Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting more than 2,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 600 chapters. We nurture startup ecosystems in 125+ countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Amazon Web Services.
The cornerstone of our global community are monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies.
Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has helped millions of entrepreneurs build their businesses, connect with strategic partners, and secure funding.
OUR MISSION
To educate, inspire & connect area entrepreneurs.
OUR VALUES
Help others before we help ourselves, give before we take, make friends not contacts.
Founded in December 2019, the West Michigan / Grand Rapids chapter of Startup Grind acts as the connective tissue between all the great resources in our community.
As such, we are here for those who are trying to navigate the landscape of great resources available.
We also serve to contribute to the conversation as we all work to grow our entrepreneur and startup ecosystem.
ABOUT OUR ECOSYSTEM
There are some incredible people, public and private organizations, and nonprofits working very hard to ensure the entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem is well supported.
Whether you're in the ideation stage, fundraising, looking for talent, or whatever stage of your endeavor, there's some incredible support available.
Need help navigating? Reach out!
ABOUT OUR REGION
The Great Lakes region is no longer the best-kept-secret in tech. Encompassing great talent and capital hubs around the Great Lakes, we've got powerful tech cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo, Traverse City, Ann Arbor, Waterloo, Toronto, among others.
According to the 2020 Michigan Venture Capital Association Report:
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Want to speak?
Want to host, partner with or sponsor one or more of our events?
Want to help coordinate our events?
Reach out to the Chapter Director, Corey Hart at corey@startupgrind.com.
Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids’ Chapter Director Corey Hart and behavioural finance & corporate re-engineering expert George Katsanos as we host an event series tracking the intersection of facts, bias, and action through global markets and check-ins with entrepreneurs and Startup Grind Chapter Directors from all corners of the world. Joining us for this event: Stela Suils Cuesta of Lisbon, PT
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Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids’ Chapter Director Corey Hart and behavioural finance & corporate re-engineering expert George Katsanos as we host an event series tracking the intersection of facts, bias, and action through global markets and check-ins with entrepreneurs and Startup Grind Chapter Directors from all corners of the world. Joining us for this event: Ekaterina Erina of St. Petersburg
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Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids’ Chapter Director Corey Hart and behavioural finance & corporate re-engineering expert George Katsanos as we host an event series tracking the intersection of facts, bias, and action through global markets and check-ins with entrepreneurs and Startup Grind Chapter Directors from all corners of the world. Joining us for this event: Zaur Unsizade from Azerbaijan
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Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids’ Chapter Director Corey Hart and behavioural finance & corporate re-engineering expert George Katsanos as we host an event series tracking the intersection of facts, bias, and action through global markets and check-ins with entrepreneurs and Startup Grind Chapter Directors from all corners of the world. Joining us for this event: Adesewa Akinola of Ibadan, NG
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Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids’ Chapter Director Corey Hart and behavioural finance & corporate re-engineering expert George Katsanos as we host an event series tracking the intersection of facts, bias, and action through global markets and check-ins with entrepreneurs and Startup Grind Chapter Directors from all corners of the world. Joining us for this event: Alex Gorsuch of Urbana-Champaign
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Join Startup Grind Grand Rapids’ Chapter Director Corey Hart and behavioural finance & corporate re-engineering expert George Katsanos as we host an event series tracking the intersection of facts, bias, and action through global markets and check-ins with entrepreneurs and Startup Grind Chapter Directors from all corners of the world. Joining us for this event: Aytunc Uysal of Ankara, Turkey
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