Bridging Entrepreneurship: Connecting Campus & Community

Bridging Entrepreneurship: Connecting Campus & Community is the capstone event of 517 E&I Week. Featuring a moderated panel of local entrepreneurs at different points in their entrepreneurial journeys and representing food, material tech, and augmented reality industries, as well as a keynote from Jillian Lorenz, co-founder of nationally acclaimed fitness franchise The Barre Code and now a Coach Venture Partner with Exit Quotient Ventures, this event will explore and celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of the Lansing Region and the many resources available on campus and in the community to launch your ideas into action.

Speaker & Panelist Bios

Keynote Speaker

• Jillian Lorenz - Co-Founder of The Barre Code and a Coach Venture Partner at Exit Quotient Ventures (EQV), Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Panelists

• Marcus Leslie - Owner of Mr. Leslie's Cheesecakes
• James Curran - Founder of Great Lakes Reality Labs
• Tanvi Gadamsetti - Co-Founder of BRCE
• Yuktha Pulavarthi - Founder of Macaronza

Info: Harrison Leffel-Jones will moderate a panel featuring Marcus Leslie, James Curran, Tanvi Gadamsetti , and Yuktha Pulavarthi.

Host or Publisher LEAP