City Innovations | A Venture Studio

🚨 What makes Grand Rapids' tech community stand out? It’s not just innovation — it’s collaboration. 🧑 💼 👩🏼💼 💻 In most tech hubs, it's every company for itself. But in Grand Rapids, competitors are co-hosting events, sharing insights, and even working together on projects. It’s a unique culture of coopetition (collaboration between business competitors) — and it’s driving innovation like never before.✨ 🔥 Our CEO Josh Barker recently shared his thoughts with Purpose Jobs on why abundance beats scarcity and how being real with others is the key to success. ⚡ 💡 Curious about how Grand Rapids tech leaders are redefining the game? Dive in here 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q02YV4KG0 #TechCommunity #Collaboration #Innovation #GrandRapidsTech #CityInnovations

🙏 Thank you, ladies, for coming on and sharing about the social impact around Grand Rapids. Be sure to check them out on their company pages. 👩💼 🌏 Also, bring #Austin and #GrandRapids together! 🏙 Speakers: Erika Plunkett - Giving Days Paris Tingley - Logictry Josh Barker - City Innovations Jennifer Wangler - The Right Place, Inc. (Host) Video Production by: Hockeystick Video Powered by: Match Frame Creative and City Innovations | A Venture Studio #Growth #GrowthMarketing #STEM #Logictry #GivingDays #TechWeekGR #TechWeekLive #Innovation #ProductMarketFit #GivingBack #NonProfit #Socialimpact

This morning, we heard from leading health and med tech companies. If you missed it, give it a listen! Speakers: Chad Bassett - BAMF Health Petrit Rudi - BAMF Health Zachariah Booker - ADHD Online & Mentavi Health Josh Barker - City Innovations | A Venture Studio (Host) Video Production by: Hockeystick Video Powered by: Match Frame Creative and City Innovations | A Venture Studio #TechWeekGR #HealthTech #MedTech #Innovation #TechWeekLive #Growth #ADHDOnline #MentaviHealth #BAMFHealth #GrowthMarketing

📞 Calling all Health Tech and Med Tech professionals! ⚕️ Are you ready to hear about the future for your industry? 📅 Tomorrow, we have the pleasure of hosting three big names in the Health Tech and Med Tech Space. Chad Bassett, BAMF Health Petite Rudi, BAMF Health Zach Booker, ADHD Online and Mentavi Health You won't want to miss these innovative players talk about the future in the Health Tech and Med Tech arenas. All of them have been influential in putting Grand Rapids on the map in these two flourishing industries. 👉 All you have to do is tune in, don’t miss out! 📻 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02Q952g0 🔗 Tech Week Live is presented by The Right Place, Inc. Production by Hockeystick Video Powered by Match Frame Creative and City Innovations | A Venture Studio #TechWeekGR #HealthTech #MedTech #Innovation #TechWeekLive #Growth #ADHDOnline #MentaviHealth #BAMFHealth #GrowthMarketing

😎 A big thank you to this morning's guests. We love to see how the tech community is growing. This episode is full of gratitude for The Right Place, Inc. for putting on Tech Week GR, three years in a row. The guests felt like this had been going on for over a decade. This is the level of quality that you've put on and have built for #GrandRapids. 🙏 From all of us in Grand Rapids and City Innovations | A Venture Studio, Thank you! 💥 📢 Tech Week Guests: Lee Horning - Awayster Xue Hua - Microsoft Jonathan Tasman, MBA - City Innovations | A Venture Studio Josh Barker - City Innovations | A Venture Studio (Host) Video Production by: Hockeystick Video Powered by: Match Frame Creative and City Innovations | A Venture Studio #GrowthMarketing #CorporateInnovation #MedTech #HealthTech #GrandValleyStateUniversity #TechWeekGR #TechWeekLive #ProductMarketFit #Innovation #ProductInnovation #DeathToTheMVP #Hackathons #Mentorship

⚡ TODAY is the day! ⚡ 👀 Today at 4pm 👀 🚨 Don’t miss Death to the MVP 🚨 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02QhN9z0 👈 🎟️ P.S. we sold out 3x so far 🎟️ 🛠️ Tonight we will challenge the traditional product development mindset. 🏗️ 🔥If you’re serious about building the right thing, you can’t afford to miss this. 🔥 Hosted by Fusionary Presented by Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovations | A Venture Studio #ProductInnovation #CorporateInnovation #DeathToTheMVP #TechWeekGR #ProductMarketFit #Innovation #Startups #WestMichigan #WestMichiganTech #TechWeekTips

💺 Buckle your seatbelt. 🚘 🤖 In this episode, you're in for a wild AI Art Battle of the Century. 💯 🏥 And how Grand Valley is using AI to battle rare diseases.⚕ Brittany Hunter, Delivery Practice Lead at Atomic Object Kimberly Crawford, Design Practice Lead at Atomic Object Zach DeBruine, Professor of Computing at Grand Valley State University Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovations #MedTech #HealthTech #CorporateInnovation #AtomicObject #GrandValleyStateUniversity #ProductInnovation #DeathToTheMVP #ProductMarketFit #Innovation #TechWeekGR #TechWeekLive

We love learning about the business each of our guests focuses on. Tune in to hear this great group our 8 AM episode: Todd Thomas, founder of WoodChuck.ai John Johnston, from PEOPLEIT Charles Wesley Richards, from CS Erickson and our host Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovations | A Venture Studio Catch these folks during today's events. #ProductInnovation #TechIndustry #Innovation #CorporateInnovation #TechWeekGR #TechWeekLive #Startups #WestMichigan #TechWeekTips

Trying to find paying customers? Stuck in the trenches of long roadmaps? 🎯 hit the mark every time by building products that sell 🎯 Join us for Death to the MVP 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02Q8B2t0 with Josh Barker, CEO of City Innovations | A Venture Studio You will learn... • The secrets to creating value that meet real market needs • Accelerating your journey to first paying customer • Not wasting resources on MVPs that flop • And more 📊 Learn these insights and implement them right after the session 💥 Imagine your team’s excitement when you deliver a market-ready product 🚨🚨🚨We've sold out 3x so far, so we got more seats🚨🚨🚨 🎟️ Don’t miss out—secure your spot now! 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02Q8B2t0 #DeathToTheMVP #TechWeekGR #ProductInnovation #CorporateInnovation #ProductMarketFit #Innovation

💥 What a start to Tech Week Live! 🔴 💥 What a start to Tech Week Live! 🔴 💥 What a start to Tech Week Live! 🔴 🌅 This morning, we had an incredible lineup featuring: Brian Tol from SpinDance Jay Irwin from Match Frame Creative Gregory Hatcher from White Knight Labs Angela Kimber Ehlich from Woodward, Inc. Christopher LaFleur from LaFleur Marketing Catherine Behrenbrinker from Symplicity Communications, Inc. and Zachary Ramirez from City Innovations | A Venture Studio. Huge thanks to our speakers for setting the tone for an exciting week of innovation. With leaders like these sharing their insights, you’re bound to walk away with game-changing ideas. Whether you’re a tech enthusiast or an executive, these conversations are gold. 👉 Tech Week Live continues tomorrow. Don’t miss out! 🔴 #TechWeekGR #TechWeekLive #HockeystickVideo #VideoMarketing #Growth #GrowthMarketing #Innovation #CorporateInnovation