Tsunami Lab Helps Entrepreneurs Buy Existing Businesses

Tsunami Lab Helps Entrepreneurs Buy Existing Businesses

Coverage from Spectrum News, published 2026-03-11. A Kalamazoo acquisition accelerator is trying to keep small businesses open as their baby boomer owners retire, Spectrum News reported March 11, 2026. Tsunami Lab, launched by Kalamazoo Forward Ventures, connects...
Tsunami Lab Builds a Pipeline of Local Business Buyers

Tsunami Lab Builds a Pipeline of Local Business Buyers

Coverage from Crain’s Grand Rapids, published 2026-03-10. Kalamazoo Forward Ventures has launched Tsunami Lab, a training program intended to prepare a new generation of owners to buy local companies from retiring proprietors, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business...
Ownership Transition as a Kalamazoo Economic Strategy

Ownership Transition as a Kalamazoo Economic Strategy

Coverage from First and 42, published 2026-03-04. In a Kalamazoo County Chamber Corner column published March 4, 2026, by FIRST & 42, Marcel Fable Price of Kalamazoo Forward Ventures argued that the coming turnover of Main Street business ownership should be...
Reach Forward Connects Kalamazoo Entrepreneurs and Buyers

Reach Forward Connects Kalamazoo Entrepreneurs and Buyers

Coverage from Second Wave Media, published 2026-03-04. Second Wave Media reported that roughly three dozen entrepreneurs and small-business supporters met in downtown Kalamazoo on Feb. 26, 2026, for the Reach Forward Conversations Event. Kalamazoo Forward Ventures and...
Cultivate 269 Draws 28 WMU Student Applications

Cultivate 269 Draws 28 WMU Student Applications

Coverage from Yahoo News, published 2026-02-24. KALAMAZOO, Mich.: WOOD TV, in a report carried by Yahoo News, said WMU student founders had an opportunity to secure substantial funding for new ventures through Cultivate 269, a pitch and mentorship competition funded...