Our co-founder Vanessa Lane was able to share the vision for BetterPlay at Eastern Michigan University yesterday and take home some prize money. Thank you to EMU Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the opportunity to pitch!
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurship at Eastern Michigan University
EMU Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation celebrated graduation of its fifth cohort of Executive Certificate in Entrepreneurship during the 30K Venture Challenge finals on November 23, 2024. Congratulations to all our participating Michigan Entrepreneurs on graduating and here's to your successful startup journey! Congratulations to Vanessa Lane, founder of Better Play Studios, her startup is the winner of $25,000 business expense fund. Also, congratulations to Steven Sherman, founder of Superior Energy, his startup is the winner of the $5K Venture Challenge fund. Thanks to all our speakers, mentors, and coaches for helping our participants. Thanks to our judges, Kurt Baumgarten, Stefon Crawford, Martin Dober, Kristine Nash-Wong, Ali Solouk, and Steve Tokarz for helping us select the award winners. A very special thanks to GameAbove, our lead funding supporter. They are instrumental in the launch and continued success of this program. Also, we thank our other important funding supporters: Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation, Ann Arbor SPARK, and Chris Kaufman. Thank you all for helping us support Michigan Entrepreneurs! Also thanks to Justin O., Detroit's first Director of Entrepreneurship and Economic Opportunity, for attending and encouraging our graduates.