GRAND RAPIDS - A Las Vegas company confirmed Monday that it could build a $5 billion data center in a Grand Rapids suburb - if state legislators approve hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks. Switch would create a new SUPERNAP data center campus in Caledonia, south of Grand Rapids, in and around a pyramid-shaped
FERNDALE – Keith Zendler, founder of PeopleMovers.Com, talks about the online network for people and organizations to work together. PeopleMovers.Com just recently added a major partnership with Pune, India. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-keith-zendler?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
FERNDALE – Lauren Bigelow who runs the $1 Million Accelerate Michigan business competition for second-stage companies in Michigan. Bigelow talks about the companies that won the competition this year. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-lauren-bigelow?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00
FERNDALE – Robert McGee, executive director of the Engineering Society of Detroit, talks about the shortage of engineering and technology jobs. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-robert-mcgee-esd?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
FERNDALE – John Bebow editor in chief of Bridge magazine talks about the investigative publication that tells the “why” behind today’s Michigan headlines. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-9-john-bebow?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
NOVI – M2 TechCast does its first live remote show from the Engineering Society of Detroit Job Fair at the Suburban Collection expo center. More than 50 companies were offering more than 2000 engineering and technology jobs on Nov. 16. PodcastDetroit co-founder David Phillips joins the conversation. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-10-live-from-the-esd-job-fair?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit
ANN ARBOR - Commercial drone maker SkySpecs announced this week that it has raised $3 million in a Series A round led by Venture Investors. The round also included new investment from Huron River Ventures, Amherst Fund and Michigan Angel Fund, along with additional investment from Invest Michigan. “Unlike other drone companies on the market that
GRAND RAPIDS - Long Road Distillers, the first distiller in West Michigan, is featured in this video developed by the Michigan Small Business Development Center. The MI-SBDC helped the company create what is now a thriving business in downtown Grand Rapids. For more information, http://www.sbdcmichigan.org/
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook's Safety Check status tool, which was activated during Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, remains a "work in progress." That description from Facebook follows criticism that the social network has chosen not to switch on the feature after violent acts in other parts of the world, including bombings in Beirut one day
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK presented its annual FastTrack awards to 14 Washtenaw County-based companies that have demonstrated fast growth, including Online Tech and LLamasoft, achieving 10 years of year over year growth. FastTrack awards are presented to companies with impressive records of growth. Recipients of 2015 FastTrack awards were required to have revenue
