Matt Larson is an Affiliate Faculty of Instruction in the Management Department and was previously a Visiting Instructor in the Finance Department, and the Entrepreneur in Residence for the The Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI). Previously, Matt owned bookkeeping/payroll, vending, technology consulting, and crowdfunding businesses. Matt was a Co-founder and COO of Campus Starter, a crowdfunding platform for college entrepreneurs. Campus Starter received outside investment and support from eMerge Xcelerate, a start-up accelerator in Grand Rapids, MI. As a consultant, he has worked with multiple start-ups and businesses while coordinating a local inventor's network and volunteers his time with Start-Up Weekends. Matt's entrepreneurship journey continues with his development of an open-source mobile platform, and a recreation brand company catered to the outdoors, DIY projects, and the van life movement. In addition, He is a graduate of Western Michigan University with degrees in Finance, Master of Arts in Career & Technical Education and a Master of Business Administration.
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