The creative culture in the
East Lansing Technology Innovation Center (TIC), persistence and access to professional expertise is elevating the status of
Nicholas Creative, the web development company started by
Nicholas
Chilenko, 21.
According to excerpts from the article:
At 16, Chilenko was driving a BMW 330—a vehicle he bought himself—and working part time as a creative director for an Internet agency in Novi.
He worked with clients that included
AAA,
Ford Motor Co. and Comerica Inc.'s
Comerica Bank.
Chilenko left the agency after a year and launched Nicholas Creative just before he graduated from high school in 2006.
He continued running his business in the dorms at MSU before finding his new home at the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center.
"I'm happy to be a part of the new entrepreneurial class, especially in the Lansing area because so many people are so involved with it," he said.
Read the entire article
here.
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