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Seamless Business Accelerator Works With Large West Michigan Companies To Propel Startups Into Internet Of Things

GRAND RAPIDS - Business accelerators, where entrepreneurs incubate ideas, get mentoring help, and sometimes access to investment capital, have been springing up all over Michigan. But the state's newest accelerator takes a new tack by focusing on working with very large enterprise companies to help them developing products to plug into the Internet of Things.

By |2015-05-22T00:00:00-04:00May 22nd, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Sorrell To Leave MEDC To Return To Business Consulting

YPSILANTI - Long-time entrepreneur Paula Sorrell, who for the past four years has served as Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Venture Capital for the Michigan Venture Capital Association, is leaving the state agency May 31 to return to her previous life as a business consultant. Sorrell, interviewed at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on

By |2015-05-22T00:00:00-04:00May 22nd, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Michigan IT Talent: Demand, Supply And Solutions

SOUTHFIELD - On June 4 at noon Learn about IT job demand in Michigan from Workforce Intelligence Network Executive Director Lisa Katz. She will discuss in this webinar emerging opportunities in IT and provide strategies to position yourself for these roles. The session also will discuss how to leverage resources and partners in the public

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Michigan Tech Researchers Seek To Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries

HOUGHTON - Most people see defects as flaws. A few Michigan Technological University researchers, however, see them as opportunities. Twin boundaries, which are small, symmetrical defects in materials, may present an opportunity to improve lithium-ion batteries. The twin boundary defects act as energy highways and could help get better performance out of the batteries. This

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Grand Circus Panel Aims to Strengthen Women in Technology

  DETROIT - Although women are often lead adopters of technology, the percentage of women in technology ranges from 15- to 20-percent - this dichotomy was explored May 13 at Grand Circus by a panel of women that discussed navigating a male dominated technology industry. The panel covered topics from mentorship to getting hit on

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Invest Michigan Funds Five Michigan Tech Startups

  DETROIT - Invest Michigan announced Thursday it has invested $325,000 in five early stage technology companies. The money came from the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 and allowed these companies to leverage another $2.7 million in co-investments from private sources. Since its inception in June 2014, the Fund has invested in 18 Michigan startups through

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Entrepreneur|

Comcast Demos Voice Remote Control, Xfinity Share App

PLYMOUTH - Comcast on Thursday offered the Southeast Michigan technology press a demo of its new remote control that allows customers to navigate tens of thousands of shows and movies on the X1 platform with their voice. The new Xfinity remote with voice control lets viewers search for networks, shows and movie, set DVR recordings,

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, New Products|

Inteva Products Selects Sight Machine For Manufacturing Analytics

SAN FRANCISCO - Sight Machine, developer of a manufacturing analytics platform, announced Tuesday that Inteva Products, a global automotive supplier of engineered components and systems, has selected its manufacturing analytics solution to deploy in Inteva factories. Inteva Products is a spin-off from Delphi and its headquarters is in Troy. Sight Machine is a start-up with

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, New Products|

American’s Don’t Trust Government Or Corporations With Their Privacy

SAN FRANCISCO - Americans don't trust government or corporations with their privacy, Pew Survey says. Technically Incorrect: Only 6 percent of adults say they are "very confident" that government agencies will keep their records secure. We cheerily give away our personal information every day. Often, we don't even know where it ends up or who

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|