Startups & Entrepreneurs

Start or Grow Your Business in #LoveLansing

LEAP’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation team is here to support small-business owners and entrepreneurs at all stages of business ownership succeed. Whether you’re looking to transform an innovative idea into reality or expand an existing business, the Lansing region’s robust entrepreneurial ecosystem has the resources and networks you need.

Join us on Startup Space!

Startup Space is an online and app-based platform to help entrepreneurs and small-business owners create meaningful connections, navigate local resources, measure impact and more. This platform connects users with everything the Lansing region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem has to offer, all in one place.

Join LEAP on Startup Space for free to get the latest information on all our programming, seek out local and trusted business support resources, register for upcoming local events and connect with others in the ecosystem.

Let Us Help You

Schedule a meeting via the calendar link below or reach out to a member of our team with program-specific questions.

Gateway/BAF, STEM Forward

Joe Carr

Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Lansing Regional SmartZone, LDFA

Harrison Leffel-Jones

Lansing Regional SmartZone Development Director

One and All, Hatching, Startup Space and RING

Katlyn Cardoso

Director of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development