LANSING –There are clear signs of economic improvement, but that recovery is uneven and is lagging behind the nation, according to the Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card released today. This is the 17th Annual Score Card released by Michigan Celebrates Small Business in conjunction with the Small Business Association of Michigan. This year’s report required several enhancements
GRAND RAPIDS — Grand Valley State University's Kirkhof College of Nursing received a $2.2 million federal grant to partner with two health care organizations to support working nurses from underrepresented backgrounds who wish to obtain bachelor's or advanced nursing degrees. KCON will partner with Spectrum Health and McLaren Health Care on the four-year project, which
TROY - Automation Alley’s 2021 Tech Report, now available, was prepared with support from Automation Alley’s Industry 4.0 academic and corporate partners and highlights several real-world Industry 4.0 success stories and features executive summaries and action items on the most pressing Industry 4.0 topics for small and medium-sized enterprises, including: Holistic Industry 4.0 Adoption AI,
DETROIT - A research team at Wayne State University led by Ashis Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D., associate professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, received a three-year, $326,226 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate fundamental issues related to the passage of viruses through the mucus barrier. The project, “Transport of
DETROIT - Mark L. Kornbluh, Ph.D., who most recently served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky, began his new role as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Wayne State University on July 1. Kornbluh, who served as a history professor at UK, is a
DETROIT - General Motors and a Shell-owned power company will unveiled a partnership aimed at providing renewable electricity to Texas customers and free overnight charging to state residents who own GM electric cars. Why it matters: It’s a new way for two corporate giants to expand their operations in a way that lowers emissions at the customer
DETROIT - The recent evolution of the call center goes something like this: automation, more automation, chatbots, and more automation are thrown in for good measure. But it’s 2020, otherwise known as The Year Everything Changed. Why are call centers even more important today? What happened to human interaction? Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus
ANN ARBOR - Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency Executive Director Andrew Brisbo joins the Four20 Post team to talk about adult-use and medical marijuana sales, attempts to drive caregivers out of the market, cannabis events that could include food and drink, cannabis consumption lounges, microbusiness license growth, edibles, Delta-8 and the outlook for the Michigan Marijuana
WASHINGTON DC – The National Association of Manufacturers released its Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2021. “Attracting and retaining a quality workforce” and “rising raw material costs” remain manufacturers’ biggest concerns for the second straight quarter. Despite those concerns, manufacturers predicted some of the highest expected growth rates in the survey’s history
DETROIT - Each year EntryPoint releases a deep dive look at Detroit's ecosystem as well as entrepreneurial activity across our state. The Detroit Ecosystem Report was released just a few days ago and shows some interesting trends: Key Findings from the Report: Over 23% of the venture-backed startups in Michigan are located in City of
