MIDLAND - Join Chris Moultrup, Program Directorat MidMichigan Innovation Center and experienced entrepreneur,as he hostsa Business Model Canvasworkshop Sept. 1. At this HANDS-ON workshop, participants will use a strategizing tool among entrepreneurs that will help you understand how to successfully operate your business by learning the following nine building blocks of the Business Model Canvas.
DETROIT - Comerica Bank's Michigan Economic Activity Index grew in June, increasing 1.9 percentage points or 71 percent, above the index cyclical low of 74. The index, now at 126.8, averaged 117.4 points for all of 2014, three and one-third points above the index average for 2013. May's index reading was 124.9. "Our Michigan
HOLLAND - Holland Board of Public Works has been awarded the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Neighborhood Environmental Partners Program Award for its commitment to environmental community outreach. The NEP program recognizes community-based projects and the partners who make them possible, including local units of government, non-profits, and others who work together to
ATLANTA - In a survey, iPhone 6s consumers were most excited about the rumored new 12-megapixel camera (32 percent), followed by a more durable frame and faster A9 Processor (20 percent). The survey, done by Protect Your Bubble, queried more than 625 people across the country and took the pulse of a variety of topics
GRAND RAPIDS - CIOReview has chosen The KR Group for its 20 Most Promising Cisco Solution Providers 2015. The KR Group offers multiple communication services leveraging the Cisco ecosystem; including unified communications, virtualization, disaster recovery, data center and managed communication. The annual list of companies is selected by a panel of experts and members
EGHAM, UK - Gartner Inc. said worldwide smartphone sales recorded the slowest growth rate since 2013 in the second quarter of 2015, some 330 million units, an increase of just 13.5 percent over the same period in 2014, reflecting a quarterly decline in China, about a third of the world market. "While demand for
ANN ARBOR - If you want to work for a high-growth Michigan technology company, LLamasoft wants to hear from you. In fact the company has more than 20 IT job openings. If you want to find out more, supply chain management company is hosting a job mixer Wednesday from 4 to 7 pm. LLamasoft is
LANSING - If anything about the disputed Pipeline 5 that carries oil and natural gas under the Mackinac Straits suggested it should be replaced, Enbridge Energy would look at the process, executives with the company told reporters on Monday. The executives, who spoke to reporters after meeting with leaders of the state's pipeline task force,
LANSING - Seniors in the state will have easier access to information about services in their area through a new website launched Monday by the Department of Health and Human Services Aging and Adult Services Agency. Among other services, the site lists contact information for area agencies on aging by county as well as
WASHINGTON DC - Many people rely on security questions like "What's your mother's maiden name?" to protect their personal information online, but hackers are getting better at finding the answers. Case in point: the hackers who raided US Government's Internal Revenue Service data systems. Those attackers were much more successful at answering security questions than