Week-long Event Will Celebrate Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growing Startup Community in the Northern Michigan Region

Aunalytics, a leading data platform company delivering Insights-as-a-Service for enterprise businesses, announced that the company’s Chief Marketing Officer Katie Horvath will moderate a panel featuring Founders, Astropreneurs, and Innovators during Northern Michigan Startup Week, May 9-15, 2022. The panel is one of two that will be held on Space Night, May 9 starting at 5 p.m. at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Michigan.

Northern Michigan Startup Week is a celebration of entrepreneurship, innovation, and the growing startup community in Traverse City and throughout the region. It is designed to showcase new opportunities and foster aspiration in Northern Michigan. In addition to Space Night, events include a Funding Innovation Luncheon, Startup Expo, University Idea Showcase, Student Pitch Competition, and Techstars Startup Weekend. Space Night and the Student Pitch Competition will be live-streamed as well.

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Space Night will offer the opportunity to meet and engage with Michigan-based entrepreneurs at the forefront of the space industry and hear about their experiences and the future of the industry. The event is structured to resemble space industry conferences and will feature a keynote address by Chris MacArthur, Senior Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative John Moolenaar. A Future Space Industry panel will be held in addition to the panel moderated by Horvath. Horvath is a member of the Michigan Women’s Commission appointed by Governor Whitmer.

“I’m honored to have been selected to moderate the Founders, Astropreneurs, and Innovators panel and look forward to what promises to be an insightful evening,” said Horvath. “It’s inspiring to know that innovation and entrepreneurism are actively facilitated by Newton’s Road and other local partners in the region.”

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The Founders, Astropreneurs, and Innovators panelists include:

• Brad King, Orbion
• Adam Kall, KMI
• Reuben Sorensen, Orbital Effects
• Gene Sorgi, Challenger Comms

“We invite everyone – students and adults – with curiosity or an idea they want to explore, make new connections, and get in on the action of building something new,” said Barb Termaat, Executive Director of Newton’s Road Northwest. “We expect an action-packed week of entrepreneurship, and Space Night will be a shining launch to the many activities that are planned.”

Visitors are encouraged to join and network with space experts and enthusiasts, and see the exhibit space featuring information about the astropreneur panelist businesses, host partners, and regional youth projects.

Northern Michigan Startup Week is a collaborative initiative organized by 20Fathoms, TCNewTech, Northern Michigan Angels, and Newton’s Road.

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