Yesterday, May 23rd, we kicked off MSU – and East Lansing’s – inaugural startup accelerator, Conquer. Conquer has been a long time coming – and a long time needed. I am privileged to get to play a role as their “Entrepreneur-in-Residence.” To that end, I am sharing my perspective on Conquer wearing my “StartupLansing”/”civilian” hat […]
Conquer Accelerator – Thoughts from the First Day Read More »
An important milestone was reached last week and I completely missed it. Two weeks ago, with our feature of Ventatti, we featured our 50th Startup Spotlight. This is really exciting. It’s also important for a variety of reasons. First, it means StartupLansing has been able to go strong for about a year. When we launched
Could Lansing Become a Startup City? 50 Startups Later, We Think So. Read More »
Supported Intelligence helps your business make important decisions in complex domains. Using their patent-pending Rapid Recursive method, they allow users to compose, error-check, solve and report the results of sequential decision problems (complex decisions, where conditions evolve over time, based on random events). This method accounts for several random or unpredictable factors that can impact
Is Supported Intelligence’s Smart Bracket Smarter than You? Read More »
SXSW (South by Southwest) is the conference for startups. And, with your help, a group of MSU students is hoping to get there in an innovative way. The Student Startup Bus is an active Kickstarter project designed to help purchase and outfit a bus for the purpose of taking a group of students down to SXSW this
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We published our first post in January of 2014. Since then, we’ve published 107 articles, promoting thirty-eight Lansing Startups, and providing sixty-one educational articles. We’ve written an ebook to help people navigate the Lansing startup community. Hundreds of people subscribe to our weekly newsletter, the StartupLansing digest (you should join them!). Thousands are visiting the
Onward and Upward; To 2015 and Beyond Read More »
If you’re a regular subscriber to the StartupLansing Digest, you’ve likely seen us promote this free class for people interested in launching startups in the region. Here’s why you should go.
3 Reasons to Attend Lansing’s Startup School Read More »
Lansing Maker Week is one of the biggest events of the fall! Sponsored by several organizations including Leap, MSU Innovation Center, the Lansing Maker Network, and many more, this week serves to inspire innovation, show you cool new things, and introduce you to the Maker movement, right here in Lansing. Here’s why you should go:
The Top Five Reasons You Should Attend Lansing Maker Week Read More »
Last week, we described five things needed to grow the Lansing startup community and solicited feedback on the health of the startup community. Several people participated in the survey and we received feedback via email and Twitter about how to improve the overall community and ecosystem.
The 2014 Startup Community Report Card for Lansing Read More »