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Steve VanderVeen

Steve VanderVeen ("dr v") is a biographer, educator, and learner, discovering historical and developing future entrepreneurs. See https://www.start-upacademeinc.com/.

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West Michigan
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The Business Next Door: Surviving Against the Billion-Dollar Majors: The Trendway story: Part 1 post image

The Business Next Door: Surviving Against the Billion-Dollar Majors: The Trendway story: Part 1

The Business Next Door: From Main Street merchants to world-stage science: The legacy of Zeeland’s DeKruif family post image

The Business Next Door: From Main Street merchants to world-stage science: The legacy of Zeeland’s DeKruif family

The Business Next Door: How Dutch immigrants built a business empire (The DePrees II) post image

The Business Next Door: How Dutch immigrants built a business empire (The DePrees II)

The Business Next Door: How Dutch immigrants built a business empire (The DePrees I) post image

The Business Next Door: How Dutch immigrants built a business empire (The DePrees I)

The Business Next Door: The rise, the transition, and fall of the Holland Furnace Company III post image

The Business Next Door: The rise, the transition, and fall of the Holland Furnace Company III

The Business Next Door: The rise, the transition, and fall of the Holland Furnace Company II post image

The Business Next Door: The rise, the transition, and fall of the Holland Furnace Company II

The Business Next Door: The rise, the transition, and fall of the Holland Furnace Company I post image

The Business Next Door: The rise, the transition, and fall of the Holland Furnace Company I

The Business Next Door: EV Construction: Back to the future post image

The Business Next Door: EV Construction: Back to the future

The Business Next Door: The unfamiliar, unique story of manufacturer Hemco Gage post image

The Business Next Door: The unfamiliar, unique story of manufacturer Hemco Gage

The Business Next Door: How the Essenburgs became the Chick-fil-A of the car wash industry post image

The Business Next Door: How the Essenburgs became the Chick-fil-A of the car wash industry

The Business Next Door: The Holland Sugar Company's location has a sweet story post image

The Business Next Door: The Holland Sugar Company's location has a sweet story

The Business Next Door: Howard Miller: The man and his namesake company post image

The Business Next Door: Howard Miller: The man and his namesake company