Local medical device startup Sisu Global Health plans to create a channel for needed technology to the developing world, while infusing Grand Rapids’ startup scene with a mentality for global impact.
Stylus innovators Adonit have kept a low profile with their Grand Rapids software engineering office, even as its employees help establish a multii-national brand with major partnerships. Steven Thomas Kent finds out why this global brand maintains a thriving office here in the Midwest.
Already making its mark on the craft-brew and heavy-metal subcultures, Grand Rapids is now blowing up the electromagnetic pre-compatibility testing scene. It's good, trust us.
Rapid Growth sits down with Jeff Royce and Felip Ballesteros of GR Current to get a handle on their creative, innovative and slightly wacky take on the traditional business incubator.
The non-profit Grand Rapids Inventors Network offers local innovators a wealth of resources and a launching pad for ideas, and their membership is climbing steadily. Steven Thomas Kent sits in on a product review session and reports.
Under the direction of local artist Hugo Claudin, the LINC Gallery at Madison and Hall plans to ramp up its calendar of activity in the coming months.
The indoor portion of the Downtown Market opened for shoppers on Monday, with a grand opening event to ensue next week. With 18 vendors, incubator kitchens, demonstration rooms and an automated greenhouse, there's no shortage of craft and ambition on display.
The new food magazine, Roadbelly, sporting an ad-free and not-fot-profit business model, hopes to tease emerging flavors and unforeseen trends out of Michigan's blooming culinary landscape.
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