DETROIT - Detroit has been chosen as one of a handful of cities to host the global pre-accelerator Startup Boost. The free six-week mentorship program is open for applications now through September 26. Each week startups will participate in pitch practices and meet with mentors and investors in order to prepare for funding. “The program
LANSING - Nominations for the 2018 Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program are officially open, including the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch award! Why nominate a company for MCSB? Awardees of the program receive significant statewide exposure and gain the honors of a program that they may proclaim to customers and peers. Submitting a nomination
GRAND RAPIDS – Representatives from Great Lakes Health Connect and Making Choices Michigan have announced the integration of their day-to-day operations. MCM will maintain its existing brand and governing board of directors, but will function as a wholly owned subsidiary of GLHC. Doug Dietzman, Executive Director of GLHC, will add leadership responsibility for MCM to
SAN FRANCISCO - It's been more than two years since Nest entered a new product category, but the smart home company is now coming off the sidelines. On Wednesday, Nest, which is owned by Google's parent Alphabet, showed off two new devices during a press event in San Francisco. The first is an internet-connected doorbell called Nest Hello, which has a
ANN ARBOR - Inspired by the Labyrinth of Greek mythology, a new chip etched with fluid channels sends blood samples through a hydrodynamic maze to separate out rare circulating cancer cells into a relatively clean stream for analysis. It is already in use in a breast cancer clinical trial. Tumor cells isolated from blood samples
DETROIT - The Intelligent Transportation Society of Michigan is partnering on Sept. 27 with NextEnergy to host “Life on Planet M” in Detroit. The daylong ITS Michigan annual conference will focus on “smart” transportation technologies, the related economy and the Intelligent Transportation Systems industry’s impact in Michigan. “ITS Michigan is thrilled to be hosting our
GRAND RAPIDS - Come Thursday, October 19, at the JW Marriott in downtown Grand Rapids to discover the latest cyber security trends and threats facing your organization! Back by popular demand, the Fourth Annual Michigan Cyber Security Conference will feature presentations and panel discussions from industry specialists, local experts, and keynote speaker Corey Nachreiner, CTO
DETROIT – Mobile Monday Detroit has invited experts to provide hands-on demonstrations of their wearable and AR/VR integrated technologies at the October 9th event taking place at RIIS in Troy at 5:30 pm. This event will be a strictly “hands-on” experience with a variety of companies demonstrating their technologies and available to answer any questions
FARGO - North Dakota State University Assistant Professor Jeremy Straub - who grew up in Northville, Michigan - has been given the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. The award acknowledges the importance of Straub’s work so far in his career. Recipients are selected based on the totality of their accomplishments, instead of being recognized
DETROIT - Cal Carson stepped up and took over hosting duties for this show at the last minute - because host Foster Braun was recovering from a hospital stay - along with Capt. Gary Baker in Ft. Lauderdale, who was waiting for the hurricanes to come ashore before putting out to see in his sailing yacht. To
