by Kelsea Rounds | May 4, 2021 | Profile
There’s officially new leadership at one of West Michigan’s leading community organizations. Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) has welcomed Milinda Ysasi as its new CEO, following the retirement of long-time CEO, Bonnie Nawara. Ysasi, a Grand...
by Abby Underwood | Mar 11, 2020 | Cityscene
West Michigan Woman is partnering with Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women in 2020, to feature a dozen of the organization’s GROW graduates in a series of Facebook Live videos we’re calling GROW with WMW. The entrepreneurs we feature are all in different...
by Kelsea Rounds | Mar 2, 2016 | Profile
Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) has been empowering West Michigan women to launch, sustain and enhance their entrepreneurial business endeavors for the past 26 years. Lead by CEO Bonnie Nawara, GROW provides training, networking opportunities and financial...
by Kelsea Rounds | Feb 24, 2016 | Career
The Michigan Women’s Foundation, Davenport University and Grand Rapids Opportunities for Women (GROW) have created a conference for female entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur YOU will be held Friday, March 4, at Davenport University’s Sneden Center from 8...
by Kelsea Rounds | Feb 14, 2012 | Career
A restaurant offering locally grown produce, a holistic health and supplement shop, a green cleaning service, a pottery gallery–all examples of entrepreneurial ventures in the West Michigan area. But starting a business requires time, research, and money, and if...