Innovate State: From Luxury Expertise to Impactful Leadership

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. 

Julie Faupel, Founder/CEO, REALM and Owner, Jackson Hole Real Estate Associates

Julie Faupel is the Founder and CEO of REALM, a global membership for top real estate professionals. REALM involvement is by invitation only and the services offered feature a patented technology platform that enriches client data and improves the overall real estate experience for agents and their clients. Prior to the launch of REALM, Julie co-founded Jackson Hole Real Estate Associates which is the largest Real Estate Company in the Teton Region and the 2011 and 2014 recipient of the coveted Christie's International Real Estate Global Affiliate of the Year award. In addition to being a Principal of JHRE Associates, Julie is a Partner in the Teton region's most successful real estate team.
Prior to her real estate success, Julie has 12 years of management and consulting experience for luxury hotels and small businesses. Julie has served on the Jackson Hole Community Foundation Board for the last 8-years, she is the former Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce Board Chair, has served on the Christie’s International Real Estate Global Advisory Board and she is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, Global One Chapter. Julie and her husband are avid supporters of entrepreneurship as trustees of the Silicon Couloir and independent investors in a number of start-up ventures. They are dedicated community contributors through numerous organizations including Co-Challengers of Old Bill’s Fun Run, Rungius Members of the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and Sponsors for the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts.
In her spare time, you will find Julie skiing, hiking, biking, paddle-boarding and enjoying Jackson’s active lifestyle with her husband and their dogs.

📍 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