We’re now accepting nominations for the 29th Annual Greater Lansing Entrepreneurial Awards!
Make your nomination and save the date for our awards ceremony:
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at Eagle Eye Golf and Banquet Center in Bath Township.
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Jordan Munsters – High Caliber Karting & Entertainment
This award encourages nominees, and all entrepreneurs, to pursue their goals and attain the level of financial success and renown that past recipients have achieved.
Business of the Year Award
Peter Kramer – Kramer Management Group
This award recognizes businesses that have significantly grown in recognition since their startup days. From impact on the community to financial prosperity, this company will have overcome it all to reach accomplishments.
Socially Responsible Entrepreneur Award
Lauren Palmer – Curvaceous Lingerie
This award is given to companies based on their philanthropic activity and the ways in which they fulfill their social duties.
517 Magazine Publisher’s Award
Dr. Terry Matthews & Catherine Matthews – Skin Boss Med Spa
This award is not juried but given the same consideration as the judges give the other awards. The Publisher’s Award is given to a business that has made a big impact, a business that has a story to share and is good at telling that story.
Influence & Impact Award
Dr. Susan Maples, DDS
This entrepreneur or business goes above and beyond its core business focus to support the community. This culture of giving can be financial; however, it is also through education, influence, innovation and responsibility that this person/business/entrepreneur creates an impact with a strong sense of community visibility that earns both trust and business growth.
Entrepreneurial Spirit Award
Justin Caine & Kraig Westfall – Good Fruit Video
The winner of this award has managed to operate their business with the spirit and risk-taking tenacity that is so often admired in traditional entrepreneurship.
CELEBRATE EXTRAORDINARY ENTREPRENEURS
& BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MAKE THIS REGION SHINE.
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