Company Visits and Trips

As part of the HEI, we regularly travel to a variety of firms so that you can get a first-hand look at entrepreneurship in action. As a result, you will better understand how entrepreneurial concepts are applied in real-world settings — and also gain perspective for discerning the kind of role, firm or industry you may be called to innovate.  

These on-site experiences are uniquely designed to help you:

• Discover the full breadth of the entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Gather insight as you consider your own calling and role within entrepreneurship
• See an organization’s culture and values at work
• Personally engage with entrepreneurial alumni, professionals, mentors and peers
• Step out into new environments with the support of a small, faculty-led community

See entrepreneurship at work in a variety of settings:

• Start-up organizations 
• Corporate innovation
• Family business
• Small business

Entrepreneurial firms our students have visited:

• Comfort Research (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• Google (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
• Jellyvision (Chicago, Illinois)
• MOBI (Indianapolis, Indiana) 
• Lakeshore Advantage (Holland, Michigan)