Join Lansing-area business leaders for a celebratory event toasting the recent accomplishments of innovators and entrepreneurs in the community.
Event Details
Join us for the third annual LAUNCHED event from 5-8pm on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Dublin Square Irish Pub in East Lansing.
Beer, wine and appetizers provided.
5 | Countdown
- Drinks and hors d'oeuvres
6 | Launch
- Keynote speaker Bo Fishback, Co-Founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Zaarly will offer insight on how his upstart online marketplace launched during Startup Weekend in Los Angeles, garnering media buzz and millions in venture funding.
- Min Jung Kim, Deputy Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, will discuss culture's impact on local business success.
- Ted Serbinski, VP of Detroit Venture Partners, will provide his insight into the state of startup financing from the perspective of both a venture capitalist and an entrepreneur.
- Presentation of the Innovator of the Year Award by the City of East Lansing.
7 | Orbit
- Celebration continues with music and entertainment
8 | Afterburn
- Post-event celebration and networking
2011 Sponsors
Gigabyte & Exclusive Sponsors
- City of East Lansing Downtown Development Authority
- Dublin Sqaure Irish Pub
- Netvantage Marketing
- Nicholas Creative
- Truscott Rossman
Megabyte Sponsors
- Anytime Fitness Hastlett
- CG Financial
- City of East Lansing Downtown Management Board
- Comprehensive Psychological Services, P.C.
- DigitalActive
- Good Fruit Video
- Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest
- Hogg Investments
- Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Lansing Regional Smartzone
- Leap Inc
- LiquidWeb
- Retro Duck
- Robot Couture, a Digital Agency
- Wild Goose Inn
