KALAMAZOO - Catalyst University is now accepting applications for its 2nd annual Makers’ Mart competition scheduled for January 28, 2016, at Wings Event Center. The winning maker will win $2,500 in cash plus $2,500 worth of legal, marketing and accounting consultations. The application deadline closes October 2. Last year’s Makers’ Mart winner was Handmade Kalamazoo. Melissa
FERNDALE - M2 TechCast Episode 3 Sept. 28 at 3 pm will feature interviews with attorney Enrico Schaefer who just launched a specialty practice for drone law, Chris Roebuck, CEO of Clicktivated that just announced a big contract with Pure Michigan. Also on the show will be Foster Braun and Gary Baker, co-hosts of the
DETROIT - Matt Miller, a partner in Silicon Valley-based Sequoia Capital, will be at Bamboo Detroit on Friday from 5 -8 pm where he will be interviewed by Startup Grind (a Google for Entrepreneur’s program) founder Derek Anderson. Sequoia Capital was founded in 1972 to help pioneer Silicon Valley making early investments in Apple, Google, PayPal, Ciso,
ANN ARBOR - PHASIQ, a healthcare company, is the first investment of the student-led venture capital fund, Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund. Terms were not disclosed. PHASIQ provides a cheaper, faster, and more accurate solution to test for multiple proteins on a single patient sample. The Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund is the first and only institutional
TRAVERSE CITY – Attorney Enrico Schaefer has had an interest in wind-related activities for most of his life. So when Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, more commonly called drones, started to come into vogue for possible commercial uses, Traverse Legal, the law firm Schaefer co-founded, Traverse Legal, PLC, positioned itself to become a leader in practicing drone
Pi-rho technics RoboExplorers RoboFest SOUTHFIELD - The national championships of the World Robot Olympiad were held at Lawrence Technological University on Sept. 19, and three of the eight teams that won the right to represent their country in international competition are from Northville and Canton. Earning the right to
PLYMOUTH - Advanced Purchasing Dynamics, the Purchasing Authority for manufacturers, Tuesday announced that it has expanded its footprint in the West region by opening an office in Los Angeles. The West region office will serve the manufacturing purchasing needs of customers in solar energy, aerospace, defense equipment manufacturing and more. Philip (Phil) Ideson is the head of
NEW YORK - Mobile shopping and advertising have caught on quickly in the United States. While younger mobile users appreciate the convenience of smartphones for shopping, baby boomers are less sure. And they're a lot surer they don't like ads on their devices. eMarketer estimates that nearly three-quarters of US mobile phone users, or 59.3
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple Inc. is accelerating efforts to build an electric car, designating it internally as a “committed project” and setting a target ship date for 2019, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. The go-ahead came after the company spent more than a year investigating the feasibility of an Apple-branded car, including
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple has discovered and removed from its iPhone and iPad App Store dozens of apps that were infected by malware. The tainted software made it into the App Store via a counterfeit version of Apple's Xcode program, which is used to create apps for the iOS and Mac system software, CNET.Com reported.
