MSU Institute For Public Policy Hosts Forum On Barriers To Entrepreneurship

LANSING ? The Michigan State University Institute for Public Policy Research is hosting a forum on May 15 seeking comments on the legal barriers to entrepreneurship in Michigan.

This forum is free to everyone and invites public discussion and will be held from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Anderson House Office Building, 5th floor Mackinac Room, in downtown Lansing across from the Capitol Building. A light lunch is provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. Panelists’ addresses are followed by questions and comments from the audience.

New research discovering the legal and government barriers to entrepreneurial activity and job creation in Detroit and generally, Michigan, will be featured. Specific restrictions that operate to preclude or greatly disadvantage entrepreneurs from starting or expanding a small business in Detroit among a wide range of occupations have been chronicled. The study points to restrictions that interrupt and slow the pulse of the economic beat in Motown, a city that was once a burgeoning Mecca for small business owners. This forum discussion will focus on the economic development hurdles that affect the state’s overall urban core, and will offer potential solutions to current dialogue on making Michigan more friendly to entrepreneurs.

Speakers to date include:

Matt Birbeck, Visiting Specialist, MSU Product Center for Agriculture, Project Manager for HI-VAT (High Impact Venture Action Team)

Nicole Dandridge, Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director of the Small Business and Nonprofit Clinic at Michigan State University

Andre Dandridge, Project Coordinator, MSU Small Business and Nonprofit Clinic