GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center has won a $1,622,560 grant to expand access to programs to help entrepreneurs start or grow their businesses and create jobs. The head of Michigan?s program, Carol Lopucki, said the grant will be a big help to that state?s Small Business and Technology Development
NEW ORLEANS ? Heeding President Obama's call to Startup America, the nation's greatest entrepreneurial minds will gather in New Orleans for the 3rd annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, March 19-25. NOEW, an initiative of The Idea Village, will feature more than 45 business workshops, investment pitches, networking events, keynote speeches and interactive discussion sessions. This
TROY - Automation Alley added 27 new members in January. ?The addition of these new members is further proof that companies in Southeast Michigan find benefit and value in Automation Alley,? said Ken Rogers, Automation Alley executive director. ?2011 is off to a promising start and we look forward to offering quality benefits and services
GRAND RAPIDS - Fortitude, the mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, is a virtue required of all entrepreneurs. Challenges and setbacks will surely arise when starting a new small business, but they also affect businesses that have been around for years; none perhaps greater than the recession that hit many manufacturing companies 2 years
JENISON - Founded by Hank DeVries in 1965, DeVries Landscape Management is a landscape services business in Jenison. Bill Pringle, the company's current owner, purchased the business in 2009. The past year has been an active one of strategic planning to help build sales and a stronger presence in a crowded marketplace. DeVries is a
HUNTINGTON WOODS - How often have you heard the statement "If you don't have goals, how will you know if you are succeeding?" So each year, we create a list of goals that we feel will satisfy our boss, our shareholders, or some other outside entity, or perhaps, even ourselves. Often, these goals do not
SOUTHFIELD ? Cash flow - What is it and how can you maximize it and best practices on how to compensate the executive team to sustain it. April 12 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Location to be announced. For more information, click on Click on Detroit.Tie.Org a>>
SOUTHFIELD - I am honored to have been afforded the opportunity to lead TiE Detroit, with the mission of promoting entrepreneurship, and to create a sustained economy. Michiganders know full well what this recovery will mean to the State of Michigan. The economic despair of 2010 was challenging to small entrepreneurs and huge corporations alike,
ANN ARBOR ? The top prize in the spring cycle of Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, which began on Feb. 1, is the $100,000 SmartZone Award. All GLEQ participants must register by March 4. GLEQ offers three tracks in the competition to accommodate ventures in various stages of start up. The categories include, New Business Idea,
YPSILANTI ? The New Enterprise Forum celebrates its 25th anniversary Feb. 17 at the Eastern Michigan University Student Center with a gala to showcase the top elevator pitches, the volunteer coaching teams who improved their pitch-power, the service providers who assisted their entrepreneurial endeavors, and the meeting sponsors and volunteers who worked behind the scenes