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
ANN ARBOR - Duo Security, Mina Sooch and Arboretum Ventures will be honored on Nov. 30 at the Michigan Venture Capital Association annual dinner. Duo Security has been named winner of the MVCA “100” Award, Mina Sooch Entrepreneur of the Year, while Arboretum Ventures won the Capital Event of the Year Award. Trillium Ventures’ founder
ALLEGAN - Mylan NV lost its $26 billion hostile bid for Perrigo Co. after a seven-month pursuit, a rare outcome in what shaped up to be one of the most bitter takeover battles in decades, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Mylan said that about 40 percent of Perrigo’s shares were tendered in the offer. It needed at
FERNDALE – Cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann will kick off a monthly update on Nov. 23 on M2 TechCast, heard on the PodcastDetroit Network. They’ll discuss cyber security at the State level. Discussion points include: Michigan named one of top 8 when it comes to cyber; What should the other states be doing
Technology Century NOVI – M2 TechCast, an Internet radio show on the PodcastDetroit Network, will broadcast live Monday Nov. 16 from the Engineering Society of Detroit Job Fair, where more than 50 major employers will be seeking to fill well over 2,000 primarily IT jobs. Show co-hosts, Mike Brennan, Editor and Publisher of
DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show this week launched a completely redesigned mobile-focused website with improved navigation and functionality, allowing visitors to access detailed auto show information as well as relevant photos and video assets. “The new website for NAIAS is unlike any other auto show website in the world,” said Paul Sabatini, 2016
ANN ARBOR - LLamasoft will host a career day November 19 where attendees can learn more about careers and culture at the rapidly-growing, supply-chain software provider. Members of its various teams will be available to discuss recent projects with career-seekers and answer questions. Attendees are encouraged to bring a copy of their resume from 4
LANSING – Join Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of Life Sciences, politics and academia on December 8 to discuss how best to unleash Michigan’s biosciences research and development, and manufacturing potential to stimulate economic growth. The Michigan Bio-Sciences Growth Summit will discuss the details of a forward-looking strategy for building a strong, statewide biosciences cluster
SOUTHFIELD - Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills and Lawrence Technological University have formed an academic partnership that will enable Brother Rice students to take STEM courses taught by LTU faculty and earn college credits. The new agreement adds to LTU’s outreach to pre-college students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It will
MIDLAND – The MidMichigan Innovation Center is hosting a legal advice update on Nov. 17 as part of its lunch and learn series. The legal advice will come from Michelle Revette of LegalShield. Admission is free. Lunch is provided. Registration is required. Tuesday, Nov 17, 12 – 1 p.m. MidMichigan Innovation Center 2007 Austin St., Midland,
