Business After Hours: Marquette's Economic Hub

Description

Business After Hours/Business showcase events are designed to help you make valuable business contacts, entertain clients, reward employees, spend time with co-workers and most of all, enjoy doing it at the area's premier networking opportunity.
 
Here's a casual networking opportunity that's held at some of Marquette County's most interesting locations. Inexpensive and informal, these early evening events are held from 5 - 7 pm and are ideal for meeting fellow professionals and establishing long-lasting business relationships.
 
Business people are encouraged to attend and be prepared with a number of their business cards to pass. This event is open to Partnership members and non-members alike.
 

Hosted By: CoLab, Innovate Marquette SmartZone, Invest UP, Lake Superior Community Partnership, Northcross Group, Northern Initiatives, Northern Michigan University

Meet the Host Organizations
 
CoLab
CoLab was designed with the professional remote worker in mind. Unlike typical coworking spaces, CoLab provides private offices along with open works areas that cater to a wide range of officing needs. CoLAB is central to everything your business needs and is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Marquette.
 
Innovate Marquette SmartZone
A service provider to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) that transforms our community into a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Complete with the necessary resources, technology, capital, and array of opportunities to support local tech-focused start-ups, new business ventures, and existing businesses. 

Invest UP
Invest UP is a private sector-led, regional, and economic organization for the Upper Peninsula whose mission is to drive prosperity across the Upper Peninsula through partnership and collaboration, relationships, and leadership.
 
Lake Superior Community Partnership
The LSCP is Marquette County’s leading resource for economic development, providing a wide variety of affordable and effective development services. The LSCP helps their partners make the connections that matter – between businesses, organizations, leaders and legislators, and provides a legislative voice for programs and policies that strengthen our regional economy. 
 
Northcross Group
Provides Management, Cybersecurity & Technology Consulting services to protect their clients from cyber threats and position them to achieve their business goals. They provide tailored privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance assessments, remediation, and ongoing support with personalized frameworks to maximize the effectiveness of cybersecurity efforts and implement cyber practices, policies, and procedures specific to the organization.
 
Northern Initiatives
Northern Initiatives is a nonprofit lender headquartered in Marquette with offices throughout Michigan. Northern Initiatives provides loans and business services to entrepreneurs and small business owners who create jobs and help their communities thrive. 
 
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a dynamic four-year, public, comprehensive university that has grown its reputation based on its award-winning leadership programs, cutting-edge technology initiatives and nationally recognized academic programs.