GRAND RAPIDS - A workshop July 21 for small businesses; tech knowledge not required. Bring your mobile app ideas and learn to make them a reality. Registration deadline: July 15th, or 40 registrations, whichever come first. This workshop will educate attendees on: * Developer basics; understanding app developers and how to work with them to
ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast Monday June 27, Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers will talk about his decision to retire from the organization he helped found 17 years ago, Enrico Schaefer will talk about new FAA rules for the operation of commercial drones, Dale Keipert, CEO of 360 Interactive, will outline social media
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan Small BIZ PAC has endorsed candidates for the Aug. 2 primary election. In addition, in some races the Small BIZ PAC has designated multiple candidates as receiving the “SBAM Stamp of Approval.” The Small BIZ PAC endorses candidates based on incumbent voting records, past or current small
EAST LANSING - Wanted. A top executive to run a software startup whose pioneering applications lie at the intersection of decision analytics and artificial intelligence. Apply Supported Intelligence. Supported Intelligence is seeking a candidate to serve as Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer, beginning in the Fall of 2016. Application materials must be submitted no later
BATTLE CREEK - Kellogg Co. announced it has launched a $100 million Venture Capital fund - Eighteen94 Capital - to make minority investments in new ingredient, food, packaging and other technologies and “pursue next-generation innovation.” In a statement, Kellogg said Eighteen94 Capital plans to target early stage companies with a proven track record and established
SOUTHFIELD - Kristen R. DeVries has been named vice president of university advancement at Lawrence Technological University. Her appointment is effective August 1 and concludes a national search. DeVries will oversee Lawrence Tech’s fund raising, donor interactions, conference services, and alumni relations, in addition to corporate and foundation partnerships. For the past nine years she
HOLLAND - For the first time since 2011, fewer than half of West Michigan companies surveyed will be increase their information technology staffs during the next six months. This news comes from Paragon Recruiting in its semi-annual survey of IT staff hiring. The government and education sector showed the largest drop in expected hiring, from 53 percent for
ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley COO Tom Kelly, fresh from the Hanover, Germany, trade fair, talks about how manufacturing is coming back, but in a smarter way. Skilled trades, factory automation, are creating a new type of manufacturing employee. Kelly also talks about some upcoming trade missions, including a fall trip to Cuba. The delegation
ROYAL OAK - The winner of NextChallenge: Smart Cities will be awarded up to $80,000 in grant funding from Wells Fargo to demonstrate and validate their solution at the NextEnergy Center in Detroit, or an applicable site that meets the needs of the selected solution. An additional combined total of $20,000 will be awarded to
ROYAL OAK - What types of software are most and least likely to be considered patentable? Intellectual Property attorney Keith Schonberger, with the Young Basile law firm, explains the difference in this segment of M2 TechCast. He said some recent court cases have shaped this distinction. In a February report on M2 TechCast, Schonberger talked
