Emerging Leaders: Leading With Heart and Hustle

The Innovate State Speaker Series brings both emerging and accomplished Spartans back to campus for a fireside chat-style interview. These 60-minute sessions offer the chance for guests to share their perspectives on a wide array of topics like innovation, startup life, investments, and career paths. Students get the opportunity to hear firsthand about the hard knocks of the entrepreneurship & innovation hustle to maintaining work/life balance. These are stories of success, stories of failures, and stories of uncommon will—and you do not want to miss them.

Innovate State kicks-off at 6 p.m. ET in the Entrepreneurship Lab and are free to the community. Events will be offered in-person only but are available virtually on the Friday following the event at eship.msu.edu/innovate-state/. Early registration is highly encouraged. 

Brendan Wang, Founder and CEO, CAPNOS

Brendan Wang, MSU SCM '22 alumnus, found his calling to "help people live happier, healthier lives toward a cleaner, greener planet." Wang started CAPNOS at age 19 and continues to grow the business at age 24, operating sustainably with a global team across six continents, sales in over 70 countries, and serves as a leading research advocate for behavioral cravings.

📍 Entrepreneurship Lab (651 N. Shaw Ln., M025 Business Pavilion, East Lansing, MI 48824)

For further questions, contact Aubrey Haase, [email protected].

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Edward J. Minskoff Pavilion, North Shaw Lane, East Lansing, United States