GRAND RAPIDS ? Five West Michigan business incubators will tell their stories on November 8 at a Grand Rapids Inventors Network special event at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences.

The discussion will look at how each:

Supports start-up businesses

What they provide

What it takes to be one of their tenants

How their existing tenants are doing

Networking is from 6 ? 6:30 pm

Presentations from 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Networking from 7:30 to 8 pm

Presentations will be made by Arn Boezaart, MAREC Center Incubator, Muskegon

Bing Goei, Goei Center Incubator, Grand Rapids

Ron Steiner The Starting Block Kitchen, Hart

Rich Cook, West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative, Grand Rapids

Barry Nowark, Syzygy Biotech, Grand Rapids

Admission: Admission is FREE. If you are not a current member of GRIN, you are welcome to attend one GRIN meeting for free to learn more about the network and its work supporting local inventors.

GRIN Meetings are held at:

Grand Valley State University | Cook-Devos Center for Health Sciences,

301 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Room 119

Parking available south of Michigan Street in the Lafayette Street lot. Please register by email ahead of time so that a free parking permit can be sent prior to the event. For more information, click on GRINInventors.Org

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