DETROIT - General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Chrysler take note. On Sunday, Honda begun the first commercial production of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered car that gets the equivalent of 74 miles per gallon and its only byproduct is steam. The car will only be offered initially in California and Japan. The four-door sedan, called
BAY CITY - Aspiring entrepreneur's listen up. On June 18, Delta College and the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, supported in part by the Prima Civitas Foundation, will host an Entrepreneur's Day to provide resources to aspiring entrepreneurs. The program also includes connections to regional small business owners and resource partners from across
DETROIT - Richard Rassel, Director of Global Client Relations for Butzel Long, received the 2008 Community Service Award presented by The Community House on June 10 in Birmingham. The Community House initiated the Community Service Award in 1988 to recognize those people who have made extraordinary contributions through their professional careers. Its purpose is to
TROY - The Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan will host a forum on July 17 that will feature an elevator-pitch competition featuring three emerging technology companies that will be judged by a panel of private equity finance professionals. The Forum will also include a keynote presentation by a successful local entrepreneur, who highlights the ups
FLINT - ConnecTech Greater Flint is hosting a road rally with a technology twist on June 27. Teams will be given clues based upon Flint's historical global leadership in transportation technology, a drive and learn experience. The point is by navigating the course, teams will discover the high-tech companies and organizations that are leading the
ANN ARBOR - OcuSciences, an Ann Arbor technology start up, has won the $25,000 Grand Prize in the Emerging Company category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest. The awards ceremony was Thursday night in Lansing. OcuSciences was co-founded by Drs. Victor Elner and Howard Petty from the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center and has
TROY - MITechNews.Com readers can sponsor the September Celebrate Michigan Expo and receive a $50 discount on exhibit tables. The deadline for the deal is June 30. Sponsorships are available and MITechNews readers receive a $50.00 discount on $300.00 exhibit tables priced for readers at $250.00. The Celebrate Michigan Expo is Sept. 29 at the
TRAVERSE CITY - Robert Ochtel, the founder of Traverse Angels, an early stage, Angel investment group, will be the featured guest on the Traverse City Chamber�??s monthly Entrepreneur Focus Program July 16. The program will discuss Angel Investing in the greater Traverse City region. The show is hosted by Ron Jolly and broadcasted on WTCM
TRAVERSE CITY - Last month's organizational meeting for the Traverse Angels drew a dozen potential investors. Founder Robert Ochtel said he's so happy with the response, he may launch two more angel investing groups in the Northern Michigan region. �??I�??m looking at developing other groups in other parts of Michigan, but I�??m not yet ready
ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor volunteers are pulling together what they're calling Startup Weekend - 54 hours of practical hands-on learning about starting up a business where there is no agenda and what companies come out of the other end of the process is anyone's guess. From June 20-22, this group think experiment will give