The Hatchcast

Just in time for your Thanksgiving travels! Welcome back to the Hatchcast!

Last week, MSU was ranked as one of the Top Universities for Entrepreneurial Studies by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. We’re so proud to be part of the 25 ranked programs. This honor, as well as the recognition from 2018's Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers for Outstanding Contributions to Venture Creation, have our team beaming with pride. Fittingly, this episode of the Hatchcast bookends 2018’s Innovate State season, reflecting on this year with gratitude and joy. 

In this episode of the Hatchcast, we bring you the recorded-lived Innovate State fall-season finale with Denise Busley. An MSU alumna and co-founder of Grand Traverse Pie Company, Denise took the time to sit down with us to talk about mindfulness, success, and the transformational power of pie.

Aaryn Richard sits down with Justin Bugsy Sailor to discuss all the stuff he has been up to since graduating from MSU. They talk business and adventure. Jump along on the ride!

Alex Rucker brings in all her stories of getting started in business, switching over to UI/UX design, and all the little connections that have happened in between. She is a soon to be graduating student in Experience Architecture and she has something to say always. Her honesty, humor, and humility shine through in this interview. Get real with us. 

Malik Jackson, a third year engineering student, has received this year's James Ian Gray Entrepreneurial Scholarship and he just keeps going. He tells us about balancing school, work, consulting, and staying interested in them all. He tells us about challenging yourself and how to avoid burnout. We hope you find Malik's diverse interests and various ventures quite impressive. 

This week we celebrate Global Women Entrepreneurship Week. In that spirit, we are sharing with you this week's Innovate State interview with Marissa Siero-Siebel. As an entrepreneur with one patent and a slew of accolades recognizing her innovation and inventive spirit, Marissa was recently selected to serve as Workplace Director at the nation’s first-ever Lodgic Everyday Community. In her role, Marissa is responsible for cultivating community within Lodgic, and takes the lead on nourishing the aspirations of all who walk through the Lodgic doors. Prior to joining the Lodgic team, Marissa worked as the Incubation and Entrepreneurship Outreach Coordinator at the world-recognized EnterpriseWorks, University of Illinois where she managed the Illinois University Incubator Network and the University of Illinois EDA University Center. Marissa made her move to EnterpriseWorks after being promoted from Vice President of Sales and Marketing for IntelliWheels, to President and CEO in October 2016. Marissa is an active community volunteer and has earned: 2016 Small Business Administration InnovateHER Challenge National Finalist; 2013 40 Under 40 “Woman of the Year” by Central Illinois Business Magazine; 2012 Innovation Award for Social Entrepreneurship at the Champaign County Innovation Celebration, to name only a few. Marissa is a Community Health PhD candidate at the University of Illinois and expects to graduate in Spring 2019. She earned her Master’s degree in Kinesiology from Michigan State University and her undergrad from Ithaca College in New York. She and her husband welcomed their first child in 2018.

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