Entrepreneurship

Business owners get advice, training at Meet the Lenders Forum, Chamber U

Two upcoming educational opportunities will help business owners where they need it most. For business owners who are seeking funding to start or expand a business there will be free […]

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The exhilaration of building a company over a weekend

How do strangers become business partners and go on to create a startup -- all in 54 hours? Ben Davidson, a competitor in the third Kalamazoo Startup Weekend gives us a glimpse of this crazy, awesome, exhilarating adrenalin rush.

State Street Stuff wants to be the grooviest store in Southwest Michigan
Doctor, serial entrepreneur, finds better ways to help patients

If you can envision a solution where others see a problem, you might have the makings of an innovator. So far, that's how it's worked for Dr. Tim Fischell, one of a family of doctors who make devices that help patients live longer. Howard Lovy reports.

Team Support Services reports solid growth as it manages others’ records
New Age/Landmark tests the waters and more

Laboratory testing that takes the lab to the test site is one of the things New Age/Landmark does. Kelle Barr talks to company President Scott Wall about other areas into which the South Haven Company is growing.

Startup Weekend 3 gets ready to light entrepreneurial spark

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