After being introduced to tiger nut in Germany, Hannah Raycraft founded Spera Foods — spera is Latin for hope — to bring the root vegetable to the American food industry. Her entrepreneurial mission has been a challenge, but Raycraft has seen tiger nut grow in popularity since she started her business five years ago.
The 100 is back. Start Garden’s competition invites aspiring entrepreneurs to submit a video describing their ideas — as many as they like. The 100 finalists chosen in July will need to refine their ideas in preparation for judging at the Demo Day competition in October.
More than 100 people gathered in Holland for the SURGE Celebration outside the Holland Civic Center. The entrepreneurial support organization managed by Lakeshore Advantage was marking its fifth anniversary.
Inventor and Seinfeld fan Dr. Nathan Arnold says his Nessie Solutions employs “anti-Newman” technology. The Spring Lake entrepreneur hopes his home deposit return system helps change perceptions about recycling.
After Jess Resheske suffered a devastating loss, she turned her grief into a desire to brighten other people’s day. Her passion for flowers inspired her to launch a mobile flower cart specializing in floral crowns and bouquets.
Mission Design & Automation is building a 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Adams Street and 96th Avenue in Holland, with support from Lakeshore Advantage, West Michigan Works!, and others. It’s also adding more than 100 jobs to support the $5 million expansion.
SURGE is marking five years of being a resource for entrepreneurs launching new businesses. Lakeshore Advantage's SURGE Celebration on June 17 will include an opportunity for people to pitch their business idea for Start Garden 100.
Lakeshore Advantage applied for the grant in partnership with The Right Place, Greater Muskegon Economic Development, and Michigan Manufacturing Technical Center-West. Implementing Industry 4.0 technologies helps manufacturers improve efficiency, increase revenues, and expand innovation.
Stories of Michigan's cannabis dispensaries are often told via the info submitted to agencies from LARA to the MEDC, but at Pharmhouse Wellness, it's a family affair. Rapid Growth Publisher Tommy Allen learns why.
Charles Elwood, who left the security of a corporate job to start his own business and use his knowledge to help the next generation, is aiming to make a “huge impact.” He kicked off that vision by forming — with others — a group that distributed more than 60,000 pieces of PPE early in the pandemic.
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