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Meet Management: Operations Manager, Mari Shelafoe
An ever-changing entrepreneurial ecosystem requires our team to lean into collaboration and organization. The Operations Manager plays a key role in establishing these strengths by

Introducing Innovate Marquette’s Protolab
At Innovate Marquette, we recognize the need for rural entrepreneurs to have access to advanced technology to quickly prototype and develop products. Thanks to support

Meet Management: Marketing Manager, Aubry Healy
Marquette is a place where creativity, community, and entrepreneurship come to flourish. Within Invent@NMU, these values are held closely and executed daily. So, when looking

Meet Management: Marketing Coordinator, Vaughn Rodriguez
Innovate Marquette works with Invent@NMU to provide experiential learning to Northern Michigan University (NMU) students in order to better prepare them for whatever they may

Meet Management: Design Coordinator, Eric Prue
Invent@NMU prides itself in providing Northern Michigan University (NMU) students professional work experience. Working with real clients and developing products prepares them for the workforce.

Meet the Speakers: Women in Entrepreneurship
According to Forbes, men comprise about 91% of Fortune 500 CEOs–and not from a lack of female qualifiers. At Innovate Marquette, we feel passionately about

Client Update: SwimSmart Technology Receives BAF Grant
Technology can offer solutions to problems we face in our everyday lives and SwimSmart has developed technology to enhance water safety.

Meet Nine Women Entrepreneurs Who Should be on Your Radar
“Follow your passion — and if you don’t know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.”

What is Entrepreneurship?
The Importance of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems The past few years have both been record-breaking years for the entrepreneurship industry. Some attribute COVID-19 to accelerating the plans

What is Innovation?
Common Characteristics of Innovative Communities In case you may have missed it, the word “innovation” seems to be just about everywhere these days. Slogans, mission

Tech in Marquette
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has entered into a defining, new technological age. Have you noticed? Technology-based companies are swarming into our northern territory from Houghton –

Women In Entrepreneurship: Meet The Panelists
Innovate Marquette SmartZone invites you to join us on Thursday, February 24th for an evening to inspire, empower, and celebrate women in entrepreneurship. Proudly presented