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Advice On How To Build Your Small Business Leadership Team

LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with trainer and leadership coach Kevin Suboski, to get his tips and advice on how to build a leadership team in your small business. To find out more, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2787/Advice-on-how-to-build-your-small-business-leadership-team.aspx

By |2017-04-12T10:25:18-04:00April 12th, 2017|Podcasts, Small Business Association of Michigan|

OST CEO Outlines Where Technology Is Headed Over Next Five Years – Think IoT

GRAND RAPIDS - Meredith Bronk, the president and CEO of Open Systems Technologies, talks about the future of technology in this Video News Update. The nearly $200 million company is positioning itself with manufacturers and distributors in the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. To learn more, click on this image above.

By |2017-04-14T09:13:06-04:00April 12th, 2017|Guest Columns|

Venture Capital Growing In Michigan, So Says MVCA 2017 Annual Report

ANN ARBOR - Maureen Miller Brosnan, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, highlights the results of the just released MVCA 2017 Annual Report, which covers 2016's investment activities. Key highlights include: There were 141 active venture-backed startups in Michigan in 2016, which is a 48% increase in the last five years. 54 startups

By |2017-04-12T10:01:24-04:00April 12th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

College Students Beat The Text Book Shell Game With Mobile App Book Cycle

DETROIT - Two Detroit students at Kalamazoo College got fed up with the typical school bookstore hustle: incredibly high costs at the beginning of the school semester followed by incredibly low prices on those same books when the semester is over.  Is there no way to beat this “shell game”? Kalamazoo College Juniors, Darryl Lewis

By |2017-04-12T09:46:51-04:00April 12th, 2017|Internet Advisor, Podcasts, Social Media|

Supported Intelligence’s SmartBracket Ranked In Top Percentiles For March Madness Picks

ROYAL OAK - Peter Schwartz from Supported Intelligence talks about how successful the SmartBracket software product did with the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Through the final game, SmartBracket had the North Carolina-Gonzaga match up in two of the three ways SmartBracket is measured. SmartBracket uses Artificial Intelligence to pick brackets. In Yahoo, SmartBracket was in

By |2017-04-10T21:09:05-04:00April 10th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Michigan Science Center Reaches Out To Middle School Girls To Introduce Them To STEM

ROYAL OAK - Tonya Matthews, PhD, joins Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on this episode of M2 TechCast to talk about the Michigan Science Center’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) outreach program. Matthews, the CEO, has reached out to 42 counties  across the state so far. She created the innovative STEMinista program for girls

By |2017-04-10T20:50:43-04:00April 10th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|

Automation Alley Paris Trade Mission In Spring, Industry 4.0 Conference In Fall

ROYAL OAK - Tom Kelly, executive director of Automation Alley, talks about an upcoming trade mission to Paris for the Air Show. It will be Tom’s first trade mission since he was named executive director of the 1000 member association last September. Big data, robotics, aerospace manufacturers are the target for this mission, Kelly said.

By |2017-04-11T15:27:17-04:00April 10th, 2017|Auto Tech, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

MadDog Technology Transforming Pontiac Into A Hub For Software Development

ROYAL OAK - Tech248 Director Greg Doyle interviews Mark Hillman, co-founder of MadDog Technology, one of the members of a group that represents 1000 companies. MadDog is in the historic Riker Building in downtown Pontiac, creating a world-class tech space, Hillman said. MadDog incubates and invests in software companies, some eight and counting. Former Compuware

By |2017-04-10T20:38:27-04:00April 10th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Sen. Peters Joins Colleagues Seeking Increased Funding For Connected Vehicles

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) Friday led a bipartisan group of their Senate colleagues in a letter calling for increased funding to support the advancement of connected and automated vehicle technologies. The letter specifically calls for Congress to appropriate funding for the safe development and testing of CAV

By |2017-04-07T14:39:26-04:00April 7th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Politics|