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Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Jhaelynn Elam The owner of a travel agency that funds a nonprofit benefiting students of color who want to study abroad was included on Forbes’ first list of 1,000 innovative small business owners. Jhaelynn Elam, founder of Grand Rapids-based Sizije Travel and its associated nonprofit, The Sizije Foundation, was included in the inaugural class of Forbes’ Next 1000 that was published last month. In addition to running her business and nonprofit, Elam is an ITQ scientist II and product guidance strategist at General Mills. “This list was created to c...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Veronica Kirin An entrepreneur and anthropologist from Grand Rapids was included on Forbes’ first list of 1,000 innovators and small business owners “who are redefining what it means to build and run a business amid unprecedented uncertainty.” Veronica Kirin, CEO of Veronica Kirin Inc. — which she started in Grand Rapids and is continuing after her move to Berlin in January — was included in the inaugural class of Forbes’ Next 1000 that was published last week. “I am deeply honored to be named one of the first 250 honorees of the 2021 Forbe...