🚀 The Southwest Michigan Entrepreneurship Summit is Back In Kalamazoo On September 6th! 🚀

Join us on September 6th at the Catalyst Center for the Southwest Michigan Entrepreneurship Summit—a day dedicated to sparking innovation, forging connections, and empowering the future of entrepreneurship in our region.
Join us from 1-5 p.m. to fuel the growth of our community and support the next wave of leaders.Â
Keynote Speakers

Chris Heivly
Chris is one of the nation’s leading experts on launching startups and has been dubbed the “Startup Whisperer.”  He co-founded MapQuest, is an angel investor, ran a corporate venture fund and 2 micro venture funds (directed over $75M) and was most recently SVP Innovation with Techstars. Chris just released his new book, The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide for founders, investors and economic development leaders to better accelerate their ecosystem.
Latasha James
Latasha James is the Founder and Creative Director of James + Park Creative, a social-first video marketing firm serving clients across the globe, host of the award-winning Freelance Friday Podcast, and educator to freelancers and creative entrepreneurs. Through her courses, YouTube, and podcast content, Latasha has encouraged thousands of people to start and grow their businesses, both online and off.

Featured Speakers

Dre Wallace
OPNR

Jamauri Bogan
Bogan Developments

Michael + James
RItuil

Michelle Mei
Leader Momentum

David Alvarez
Livaq

Nicole Triplett
The Roche Collection

Phil Swanson
Cenrtrepolis Accelerator

Joey Mullick
Skara
Ventures

Anthony Williams
Equity
Squared