Thank you to everyone who attended the first ever 517 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Week! Whether you dropped into one event or all 21, we hope you left inspired and with new connections and resources to help make your dreams a reality. The Lansing area is brimming with talent, and on behalf of all of our planning partners — Lansing Regional SmartZone, MSU Research Foundation, MSU Innovation Center, and The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation — we hope that #517EI25 was the launching point of many wonderful businesses that make the world a better place. (fb)

We're ending #517EI25 on a high note! Thank you to... 🎤 Keynote speaker Jillian Lorenz and panelists Jim Curran, Marcus Leslie, Yuktha Pulavarthi, and Douglas Salazar for sharing your insights 🎤Emcee Tony Willis for keeping us laughing 🎤Moderator Harrison Leffel-Jones for asking deep questions 🏢Host TechSmith for donating your venue space and catering 🎈Decorator Stellableu Designs for the beautiful balloon display 🖊️Event planners Moonsail North for thinking through all the details We look forward to seeing how Entrepreneurship 🤝 Innovation in our region and beyond as a result of the ideas and resources discussed today at the Bridging Entrepreneurship: Connecting Campus and Community event, co-sponsored by Lansing Regional SmartZone! Join us for our final Hatching pitch competition at Lansing Shuffle today from 4-8 p.m.! (fb)