Entrepreneurship

Feature Story Gentex technology on display at SURGE Celebration 2018.

SURGE marks five years of launching startups


Feature Story Koops Automation Systems team members work together to assemble an automated system.
Feature Story Charles Elwood
Feature Story ThiMore people are starting a business in 2021. (Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash)

Why 2021 just might be the year to start your business


Feature Story While at Grand Valley, Jordan Vanderham developed a mask that makes it easier to breathe while working or playing in below-freezing air.
Longform Juan (cacao and coffee farmer), Chad Morton and Efren Madriaga

Published Together: The heart opening journey of a superfood in our backyard


Feature Story Zeeland's Strength and Main ad campaign asks customers to pull together for downtown businesses
Feature Story Magnus Capital Partners' development in Holland Township on Felch Street will also see a mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments on an 8-acre site.

Developer builds with ‘missing middle’ workforce in mind


Feature Story Holland BPW’s Pete Hoffswell was honored as Innovator of the Yearfor the “smart brick” he invented, which collects temperature data throughout the city’s snowmelt system.
Feature Story Ed Garner is the Regional Director of the West Michigan Region of Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
Feature Story Tate Shumaker has an Etsy side hustle making habitats for pets.  Their store, Tatescosycreatures, features adorable hideaways shaped like fruits and vegetables for pet hamsters, guinea pigs, and rats.

Time is right for creative people to open Etsy shops


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Feature Story Koops Automation Systems team members work together to assemble an automated system.

Employee-owned Holland company on a growth streak


Feature Story Zeeland's Tripelroot brewpub has had to shift gears to stay relavant in the time of COVID.
Feature Story Amanda Chocko is Lakeshore Advantage's Director of Entrepreneurship.