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aimWest presents ...
Local Startups and Great Ideas
Thursday, January 25th, 2007

Location: Cook-Devos Center for Health Sciences

Networking Time: 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Presentation: 6:30 p.m.

Join aimWest for a panel discussion of innovative ideas and entrepreneurial challenges involved with starting up technology companies in West Michigan.

The panel includes:

Garrick Pohl from CrayonInterface.com who is innovating an award winning product called CellSTART

Jason Pliml from Mock Draft Central who is riding high on a wave of enthusiasm for mock drafting in fantasy sports

Mike Morin from KnowareFast.com who creates a software studio business specializing in user interface design

Tom Hines from SecureMatrix.com who creates a homeland security technology company as well as creating a business incubator for technology companies

Bob Kreha from Nusoft Solution will be our moderator

Discussion will include topics such as new strategies for achieving and sustaining competitive advantage, models of organizational change for each stage of market development, and enabling and sustaining a business culture to enable swift response to global change.

This will be a lively discussion as part of a continuing aimWest series on innovation and entrepreneurship. Please join us, along with our partner the West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative, at Cook-Devos Center for Health Sciences. Free parking will be available at Cook-Devos Center or the lot next door to the east on Michigan Street.