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Innovate StateJuly 18, 2025

INNOVATE STATE: Emerging Leaders: Crafting a Career in CPG

INNOVATE STATE: Emerging Leaders: Crafting a Career in CPG

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Emerging Leaders: Crafting a Career in CPG, hosted by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation on Oct. 8, 2024, at Michigan State University, featured Brianna Makaric, Sr. Retail Marketing Manager of Ritual Zero Proof.

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.

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