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Connecting Creative Entrepreneurs Together to Launch & Grow Startups

Jan 13

EntreMeetup: Entrepreneur Meetup in Midland, MI on 02/09/10

EntreMeetup is a gathering of Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurs that started in Spring 2009. The group meets on the 2^nd Tuesday of every month in Midland, MI. EntreMeetup consistently attracts a diverse group of entrepreneurs, angel investors, scientists, attorneys, and passionate students. The main purpose of the group is to create a community of people that help each other launch and grow their business. A lot of the attendees are modern day innovators with game-changing ideas. EntreMeeup was inspired by a meetup that Caryn Shick attended put on by Ryan Allis, 24-founder of iContact. In less than a year, EntreMeetup has attracted attendees have already come from MI, GA, MA, FL, and AZ.

Feb 12, 2009, 7pm- 10pm, 2470 E NewCastle Ln, Midland, MI, 48640, Suggested Donation $5

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Dec 04

EntreMeetup: Entrepreneur Meetup in Midland, MI on 12/08/09

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Location: 2470 E NewCastle Lane, Midland, MI, 48640, 7 pm- 10 pm, Suggested donation: $5

Objective: We want to create connections among smart, driven people from all walks of life in Mid-Michigan to build a better community and world together.

Speakers:

Kevin Reder, Kevin@selebent.com

Internet Radio, Record pool/Label, custom marketing, Entrepreneur network

Establish a new wave Internet radio station, with a brand new, custom way to market and advertise for businesses, especially local entrepreneurs. Along with the ability to produce, market, and expand local musical talent, and eventually venture and expand into more forms of media. First specializing Locally with the ability to be heard nationally.

Born Entertainer with a creative side to match, Kevin Reder Got into radio in high school through the performing arts. After high school Kevin became a club DJ and multi genre musical artist, then went on to delta college to pursue Electronic Media and broadcasting. He works with Delta College radio station as an intern, and has worked for and with with many radio stations including WIOG, Club 93.7, and multiple internet radio shows.

Suzanne Rielle, Loobablee.com, suzanne@loobablee.com

About LoobaLee

LoobaLee is an on-line marketplace dedicated to name-brand children’s clothing, which has historically been one of eBay’s Top 10 markets. We facilitate a consumer-to-consumer Buying & Selling channel that is fully customized to the market of children’s clothing, shoes, and accessories. We aim to be the premier venue for the market and, as such, have implemented multiple unique processes and standards not found in any other on-line marketplace.

LoobaLee is not an auction site, but is a “Buy Now” format. Rather than taking an commission on sales, LoobaLee is a subscription-based model. Its customers are parents wishing to buy and sell resale as well as boutiques, designers and sales reps with overstocks and samples.

LoobaLee launched publicly to the U.S. market on July 29, 2009 after a 3 month Private Beta test. The site is fully developed and now in maintenance and optimization mode. Currently, and over the coming months, our focus for the current scope is on marketing, public relations, and conversion rates.

Additionally, we evaluating and planning the addition of new revenue streams to the site, such as advertising, affiliate marketing, and new products & services.

About Rielle Life LLC

Rielle Life LLC was co-founded by a husband and wife team, Peter and Suzanne Rielle. Suzanne is an ex-Accenture Senior Executive with an IT and outsourcing background who left corporate life to pursue this ecommerce venture. Peter’s background is with complex project management in the golf course construction industry.

LoobaLee has a virtual operation spanning local, U.S., and global support. LoobaLee.com’s website development is provided by India Web Developers, a division of Stylus Inc. and is located in Bangalore, India.

The vision for LoobaLee includes licensing the LoobaLee platform to other markets, partnering to expand globally, and creating the first on-line service for supporting direct consumer-to-charity donations of children’s clothing.

Erica Hoffman, Erica@CraftEvolve.com

Craft Evolve is geared toward growing the Handmade Movement into the Green Handmade Movement. This includes the reporting of green craft trends to suppliers and manufacturers, as well as a blog geared towards green crafters. The blog will offer not only techniques in green craft, but also green materials resources and interviews with innovators in the industry.

Erica is a recent graduate with a Master’s in business administration and Bachelor’s degree in psychology, thus fostering a strong interest in consumer behavior and market research. In her sophmore year of high school (2000) she purchased a “Knit Your Own Scarf” kit and hasn’t stopped since. Although things sometimes prevent her from finding outlets for creativity, she tries to use any available free time. While attending SVSU, she founded a registered student organization for knitting to help teach others.

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Nov 24

Incuba8 Young Entrepreneurs Roundtable in Midland, MI on 12/05/09

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Nov 20

Incuba8 Business Setup Conference in Midland, MI on 01/22/10

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Nov 20

Incuba8 Consultants & Freelancers Setup Workshop in Midland, MI on 12/03/09

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Nov 20

Incuba8 Concept Crafting Workshop in Midland, MI on 12/03/09

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Nov 09

November 10th Entreprenur Meetup Presenters

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2470 E NewCastle Lane, Midland, MI, 48640, 7 pm- 10 pm, Suggested donation: $5

Objective: We want to create connections among smart, driven people from all walks of life in Mid-Michigan to build a better community and world together.

Speakers:

Elpis, L.L.C. – Warren Cooper, Marketing Director

Elpis has developed special-effects pigments that create a granite-like textured appearance and effects in polymers. These “special effects” are used to enhance products in housewares, automotive, toys and building industries.

Hand-Crafted Pens – Mike McCord and Sam Johnson, Owners

Mike will present his hand-made pens. His website will allow his customers to fully customize their pen in order to best meet their needs.

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Nov 05

Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour in Midland, MI on 11/19/09

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The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (http://www.extremetour.org) is coming to Northwood University, 11.19.09, 3-7 pm, Sloan Auditorium.

Come hear young entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial leaders who’ve made, earned, and sold their company for millions and/or made a huge impact before 25. (See bios below)

Speakers will discuss how to:
* Build your personal brand
* Expand your network
* Define your life vision
* Get started on your goals even with limited resources.

All students can leverage the entrepreneurial mindset in this increasingly global and automated world.

This half-day event has four parts:
1) Successful Young Entrepreneur Keynote Speakers
2) Workshop- Dream / idea creation with action plan and accountability.
3) Two Networking Events
4) Extreme Entrepreneurship Panel

For more info about the format go to http://www.extremetour.org/about/event-format.php

REGISTER AT: http://www.extremetour.org/northwood
Space is limited—reserve your spot today!

Keynote Speakers

MICHAEL SIMMONS is a young, serial, award-winning entrepreneur, bestselling author of The Student Success Manifesto, and national keynote speaker to over 30,000 individuals.

Michael’s company, Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, brings the country’s top young entrepreneurs to college campuses to spread the entrepreneurial mindset. Started in fall 2006, the tour has visited over 100 schools nation-wide and has received the Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations and the Program of the Year award from Northern Michigan University. More can be learned at http://www.extremetour.org.

Michael co-founded his first business, Princeton WebSolutions (PWS), when he was sixteen years old. PWS was later rated the #1 youth-run web development company in the nation by Youngbiz Magazine. In addition, Michael has been the winner of three entrepreneur of the year awards from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Fleet, and the National Coalition for Empowering Youth Entrepreneurship. He and his company have been featured in five books and on the AOL Home Page, USA Today, Inc. Magazine, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Finally, in 2006, Michael was named by Business Week as one of the Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25.

ANTHONY DAVID ADAMS, 28, is an award winning American inventor and entrepreneur. Most recently, Anthony made headlines for his salacious education blog, DetentionSlip.org, which at just one year old was named one of the Top 25 Blogs of 2009 by Time Magazine.

In addition to DetentionSlip, Anthony serves as CEO of CreditCovers: skins for credit cards — an angel funded company based on a product he invented, patented, and developed.

You may have seen him and his companies on FoxNews, Time Magazine, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Daily Candy, Glamour, Readers Digest, ABC, NBC, Cool Hunting, or 500+ other media outlets.

Anthony has consulted on innovation, creativity, branding and marketing for The United Nations, BMW, SC Johnson Wax, Inventibles, The Salvation Army, Bisnow Media Group, The Summit Series and others.

Previous to his work in the private sector, Anthony was executive director and lead lobbyist at United Council, a 120,000 member student organizing non-profit. He holds a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005), and a Bachelors in Psychology from Edinboro University (2003).

Anthony lives in lower Manhattan and enjoys ultimate frisbee, chess, skydiving, vegan food, computer programming, rubiks cubes, running and working out with his Broadway star brother, Nick Adams.

JOESEPH A. PASCARETTA has been Chief Executive Officer of Alps Technology since 2000 and a member of the Board of Directors since he co-founded the company in June of 1999. Mr. Pascaretta has served as Chairman of the Board from February 2000 to present and President from June 1999 to January 2000. Mr. Pascaretta has been a member of the Executive Committee since June 1999. He served as President and Corporate Director of The Alps Lawn Company from May 2002 to June 2008. Mr. Pascaretta is a graduate of the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Hosted by: The Alden B. Dow Center for Creativity and Enterprise at Northwood University
http://www.northwood.edu/creativitycenter/

Partner: The Mid Michigan Innovation Center
http://www.MMIC.us

Partner: Incuba8 presented by Opportunity Analysts LLC. http://www.Incuba8.com
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Nov 05

25 Productivity Changing Websites for Business People

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Oct 21

Two Midland-based Alternative Energy Companies Win Top Awards in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest Business Plan Competition

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Published: June 2009 at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest (GLEQ) Click here to go to story

The GLEQ Business Plan Competition awards were announced on Thursday, June 11, 2009 on the Michigan State University campus. Also announced were the Automation Alley Advanced Manufacturing and NextEnergy Alternative Energy Innovation Award winners.

The GLEQ $25,000 Grand Prize in the Emerging Company category was awarded to Kinetic Wave Power, LLC of Midland, Michigan. Kinetic Wave Power is led by Vice President of Technology James Sack and has developed unique technology to utilize renewable energy contained in ocean waves.

The Runner Up award of $5,000 in the Emerging Company category was captured by Lambert Technologies, of Canton, Michigan. Lambert Technologies has developed and is bringing to market a patented stress-testing tool for engineers to verify and validate engineering designs of structural components.

In the New Business Idea category, Advanced Battery Concepts, LLC of Midland received the First Place cash award of $5,000 and RateMyStudentRental, LLC was awarded the Runner Up award of $1,000. Advanced Battery Concepts has developed battery electrode technology, branded GreenSeal™, which enables dramatic improvements in battery performance while lowering costs. Additionally, flexibility in packaging combined with weight savings enables new applications to become feasible for lead-acid batteries.

RateMyStudentRental offers a web-based rental property rating system for student rentals, with a management system for landlords and a private-label housing portal for universities.

Advanced Battery Concepts also received both innovation awards — the Automation Alley Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Award of $12,500 and the NextEnergy Alternative Energy Innovation Award of $10,000. Dan Radomski, Vice President Industry Services for NextEnergy, presented both awards.

Lee Walko, President of Midland-based Walko Consulting, was awarded Coach of the Year for his work with two companies, including the Emerging Company winner Kinetic Wave Power. Marisa Smith, President of Dexter-based The Whole Brain Group, LLC was selected for the Spirit of Entrepreneurship award.

Two Midland-based Alternative Energy Companies Win Top Awards in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest Business Plan Competition
The top six teams competing for the GLEQ Grand Prize pitched their plans to a panel of investment judges made up of Pete Farner, partner at TGap Ventures; Judy Johncox, Senior Director Commercialization Services, Wayne State University; WSU Program Director, TechTown; Elias Shakour, Portfolio Manager, 21st Century Jobs Fund, Michigan Economic Development Corporation; Christopher R. Sklarin, Director of Business Development – Upper Midwest, Chrysalis Ventures; and Phil Tepley, Technology Team Coordinator, Michigan Small Business Technology Development Center.

Presentation scores were added to scores on the companies’ written business plans to determine the overall winners. Finalists in addition to the winning companies included Husk Insulation, Hygieia Inc., Blaze Medical Devices and GiftZip.com.

The keynote address was presented by Philip H. Power, Vice Chair of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Executive Committee, and President and Founder of The Center for Michigan. A “think-and-do tank”, The Center for Michigan aims to help develop and execute comprehensive and long-range policy solutions to transform Michigan’s business, economic, political and cultural climate.

For nearly forty years, Philip H. Power was founder, owner and chairman of the board of HomeTown Communications Network, Inc., a group of 62 community newspapers and 24 telephone directories throughout Michigan and around Cincinnati, Ohio.

The GLEQ awards event was held in the Main Dining Room of the James B. Henry Center on the MSU campus. The event began with an MIT Enterprise Forum panel discussion on Business Incubators and CEO success stories.

Additional event supporters included Michigan Small Business Technology Development Centers (MI-SBTDC), New Enterprise Forum, and MIT Enterprise Forum.

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