Events

Business Coaching Night

Meet with business coaches who have expertise in specific industries and finely tuned business skills (legal, insurance, marketing, scaling, sales, banking, etc.). Meet in a speed-coaching style to talk about your business, ask questions, and get the answers you are looking for. At the end of the night, you will have four new business contacts and four new sets of insights for your business.

Free

Business Coaching Night – Alumni Only

RDV 200 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, United States

Meet with business coaches who have expertise in specific industries and finely tuned business skills (legal, insurance, marketing, scaling, sales, banking, etc.). Meet in a speed-coaching style to talk about your business, ask questions, and get the answers you are looking for. At the end of the night, you will have four new business contacts and four new sets of insights for your business.

Free

Networking Night 101- Alumni Only

RDV 200 Monroe Ave NW, Grand Rapids, United States

Join fellow alumni for an exclusive evening of connection and opportunity at the SpringGR Alumni Networking Night. This special event is designed to bring together graduates of SpringGR and current participants to foster relationships, share experiences, and explore potential collaborations. Enjoy light refreshments as you engage with a vibrant community of entrepreneurs and professionals who have journeyed through the same transformative program. Don’t miss this chance to expand your network and reconnect with the SpringGR!

Free

Digital Marketing Summer Webinar

Meet our expert speakers—Alicia James, Corshawn Brayboy, Randy Otterbridge, Kris Mathis, and the team from Gigroots—as they share game-changing insights to help you grow your brand, boost your sales, and own your marketing strategy this summer.

Free

SpringGR Ice Cream & Slushie Social

SpringGR 818 Butterworth St SW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Join SpringGR for a sweet kickoff to Digital Marketing Summer at our Ice Cream Social! This is your chance to mix, mingle, and make connections with fellow entrepreneurs, past and future program participants, and some of our incredible workshop speakers. Whether you're already signed up or just curious, this is the perfect low-pressure way to get a taste of what’s to come (literally and figuratively). Enjoy free ice cream, good vibes, and great conversations with the SpringGR community. We’ll have light music, photo ops, and previews of what’s coming in this year’s Digital Marketing Summer.

Free

Action Lab Roundtable – Alumni Only

SpringGR 818 Butterworth St SW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

This roundtable is ideal for business owners who want to learn new business tools to generate sales in online and/or traditional businesses. ~Facilitated by Randy Otterbridge.

$50.00

Bookkeeping Roundtable – Alumni Only

SpringGR 818 Butterworth St SW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Get your business's financial system up and runnning on WaveApps software. Kris Ridings will guide you (1:1, if necessary) to help you set up your business bank account, link it properly to WaveApps, learn and understand your business's chart of accounts, learn how to use the software, run reports and invoices, determine profit and loss, run essential reports and learn how to read them. 

$100.00

Lunch & Learn: Customer Service

SpringGR 818 Butterworth St SW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Join us for an engaging Lunch & Learn session focused on one of the most powerful tools in business: Customer Service. Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, great customer service can be the difference between a one-time sale and a loyal customer for life.

Free

Lunch & Learn: How to Prepare for a Loan with a CDFI

SpringGR 818 Butterworth St SW, Grand Rapids, MI, United States

Learn what it takes to get a loan from a CDFI at our August 19 Lunch & Learn with Janiece Stewart from Michigan Women Forward—get tips, ask questions, and get prepared.

Free