Michigan Business Beat | Laurie Supinski, Start Garden, Annual Pitch Competition

Michigan Business Network · May 20, 2026 · 6m

Chris Holman welcomes Laurie Supinski, Director, Company Name, Grand Rapids, MI. Host Chris Holman speaks with Laurie Supinski, director of Start Garden, a Grand Rapids-based entrepreneurial support organization founded in 2012 with a mission to help early-stage entrepreneurs reach their first million dollars. Supinski describes their annual pitch competition, "the 100," in which entrants submit a 100-second video pitch; from nearly 600 submissions last year, 100 are selected, each receiving $1,000 and mentorship leading up to a September demo day where 10 finalists win an additional $20,000…