ROCHESTER — The Macomb-OU Incubator announced it has been awarded $48,000 in state Business Accelerator Funds to provide accelerator services to client companies ONU, Templar Integrated Security Solutions, and Zoesen. BAF awards are an initiative of the State of Michigan’s 21st Century Jobs Fund Program and are distributed by the Michigan Small Business Development Center
SOUTHFIELD - Auto supplier Denso has again announced a 2017 commitment to FIRST Robotics, to which it has donated more than $800,000 since 2002. Detroit will host the FIRST Robotics Championship at Cobo Center and Ford Field in April 2018, 2019 and 2020. Denso is a Silver Level Supplier Sponsor of FIRST, and teamed up
SOUTHFIELD - A California digital communications provider announced it has set up a Point of Presence at the Southfield data center of 123Net, the first PoP in Michigan for Hurricane Electric. One of four data centers that 123Net owns and operates in Michigan, the 18,000-square-foot Southfield center offers high-capacity colocation and disaster recovery space, as
DETROIT - Mark Brucki Executive Director of Corporate Community Partnerships At Lawrence Technological University, talks about LTU’s Collaboratory program and its innovative Customers to Cash program designed to serve established companies with new products to launch in new or existing markets; innovators with new technologies to sell; entrepreneurs with fresh business ideas to start up
DETROIT - Keith Nagara Director, Transportation Design Program at Lawrence Technological University, talks about the origin of the MAIN event, LTU’s design competition that kicks off the North American International Auto Show. Motor City Auto Industry Night was born after a student-faculty trip to Paris, France, where they were asked why Detroit doesn’t celebrate auto
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University President President And CEO Dr. Virinder K. Moudgil talks to Matt Roush at the MAIN event about the awards LTU students received at the event. These students have exceptional ability in designing cars of the future. Technology has merged with design and safety, he said. LTU’s Auto Design program has
DETROIT - Robert McGee, Engineering Society of Detroit executive director, talks about ESD during an interview at the MAIN event, a Lawrence Technology University student design contest the night before the North American International Auto Show started. McGee talks about how ESD is the Michigan coordinator for the Future Cities program where 39 student teams
DETROIT - Karl Daubmann, the Lawrence Tech University Dean of Architecture and Design, talks about the transportation design works, from designing cities to houses, games to transportation, giving LTU a range of students and disciplines. An emerging culture of DIY, innovations and ranges of manufacturing from cars, to buildings to electronics. Daubmann wanted to be
LANSING - Facebook is overwhelmingly the most-used social media platform by small business owners, according to the latest Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) Barometer survey. Seventy-five percent said Facebook is the social media platform they use most often, followed by LinkedIn at 31 percent and Twitter at 26 percent. When asked the most important
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host a luncheon examining climate resilience in West Michigan on Monday, February 13 at the Grand Rapids Public Library. This month’s featured speaker is Jeff Andresen, Professor and State Climatologist for Michigan at Michigan State University. The primary focus of Andresen’s research has been the influence
