DETROIT ? TechTown Executive Director Randal Charlton said last month's two-day FastTrac To Success event was very successful, bringing hundreds of entrepreneur's to the downtown Detroit business incubator. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT ? MitoStem, a TechTown tenant, won a $200,000 grant from the National Institute of Health to further develop its stem cell technology that can be used to grow many organs in the body. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MACKINAC ISLAND - For Michigan and the nation to survive and thrive, policymakers and the public have to dare to confront truth, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday, and with that be willing to embark on radical policies that will assure future prosperity. And the key goal of those changes has to be
MACKINAC ISLAND - Michigan is in crisis and to determine who is at fault, people need to look in the mirror, business leaders said at the opening function for the 2010 Detroit Regional Chamber conference. But even as the business officials, including the head of the Michigan AFL-CIO, said all persons had to accept blame
NOVI ? Michigan business people interested in attending Telematics Detroit 2010 for free can do so June 9 from 2-4:30 pm. Telematics Detroit will be held at the Rock Financial Showcase June 8-9. Over 700 attendees from companies such as Nokia, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, OnStar, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, Kia, Delphi, Progressive Insurance, Chrysler, Cisco, AT&T,
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University is conducting a survey to identify the availability of, and gaps in, resources needed by individuals that are crucial to spur innovation, entrepreneurship and new business creation in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region. The survey deadline is June 15. Sponsored by the U.S. Commerce Department, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ANN ARBOR ? Doug Selby, owner of Meadowlark Builders, has been selected by Remodeling magazine to join the Remodeling Big50. The Big50 awards were presented at a gala dinner at the Remodeling Leadership Conference in Alexandria, Va., last month. Each year since 1986, the Remodeling Big50 inducts the owners of 50 remodeling companies that have
LANSING - Cloud Computing analyst, CloudHarmony, performed a comprehensive analysis of 20 Cloud Computing Vendors' CPU performance. Cloud Harmony benchmarked more than 150 different cloud server configurations focusing this round of testing specifically on raw CPU performance. After exhaustive analysis, Cloud Harmony determined Liquid Web's Storm On Demand's 48 GB Cloud Server to be the
EAST LANSING ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is announcing the winner of its $100,000 SmartZone Award June 10 at Michigan State University, along with winners of cash prizes up to $40,000. The day-long event also will include a golf outing, networking event and MIT Enterprise Forum presentation, discussion groups, and elevator pitches and the results
MIDLAND - As part of the second annual entrepreneurial networking event of the region, the MidMichigan Innovation Center, more than 250 entrepreneurs, business and community leaders, and accredited investors and nearly 40 exhibitors came together May 27 at the Dow Diamond to celebrate entrepreneurship in Mid Michigan. The keynote address came from Dwight Carlson, Chairman