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Agencies Assist GR's Entrepreneurial Status

Published: October 23, 2006

The past several years various and numerous publications have given the Grand Rapids metro area one distinction or another. USA Today ranked the city as the top “hotbed” for entrepreneurial activity, Wall Street Journal more recently noted Grand Rapids as one of the top 20 “Up and Comers in Innovation” and Grand Rapids ranked higher than Detroit or Ann Arbor in Entrepreneur magazine’s best city for entrepreneurs to do business. These accolades have come despite a historic lack of venture capital (not counting such considerations in area church basements) and immense, inherent difficulties in getting new products or services to market.

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