ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Emerging Company Second Place Award ? $2,500. RealKidz, Inc. Represented by president, Merrill Guerra, Ypsilanti-based RealKidz addresses the issue of childhood obesity by offering plus-size clothing to young teens and a social network of support and information for parents. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest New Business Category winner was Global Energy Innovations, a Flint-based Kettering University spin-out that commercializes technology to accelerate the transition to the hydrogen and fuel-cell economy. GEI won $2000. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Current Motor Company, an Ann Arbor-based company that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and scooters, won the top prize in the fall 2009 Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition and a cash prize of $5000 in the Emerging Business category. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Diane Durance, executive director of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, said she has a new business competition that will award a cash prize of $100,000 in June. The GLEQ awards competition is open to all Michigan entrepreneurs that register to participate by March 5, but selection to compete for the new SmartZone
LANSING - Michigan's entire congressional delegation has signed a letter to three key federal officials urging rapid completion of a plan to keep the Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. The letter came out at the end of the week that saw the U.S. Supreme Court refuse to take a case calling for locks
DETROIT ? Entrepreneurs now have a better way to get their business message in front of potential investors at a new web site called PitchCorner.Com, which will award $5000 for the top pitches posted. Each video-elevator pitch posted on PitchCorner.Com by March 31, 2010, is automatically entered in the contest. The judging starts with PitchCorner.Com
WASHINGTON - The SBA's January Web Chat on Jan. 28 will highlight exporting basics and general SBA capital and credit programs for small business owners. Entering foreign markets can be a great way to boost sales and SBA offers loan programs to help small businesses expand or develop an export market. Business owners can find
ANN ARBOR ? Current Motor Company, an Ann Arbor-based company that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and scooters, won the top prize Thursday night in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition and a cash prize of $5000 in the Emerging Business category. The winner of the New Business Category was Global Energy Innovations, a
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft Corp. on Thursday released a patch to protect Internet Explorer users from attacks like "Operation Aurora" which targeted Google Inc.'s China business and caused widespread Internet panic. "This security update resolves seven privately reported vulnerabilities and one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer," the world's largest software company said in a
LANSING - The number of companies nominated for 2010 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch, a part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards program, is at the highest level in the six year history of the program. ?We expected a good number of companies to answer the call for applications, and in the end we