Lansing Economic Area Partnership
Accelerators are a confusing topic for many people, including those in entrepreneurship, small business, corporate leadership and beyond. And yet, they’re a growing tool to help support and… accelerate… the process of getting products and services to market, and helping companies of all sizes grow...
Q&A with Cheri Barnhart, director of corporate innovation PROTO InsurTech is proud to team up with incredible partners across Michigan who align with our mission and vision to enhance Lansing’s status as the insurtech hub of the Midwest. As the first partnership of its kind between...
My name is Amanda Miner, a third-year marketing student at the MSU Broad College of Business. In 2018, I co-founded a sustainable reversible clothing company called INFKNIT Apparel with three other business students. We filed a patent, ran a successful Kickstarter campaign, and even got...
Regional Geographic Distribution, Economic Impact and Inclusion-Minded Process Drove Complex Grant Awards Following a statewide announcement from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) is announcing 412 small businesses and nonprofits from across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties have been selected...
Black-Owned Baby Food Startup Takes Top Prize at August 13 Hatching LANSING, Mich. – Five more aspiring entrepreneurs pitched at the Lansing Economic Area Partnership’s (LEAP) August 13 virtual Hatching event, bringing the series’ theme of resilience to life with their business ideas. This month’s ideas included...
One&All Program Aims to Accelerate Economic Mobility Across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee Counties Twenty entrepreneurs from across Clinton, Eaton, Ingham and Shiawassee counties are taking important next steps toward building or growing their businesses as part of the inaugural cohort of One&All, a new...
Small Businesses and Nonprofits Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties Seek Help to Address COVID-19 Related Financial Hardship Following the Aug. 5, 2020, closing of the statewide Michigan Small Business Restart Program grant application, created and managed by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), 1,640 eligible...
Lansing’s Resilient Economy and Midsize Market Status Combine to Make the Region A Top Location in the Post-COVID United States As economies slowly begin to restart and Americans adjust to a vastly different professional and social landscape, the places in which we choose to live, work...
More than 400 Grants Available for Small Businesses and Nonprofits Across Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties Following the creation of a small-business restart program by the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) on July 7, 2020, funded with $100 million received from the Federal Coronavirus Relief Fund, the...
Authentic Cheesecake Startup Takes Home Top Prize at Recent Business Pitch Competition Six Lansing-based entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas at LEAP’s July 9 virtual Hatching event, building on the theme of resilience for this year’s series of monthly events. This month’s ideas included a 3D printed mask-making...
