DETROIT ? Challenge Detroit has launched its first Team Challenge focused on innovation in business and economics. The Challenge Detroit fellows will work with Matrix Human Services to develop an economic impact study which will measure the economic contribution of Matrix's Osborn Center to assist in developing a major capital campaign. The Osborn Center works
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund approved the first Center of Innovation in Michigan, renewal of the State Trade and Export Program, Entrepreneurial Service Provider Request for Proposals awards, a Michigan Business Development Program incentive, a General Motors MEGA amendment and a brownfield work plan. ?The Michigan Strategic Fund approved a wide range of projects
LANSING - Trade with Canada increased in July over the prior July, but not enough to keep Michigan ahead of Illinois, the U.S. Department of Transportation said in a report released Thursday. Michigan had $4.56 billion in trade with Canada in July, a 0.7 percent increase from July 2011. But Illinois had $4.89 billion in
TROY- Automation Alley named nine companies from Southeast Michigan that will participate in a domestic trade mission to the Association of the United States Army 2012 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. Oct. 22?24. ?These companies will be representing Southeast Michigan while showcasing their defense-related products, services and technologies to senior military officials, decision
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business was named one of the top graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation. The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine recognized the institute in a joint ranking of its top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs. This
FLINT - No aspiring entrepreneur should miss out on Kettering University's free start-up class this fall, called ORBIT, which offers a nine-session program that teaches the skills required to start or grow a successful technology-focused business. ORBIT is offered at no charge from Oct. 10 through Dec. 12 in Kettering University?s Campus Center Room A.
WARREN ? The Michigan Business and Professional Association has named its Best and Brightest Wellness Champion Awards, including six of those winning companies as Elite Winners. The Best and Brightest Wellness Champions awards program is the premier program that celebrates organizations that are making their workplaces, their employees and the community a healthier place to
TROY - Qstride, an analytics solutions provider with headquarters at Automation Alley, has launched MicroStrategy Business Intelligence practice to help companies improve performance. Business Intelligence, which refers to a broad range of computer software applications and tools used to report, analyze, and present data in a range of formats, aims to support better business decision
GRAND RAPIDS ? Creating an impact, co-sponsored by the West Michigan Corporate Social Responsibility Conference on Oct. 8, will bring together a variety of West Michigan business and community leaders to explore the spectrum of social impact practices and strategies across a spectrum of business sizes and sectors. Key Note Speakers: Neil C. Hawkins, Sc.D.,
WHITMORE LAKE - RheTech has developed a new grade of biocomposite using sugar cane-based, high-density polyethylene supplied by Braskem that meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly and high-performing materials required by its customers in the automotive, consumer and construction industries. "Our RheVision line of biocomposites has gained wide acceptance in the marketplace," said Jim