This article from the Lansing Bureau of the Free Press... We've got to think, act positive .... is an interview of our new Gov as of Saturday.  Dawson states in the very beginning, "... it's fair to say that most Michiganders care less about the words used to define the mission than they do about results."   I love this!!!   My family has been a part Michigan at least since the mid 1850s (when the population of the state was only around 400,000).  Some of us poor,...

 WKAR story on BOOST Greater Lansing winner Jon Priebe and Citadel Defense Technologies and Leap, Inc. 

I've been in the game of running a business for years.  I also got into being a Entrepreneur Support Professional (ESP as I call us) before it was trendy.  Now-a-days everyone is an Entrepreneur or Entrepreneurial or is an ESP.  (I read the other day that one of the top 10 words used in resumes  is Entrepreneurial.  It's just cool.) I'd like to offer up an interpretation of Entrepreneur and flavor it a bit like Jeff Foxworthy might if he were from Lansing instead of the...

It's too short!  It goes by too fast!  You can't fit it all in!  This is a common chorus I hear when I ask what people think of the Boost events. Being real, if you can't be compelling about your business in two minutes, you're in trouble anyway.  The point of a pitch this short is  to tell your audience enough to want to know more (get a coffee date or a dinner date) and to NOT convey anything that would want them to totally discount you or your idea.   Thi...

Mood as defined by the dictionary is a "state of mind" or we can also think of it as "an orientation to the world".  Is it a place of abundance, possibility, collaboration, basic goodness?  Answers will most likely shape our mood. After attending Launched last Thursday in East Lansing and then sprinting from one meeting to the next around the lower part of Michigan through Saturday afternoon, I can honestly say that Lansing seems to be preferable.  We're humble but proud (not too...

 Good morning!!! Most important to any initiative is to gage the interest of the customer BEFORE you use valuable resources: your time, your money and your esoteric credits with those around you. Is there interest in a blog from Leap's most recent addition (me!)?  That remains to be seen.  I have to say I'm a little nervous about it, but that's part of being an Entrepreneur, eh? Okay, why am I launching ugly (not my idea of excellent blog placement, not the mood I want to con...

 The Edward Lowe Foundation began to narrowly focus on second-stage entrepreneurs in the early 2000s due to the important role second-stagers play in economic prosperity — and misperceptions about entrepreneurship.   “People frequently use the term ‘entrepreneur’ to refer to small businesses,” says Mark Lange, the foundation’s executive director.  “But entrepreneurship encompasses a broad spectrum, and there’s a big difference between small-business entrepreneurs and growth-o...

 Excerpt from the November Greater Lansing Forward. Read other articles from November here. 

 In the face of so many proclaiming the virtues of entrepreneurship and the capacity of new business formation to save our economy, Scott Shane, a professor at Case Western University, argues there is a “myth” to entrepreneurship. His point is that if we all just start a new sandwich shop, or dry cleaner operation, our economy will not improve.  His point is well taken. It’s not the starting of new businesses that matters; it’s the starting of new businesses that contain innovation. ...

  A month-long series of events and educational programs to ignite our creative culture, support aspiring entrepreneurs and catalyze new venture creation. Fundamentals of Starting a Business  Presented by Small Business Technology & Development Center (SBTDC) November 3, 2010 9:00am - 11:00am MI-SBTDC Region 8 Office, Lansing Community College  Washington Court Place, Lansing, MI 48912  Start-up Weekend Presented by MSU E-Network, SBTDC & Leap, Inc. Nove...

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