(616) 331-7200
1116 L. William Seidman Center
50 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
The Family Owned Business Institute seeks to serve family owned businesses through research, education and advocacy.
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Sprout Lab
(269) 214-1227
1116 L. William Seidman Center
50 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Sprout Lab is a program that brings entrepreneurial education and resources around the state of Michigan. The program places an emphasis on agriculture and rural start-ups.
The Factory
(616) 803-9131
38 West Fulton
Suite 400
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
The Factory is a membership based coworking space equipped with a learning centers, conference rooms, gathering areas and skype rooms.
Start Garden
40 Pearl St NW #200
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Start Garden is a platform that invests in new ideas to help them becoming high earning businesses.
5×5 Night
40 Pearl St NW #200
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
5×5 Night is a monthly idea pitch were five entrepreneurs pitch and one winner walks away with $5,000 in investment capital.
Dwelling Place
(616) 454-0928
101 Sheldon Blvd SE #2
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Dwelling Place provides commercial space for small businesses in the Heartside Business District based on the business’s potential to contribute to revitalization efforts within the neighborhood.
GRMakers
(616) 520-8624
401 Hall st SW Suite 185
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Another membership based maker space, GR Makers that offers members the tools and space they need to advance idea and product development.
The Geek Group
(616) 466-4335
902 Leonard St NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
The Geek Group is a highly equipped membership based maker space that allows small business and entrepreneurs the facilities and equipment to design, engineer, and manufacture prototypes and even do small-to-medium production runs.
Grand Rapids Inventors Network
2333 East Beltline Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49534
Grand Rapids Inventor Network is membership based nonprofit that connects inventors, makers and creative entrepreneurs and helps members move forward from conception to business plan to product realization.
Grand Angels
(616) 566-1770
36 W 8th Street Suite 200
Holland, MI 49423
Grand Angels is an investment group that invests $250K-$1 in early stage companies.
Local First
(616) 808-3788
955 Wealthy St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Local First is a membership based nonprofit organization that works to connect local businesses to each other and the community in advocation of a resilient local economy.
The Right Place
(616) 771-0325
125 Ottaway Avenue, Suite 450
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
http://www.rightplace.org/Home.aspx
The Right Place offers highly specialized services for existing and small businesses, including workforce training and certification, leadership development, supply chain and distribution strategy development and coordination assistance, and site selection.
Grand Rapids Public Library Small Business Center
(616) 988-5400
111 Library Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
The Small Business Center at the Grand Rapids Public Library provides work space with access to the internet, fax and copy machine and specialized business databases.
NEIGHBORHOOD VENTURES
(616) 301-3929
1514 Wealthy SE STE 214
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
http://www.neighborhoodventures.org
info@neighborhoodventures.org
Neighborhood Ventures works to enhance and modernize neighborhood business districts through providing.
EMERGE WEST MICHIGAN
(231) 250-2845
234 Division Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Emerge is an organization designed to connect the West Michigan entrepreneurial ecosystem with resource and partners to grow emerging ventures.
GRCURRENT
(616) 719-3625
234 Division Ave NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
GR Current is a business incubator that provides space, funding and mentorship for tech startups in West Michigan.
GROW
(616) 458-3404
25 Sheldon Blvd SE #210
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
GROW provides a variety of services to women in different stages of business development, including free business counseling, microlending and multi-tier training courses.
LINC Business Incubator
(616) 451-9140
1167 Madison Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
The LINC Business Incubator provides start-up support to emerging and growing businesses in the Grand Rapids area. The three year business training program includes providing participants with space at below market rates.
Michigan Small Business Development Center
(616) 331-7480
50 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
The MSBDC has up-to-date resources for new entrepreneurs and growing businesses, ranging from in depth businesses plan development to advance start-up workshops to technology commercialization services.
Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI)
(616) 331-7582
1116 L. William Seidman Center
50 Front Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
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