Well, it had to happen some time. Enliven Software is the first company incubated in Technology Innovation Center (TIC) in East Lansing to leave the tech hub and move into its own, bigger space.
By November, Enliven will move from its 402 square foot TIC space to a 1,100 square foot office next door to the TIC. The new office space is being built out and should be ready for occupancy fairly soon.
“We want a more cohesive space,” says Enliven's owner, Bunmi Akinyemiju. “We want to break out our business development from our operations team.”
Enliven specializes in e-invoicing and e-payment for small to mid-size businesses. It started with two or three people and has grown to 10. Akinyemiju expects that growth to continue and is excited about having a larger space without giving up access to TIC talent.
“I feel like this setting is good and its a great example of the success of the TIC,” he says.
The TIC was developed to foster small, technology driven businesses with the intention of seeing the businesses move to larger locations after three years of incubation.
“Companies can come in and ramp up and essentially start selling their product and then move into a space where they’re paying full rent,” he says. “We want to be close to the TIC because we want the same atmosphere in our office.”
Source: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Enliven
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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