Thursday, December 20, 2012

GreenLight Business Model Competition Press Release


GREENLIGHT BUSINESS MODEL COMPETITION COMING TO EAST LANSING WITH $50,000 IN CASH PRIZES.

The first annual GreenLight  Business Model Competition is starting in Spring’13 and will be the first of it’s kind in the East Lansing area.

This event will bring entrepreneurs from all over the State of Michigan to the East Lansing area to pitch their ideas to an amazing panel of judges with chances of winning a total of $50,000 in cash prizes along with networking with angel and venture capital investors from throughout the state.

Paul Jaques, who is the Director of Student and Community Engagement at Spartan Innovations states “Any and all State of Michigan residents that have a company or idea that has been in existence for one year or less are eligible to apply.” 

“We did not want to take anything away from all of the other great entrepreneurial events that are going on around the state but wanted to make a new event that is more centrally located and easily accessible to all State of Michigan residents.”

This event was put together with great collaboration and sponsorship with MSUFCU, LEAP, Prima Civitas, and Michigan State University.

Greenlight will take place on March 13, 2013 and will be held at The Henry Center in East Lansing from 3pm-8pm.

You can find out more information and apply to the event at www.greenlightmichigan.com

If you would like more information about this event or would like to schedule an interview with Paul Jaques, please feel free to call him at 517-884-4548 or pjaques@spartaninnovations.org

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