5x5 Night at GVSU - Win $5K!

October 25, 2016 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Win $5,000 to advance your idea! 5x5 is a collaboration between GVSU, Start Garden and the west Michigan community designed to publicly RECOGNIZE, RESOURCE, and REWARD innovative ideas, research, or...

Student Accelerate Michigan (Detroit) - Win $20K!

November 3, 2016 All Day

Join other student-led teams from across the state of Michigan to pitch your business idea, meet investors from around the country and compete to win money to start your venture. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:...

Final Pitch & Dolphin Tank Competition - Win $53K!

November 10, 2016 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Support local entrepreneurs as they pitch their business plans and compete for cash and prizes worth over $53,000. Cash prizes, support services and technical assistance will be awarded to three winners...

MWest Kickoff - Win $30K!

November 17, 2016 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

MWest Challenge is a student business plan competition designed to create cross collaboration between students that span across several universities from West Michigan. Through MWest, entrepreneurially...

ACE'17 (Detroit)

January 26, 2017 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship is an event that celebrates and promotes entrepreneurship in the Great Lakes region. ACE brings together entrepreneurs, service providers, investors, students,...

Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery: MWest Workshop

January 31, 2017 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Finance for Startups: MWest Workshop

February 15, 2017 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Topics covered: Financial summary table including revenue projections, estimated operating costs, and anticipated profitability over first 3 to 5 years (Profit & Loss Table, Cash flow Statement,...

Student Success Through Creative Cross-Disciplinary Entrepreneurship

March 20, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Dr. Dianne H. B. Welsh, Hayes Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship Programs at The University of North Carolina Greensboro  Today’s...

How to Present like a Pro: MWest Workshop

March 24, 2017 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

We will go over presentation skills and developing your final pitch.  The workshop will be presented by Zoe Carmichael, who specializes in coaching speakers on the creation and delivery of short,...

MWest Innovation Showcase

April 20, 2017 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

This event is sure to be full of energy with Craig Dubitsky, friendly founder of hello® products, as the keynote speaker. Participating student teams have a chance to showcase their ideas...