mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

MITechNews TV Debuts With Auto Tech Channel From MBS In Traverse City

ANN ARBOR - You’ve been asking for it, well in August you’ll get it - MITechNews TV. We’re creating channels of video news, interviews and later streaming live news shows and events. Our first channel is Auto Tech - interviews shot from the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City July 30 through Aug. 2. Editor

By |2018-07-20T11:43:57-04:00July 20th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|

Carol Health Joins Great Lakes Health Connect To Access Virtual Integrated Patient Record

GRAND RAPIDS – Carol Health, a mobile app-based, on-demand home health service, has joined Great Lakes Health Connect to provide nurses with access to Virtual Integrated Patient Record, a cloud-based system that stores and organizes the health information of over nine million patients. More than 200 organizations across the state contribute health information into the

By |2018-07-20T10:28:03-04:00July 20th, 2018|Life Sciences|

TiECon Detroit 2018 Hosting Entrepreneur Bootcamp At TechTown Oct. 5

NOVI  – TiECon Detroit 2018 is hosting an Entrepreneur Bootcamp at TechTown Detroit on October 5, a one-day intensive program to engage, inspire, and mentor entrepreneurs to start, innovate, and scale their businesses. Deadline for applications is Sunday August 19th. More information can be found here: http://tiecondetroit.org/ai-competition.php Be Investable is a training to support the

By |2018-07-19T20:30:10-04:00July 19th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

AccelerateKID Educates Young Folks On STEAM Subjects, Provides Summer Camps

ROYAL OAK - AccelerateKID is an organization that educates young kids on subjects related to STEAM, while offering summer camps, classes, and clubs every month at locations in Wixom and Madison Heights, not to mention partners all around metro Detroit that offers workshops. Founder Thanh Tran provides all the details in this segment of M2

By |2018-07-18T15:02:09-04:00July 18th, 2018|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|

2018 Buy Michigan Now Festival Aug. 3-5

ROYAL OAK - The Tenth anniversary of the BuyMichiganNow Festival is set for Aug. 3-5 in downtown Northville, and Founder Lisa Diggs shares all the details on this segment of M2 TechCast. This family-friendly event includes tasty treats, street vendors, live music, and children’s activities, all highlighting Michigan-based businesses and Michigan-made products. Lisa is revitalizing

By |2018-07-18T15:09:04-04:00July 18th, 2018|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Canopy Helps People Near End Of Life Deal With Health Questions

ROYAL OAK - Canopy is building tools to help you talk about health questions that drive during your last days of life. The company was co-founded by Elisabeth Michel, Co-Founder, who is interviewed by Tember Shea, Director of Inforum’s InGAGE second-stage female mentoring program. About Canopy: If you had to make end-of-life decisions for your

By |2018-07-18T15:08:16-04:00July 18th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

FinTech Consortium To Open Hub, Incubator In Downtown Detroit

DETROIT - FinTech Consortium Tuesday announced it will open Detroit FinTech Bay, its flagship North American FinTech hub and incubator, located in a renovated former bank building in the heart of Detroit’s central business district. Rick Frisbie has been named chairman of its North American operations. Frisbie is the former chairman of RobustWealth, a FinTech

By |2018-07-17T21:15:51-04:00July 17th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

HBPO To Add New Michigan Assembly Plant To Meet Demand From Electric, Autonomous Vehicle Manufacturers

TROY – HBPO, the auto industry’s largest global supplier of front-end modules, plans to add an assembly plant in Michigan and more than double employment in North America due in part to a growing demand from electric- and autonomous-vehicle manufacturers. In the last three years alone, HBPO has opened four new N.A. assembly plants and

By |2018-07-17T22:14:19-04:00July 17th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, News|

Applications Open For $1 Million Accelerate Michigan Competition

DETROIT - Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is now accepting applications for startups to win up to $1 Million in Cash and prizes. This year the pitch competition unveils a new format to help company better connect. Investors and Companies must register to apply by Aug. 15. Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, a program of ID Ventures,

By |2018-07-17T20:43:46-04:00July 17th, 2018|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Angel Fund, Trivalent MSP, Cybersecurity Threats, IP And Patent Law For Tech Companies

ROYAL OAK - David Weaver and Doron York of Great Lakes Angels will discuss a new angel fund. James Carpp, Director of Consulting at Rehmann, will discuss how new acquisition Trivalent Group has been ranked as one of the top 100 MSPs in the world. Richard Stiennon will update all the cybersecurity threats that will

By |2018-07-13T14:21:40-04:00July 13th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|