MIDLAND - The traditional capital market for startups is broken, but a growing network of angel investors are stepping in to fill the void of early-stage companies getting funding. Ken Kousky, CEO at MMIC and President of BlueWater Angels, will lead this in-depth workshop on the fundamentals of angel investing and the steps you must
LANSING - A bipartisan group of four representatives representing both peninsulas said Thursday they are introducing bills designed to remove barriers for businesses and individuals in the state to generate their own energy and receive fair-value pricing. Rep. Jeff Irwin(D-Ann Arbor) andRep. Ed McBroom(R-Vulcan) worked on similar legislation last term and joinedRep. Scott Dianda(D-Calumet) andRep.
DETROIT - Join CDH on Sept. 24 from 4 to 7 pm for food, drinks and friends at a TechMash Detroit at its new downtown office on Woodward Ave. On tap will be various beers from B. Nektar meadery in Ferndale - for free. Event Information: 1500 Woodward Ave, Suite 400, Detroit, MI., 48226. Parking
LIVONIA - September 16 ISACA Detroit Chapter Meeting Pre-Dinner Topic will focus on the Internet of Things and Information Assurance, while the after-dinner topic will be Demonstrating Information Security Program Effectiveness. The Pre-Dinner presentation will be made by Keith Wilson, Systems Engineer, Lancope After-Dinner speaker is Doug Copley, Beaumont Health Systems. 4:30 - 5:00 Registration
DETROIT - You can still register for the Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum Member Guest Event at Next Energy on September 11. Detroit City Planning Director Maurice Cox will outline his ideas for making Detroit a sustainable city. Join Director Cox and SMSBF in changing Detroit for the better. If you're a business leader,
LANSING - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to its lowest rate in 14 years in July, 5.3 percent, but the decline had nothing to do with the state adding new jobs during the month because figures showed the state had no net gain in employment last month. The number of unemployed individuals declined as
WASHINGTON DC - Many people rely on security questions like "What's your mother's maiden name?" to protect their personal information online, but hackers are getting better at finding the answers. Case in point: the hackers who raided US Government's Internal Revenue Service data systems. Those attackers were much more successful at answering security questions than
LANSING - The effort to win approval of new funding for roads ran into the same old problem Wednesday in the House saw negotiations fall apart with no solution in sight. Without an agreement to bring aboard a large number of minority Democrats, majority House Republicans tried in vain to build up enough support within
FERNDALE - We were joined at ITInTheD by Bamboo Detroit to talk about their co-working space downtown and an impending expansion, by Newmind Group to talk about an event in September that they're putting on along with their core offerings, and by Andrea from the Pontiac Public School District talking about technology in the world
DETROIT - Ken Schoen, CEO of ACD.net, a Lansing based ISP, joins Internet Advisor to talk about new ways to bridge the digital divide that is growing between the connected and the unconnected in Michigan. The heart of our conversation centers around new technologies that promise to bring high speed connectivity and economic growth to areas
