Monique Palmer is a senior at Grand Valley State University. Born and raised in Detroit, Monique turned her hair care routine into an inspiring business. As the first place winner from the 77IdeaLab, Monique has leveraged funding and business guidance…
SxanPro: Q&A with Ashlea Souffrou
By: Hunter Mylek Who is Ashlea Souffrou? Ashlea Souffrou is the President and founder of SxanPro. With 16 years in the Medical Device industry, she started at Stryker and made the decision to start her own company in 2019. In…
Diversity’s Kitchen: Serving homemade foods inspired by grandmother’s recipes
By Kayla Sosa For Jenea Irvin, cooking is more than a job - it's a passion. As the owner of Diversity's Kitchen - a takeout food service - wife, and mother of four children, Irvin spends a lot of her…
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RefuTea: Q&A with Autumn Modena
By: Hunter Mylek What is ReFuTea? RefuTea is a social enterprise that supports refugees through the sales of loose leaf teas! I plan to have a cafe one day, but currently I am growing the brand through wholesale and retail…
Baked in Culture: Q&A with Alyson & Mallory
Alyson and Mallory's education at GVSU, time in the food industry, and French-American heritage mixed together as the perfect recipe for a business: Chartreuse Sisters.
EXPRESSU: Q&A with Alina Ladewig
By: Hunter Mylek What made you start ExpressU? ExpressU is the women's clothing brand I launched last January. What made you start ExpressU? I've always loved clothing but sometimes had a hard time finding the style I wanted. People have…
Self Care Sunday: Q&A with Qi’Shaun Coyle
By: Hunter Mylek Qi'Shaun pictured above What drove you to start Self Care Sunday? Like many people, quarantining at the very beginning and throughout the pandemic left me with a lot of idle time. Thankfully, I had the ability to…
Introducing Thomas Coke: Entrepreneur in Residence
By: Hunter Mylek Thomas Coke is currently the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Richard M. And Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. Coke grew up in Grand…
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Baked in Culture: Q&A with Alyson & Mallory
Alyson and Mallory's education at GVSU, time in the food industry, and French-American heritage mixed together as the perfect recipe for a business: Chartreuse Sisters.
Teen Entrepreneur Summer Academy 2021
High school students from across West Michigan joined us for TESA, a week long entrepreneurship summer academy. The students learned the start-up process and 3 teams walked away with prize money.
