must be completed by October 21. Please visit website below.
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Student Entrepreneurs on Fox 17 News
2011 GVSU Business Plan Competition competitors Miles Smith with business, Simplistic Innovations, and Dan Greer with business, Invent Efficiency, appeared on Fox17 morning news to explain their entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Family Enterprise Research Conference
GRAND RAPIDS — The easy part may be starting a family business. Keeping it going gets a little tougher with each generation. The scions of some of West Michigan’s biggest family-owned businesses gathered Friday to share some of their secrets with scholars from around the world.
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Momentum Lean Startup Conference
The Michigan Lean Startup Conference will be held May 19 at Grand Valley State University’s Eberhard Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The day-long, single-track conference will feature national speakers and panel discussions. The conference will lead into the kick-off event for Momentum’s 2011 12-week seed accelerator program. Conference attendees and the public will be invited to meet and mingle with this year’s five startup companies, which Chocko expects will be chosen by early April.
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EPIC Awards 2011
Small Business of the Year: Swift Printing & Communications Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Ross Timyan, Crystal Clean Auto Detailing LLC Minority-Owned Business of the Year: Summit Landscape Management, Inc. Woman-Owned Business of the Year: Reagan Marketing + Design, LLC Non-Profit of the Year: The Right Place, Inc. Excellence in Business: Axios Incorporated
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Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year MI/OH Award
Detroit, June 10, 2011 — Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award winners. This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners of the award, leading CEOs, private capital investors and other regional business leaders. The winners were revealed at a gala event on June 9 at the MGM Grand Detroit. Read more...
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