![]() ![]() Earl says the incubator has become a family-like community for everyone involved. Over the past decade and a half, the building has continued to provide entrepreneurs with lab space, affordable leasing options, high-tech conference rooms, and networking and mentoring opportunities with fellow innovators. "I don't know that there's another place that is even close to ," Esperion Therapeutics Founder and MLSIC co-founder Roger Newton adds. ![]() He emphasizes that unlike other similar incubators, MLSIC doesn’t take a percentage of companies’ profits and doesn’t have a time limit on how long companies can stay in the building for help. "Your success is our success," says MLSIC Managing Director Fred Earl. And several MLSIC alumni have made major advances in health care, including new drugs to lower cholesterol, a new breast cancer screening method, and new COVID-19 tests. Hundreds of jobs have been created through MLSIC. Currently, MLSIC is home to 22 tenants, but around 50 successful companies have already graduated out of the hub to their own spaces or been purchased by larger companies. This month, MLSIC is celebrating 15 years of fostering inventive socioeconomic growth in Michigan. Plymouth-based startup incubator Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center (MLSIC) started as an idea written down on a paper plate, but it's now one of the largest resource hubs for high-tech startups in the surrounding area. Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center's 15th anniversary celebration. Garlin Gilchrist speaks at Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center's 15th anniversary celebration. The Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center started as an idea written down on a paper plate, but it's now one of the largest resource hubs for high-tech startups in the surrounding area. Layla McMurtrie |Wednesday, June 28, 2023 ![]() Plymouth life science startup incubator celebrates 15 years of successes ![]()
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