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5×5= $25K! 

GRAND RAPIDS - Watch 5x5 Night LIVE tonight at 5pm as we give away $25,000 to one of our returning All-Stars. Each past 5x5 Night winner will have 5 minutes to tell our judges why they should take home one of Start Garden's largest grants to date! Check out the 5 presenting All-Stars below. Join

By |2021-06-30T09:39:29-04:00June 29th, 2021|Entrepreneurs|

Start Garden Pitch Competition Back After Year Off For COVID

GRAND RAPIDS - After taking a year off, Start Garden is bringing back a business pitch competition that awards $1,000 to 100 contestants and $20,000 to 10 finalists. The Start Garden 100 begins accepting pitches from entrepreneurs who are asked to submit a 90-second video describing their idea. Start Garden will accept entries through July 26. Judges

By |2021-05-09T18:30:45-04:00May 6th, 2021|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

DeVos-Backed Private Equity Fund To Support Michigan Biz Owners Seeking An Exit

GRAND RAPIDS — A West Michigan capital investment fund that involves the family office for Doug and Maria DeVos wants to make long-term investments across a variety of industries with a goal of preserving and growing local companies and jobs. The DeVoses’ Continuum Ventures LLC has partnered with Grand Rapids-based Auxo Investment Partners to manage the new Michigan Opportunity Fund, whose

By |2021-02-15T16:36:44-05:00February 15th, 2021|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

Big Data Ignite 2016 Sept. 29-30 Highlights Cutting-Edge Data Technologies And Know-How

GRAND RAPIDS – The Big Data Ignite 2016 workshop and conference, Sept. 29-30 at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, will bring together computing professionals, scientists, students, and tech companies to focus on cutting-edge data technologies and know-how. Topics include Hadoop, Spark, RStudio, data-science theory and practice, and cloud-based infrastructure and services. On Thursday, September

By |2016-09-09T08:34:54-04:00September 9th, 2016|News|