For Malamiah Juice Bar owner Jermale Eddie, his ability to impact the greater Grand Rapids community as an entrepreneur is more important than the bottom line. “Our mission essentially is to elevate community health through healthy products, community partnerships and…
GVSU Students Sweep Business Competitions
GVSU students Jordan Vanderham and Zoe Bruyn have been sweeping the business competition circuit as of late. Both took home top prizes on Nov. 3 at Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, a statewide competition held at the Cobo Center in Detroit.…
TESA Impact
"...it makes you not be afraid of resources and your community." Name: Jessie Singh Age: 18 High School: Forest Hills Northern Participated in TESA: 2014, 2015 & 2016 Neu: How did you become interested in TESA? Were you already interested in…
On Purpose: The Science Behind Purpose–A Guest Post by Steve Johandes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCNra5pIJIM If you are new to my posts, you will see that I learn a lot from my children. This time the learning process started with a conversation centered around my oldest daughters college selection process. Her research took her…
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October 5×5
Jermale Eddie of Malamiah Juice Bar took home the $5,000 cash prize along with $5,000 in legal services from Varnum Law at this month's 5x5 Night, held on Tuesday in the Loosemore Forum at the Siedman College of Business at…
Grand Valley teams make the semi-finals of Student Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition
Three student teams from Grand Valley State University have been selected out of 65 applicants as semi-finalists for the 7th Annual Student Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. On Nov. 3, Grand Valley teams EZIV LLC, Stir it Up LLC, and Orindi…
TESA Impact
"TESA is so worth it." Name: Chloe white Age: 15 High School: City High School Participated in TESA: 2015 Neu: What was your favorite part about TESA? Chloe White: I think it was meeting new people, because once…
GVSU Idea Pitch 2016
Congratulations to the Oct. 4 Idea Pitch winners and participants! Tom Peurach of Tiny Home Community took 1st place and $1,000, Brittany Taylor of Pressure Ulcer Prevention won 2nd place and took home $750, and Aaron B. Schaasfma of 934 Bagworks was…
TESA Impact
Reiner Fontain-Perez Age: 22 Year participated in TESA: 2009 Wyoming High School Neu: How did you become interested in TESA? Were you already interested in entrepreneurship? Reiner Fontain-Perez : Definitely. My business teacher actually introduced me to the program, and so I looked…
TESA impact
The Teen Entrepreneur Summer Academy (TESA) has influenced hundreds of high school students in West Michigan over the course of the past ten years. We recently got in touch with some of our past participants to hear first hand how…
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