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How One Startup Is Turning Customer Referrals Into a Scalable Growth Engine

Built on firsthand operator experience, Clicki helps businesses turn referrals into a more structured and measurable way to grow—reducing reliance on paid advertising.

By |2026-05-07T12:05:08-04:00May 5, 2026|Startup Spotlights|0 Comments

How One Startup Is Helping Research Discoveries Reach the Real World

Built for technology transfer teams, FirstIgnite helps universities and laboratories connect research discoveries with companies ready to develop them.

By |2026-05-07T12:05:53-04:00March 26, 2026|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on How One Startup Is Helping Research Discoveries Reach the Real World

How a Nurse-Founded Startup Is Redesigning Medical Transportation

Built on lived experience, Michigan-based Ride YourWay treats transportation as a clinical-adjacent service to improve patient outcomes and hospital flow.

By |2026-05-07T12:06:22-04:00February 26, 2026|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on How a Nurse-Founded Startup Is Redesigning Medical Transportation

How One Restaurateur Built a Better Way to Train—and Keep—Restaurant Teams

Founded by a longtime restaurant operator, Shifty is rethinking how restaurants support and retain frontline teams through better training.

By |2026-05-07T12:06:48-04:00February 12, 2026|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on How One Restaurateur Built a Better Way to Train—and Keep—Restaurant Teams

How One Respiratory Therapist Is Building a Better Way to Deliver Oxygen Care

Built by a respiratory therapist, Michigan-based AIRS is transforming home oxygen therapy from static equipment into a system families and clinicians can monitor and trust.

By |2026-05-07T12:07:14-04:00December 11, 2025|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on How One Respiratory Therapist Is Building a Better Way to Deliver Oxygen Care

The Detroit-Based Startup Reinventing How Healthcare Professionals Learn

Created by an educator-clinician duo, Ollivate is turning outdated study habits into a modern, evidence-based experience now used by more than 6,000 healthcare learners.

By |2026-05-07T12:07:41-04:00October 28, 2025|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on The Detroit-Based Startup Reinventing How Healthcare Professionals Learn

Academic Publishing Wasn’t Built for Educators–This Startup Is

Cogrounded helps education experts bring high-quality programs, curricula, and training tools into the hands of the people they were designed for.

By |2026-05-07T12:10:08-04:00June 26, 2025|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on Academic Publishing Wasn’t Built for Educators–This Startup Is

NK Cell Therapy Could Bring Advanced Cancer Treatment to Community Clinics

Indapta Therapeutics reports 90%+ tumor marker reduction in early trials—without the dangerous side effects of CAR T-cell therapies.

By |2025-06-05T12:46:44-04:00May 13, 2025|Startup Spotlights|Comments Off on NK Cell Therapy Could Bring Advanced Cancer Treatment to Community Clinics
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