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Hiring Veterans Who Can Help Make Your Small Business Successful

LANSING - Michael Rogers, communications officer for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Jim Cowper, president of CPI Contract Professionals based in Waterford. They’re a veteran-owned business that specializes in technical staffing, and he shares some insights on how to find and hire veterans. To listen, click on https://www.sbam.org/Resources/tabid/97/ArtMID/2980/ArticleID/2681/Hiring-veterans-who-can-help-make-your-small-business-successful.aspx

By |2017-01-11T15:09:26-05:00January 11th, 2017|Podcasts, Small Business Association of Michigan|
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Lohrmann – 2016: The Year Hackers Stole The Show, With A Cause

ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann talks about the cyber year in review and what’s likely to happen in 2017. He said 2016 was the year when hacktivism stole the show. Lohrmann said the new movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is well-timed — epitomizing outsiders banding together to bring down the powerful

By |2017-01-11T14:17:10-05:00January 11th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Podcasts|
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Spanos Outlines Oakland County 2016 Economic Report – $780 Million, 4,600 New Jobs

ROYAL OAK - Irene Spanos, Director of Economic Development and Community Affairs for Oakland County, provides details on a report about the state’s second largest country in 2016 in which 92 companies located or expanded into Oakland County, generating more than $780 million, creating more than 4,600 new jobs. She also pointed out more than

By |2017-01-11T14:02:22-05:00January 11th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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ACE Conference Back For Investors, Entrepreneurs

SOUTHFIELD - ACE, the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, is back this year for another great day of networking and learning on January 26 at the Westin Southfield Detroit Hotel. ACE brings together some of the top entrepreneurs, investors, students and startups from across the Great Lakes Region to foster collaboration and growth. Past events have brought

By |2017-01-11T12:08:36-05:00January 11th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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Wayne State Approves New Master’s Degree To Help Navigate STEM, Big Data

DETROIT - The Wayne State University Board of Governors has approved a new Master’s degree program that will develop individuals with the skills and expertise to navigate the fast-growing STEM field to make sound business decisions. Master of Science in Data Science and Business Analytics program, offered jointly by the College of Engineering and the Mike

By |2017-01-11T11:51:25-05:00January 11th, 2017|New Products / Contracts|
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Capitol Needs $62.3 Million In Repairs, Upgrades

LANSING - The funding is not yet in place to perform the work, but the state Capitol will need $62.29 million in repairs, mostly to its mechanical systems, to remain functioning, contractors told the Capitol Commission at its meeting Monday. The commission agreed to move ahead with designing the 45 separate projects that would make

By |2017-01-10T20:01:48-05:00January 10th, 2017|Politics|
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Army Set To Test Fuel-Cell Electric Chevy Colorado

WARREN - The U.S. Army’s Detroit-area automotive research facility is now set to test the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle and evaluate the readiness of Fuel Cell propulsion in military-like environments and uses.  The announcement was made Monday during the North American International Auto Show press preview days. The show opens to the

By |2017-01-10T20:50:28-05:00January 10th, 2017|Featured, News|
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Ghosn Sees No Trump Trade Troubles, Links NAIAS To Consumer Electronics Show

DETROIT — Carlos Ghosn is one of the busiest men in the global auto industry. After all, the Brazilian-Lebanese-French businessman is only chairman and CEO of France’s Renault, chairman and CEO of Japan’s Nissan, and chairman of Mitsubishi. In a speech at the North American International Auto Show here Monday, Ghosn observed the similarities between

By |2017-01-10T19:48:44-05:00January 10th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Guest Columns|
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A Tech Nerd’s View Of The Auto Show, Day Two

DETROIT - Matt Roush went back to the North American International Auto Show briefly Tuesday, fighting through the slush, and caught all the stuff I missed on Day One. Looking at everything in this show really does take a while. To look at his cool pics, click on https://techcentury.com/2017/01/10/a-tech-nerds-view-of-the-auto-show-day-two/

By |2017-01-10T19:21:29-05:00January 10th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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A Tech Nerd’s View Of The North American International Auto Show

DETROIT — Yep, it’s back again. It’s New Year’s, and that means the North American International Auto Show is once again being held at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. More than 5,000 journalists from all over the world are being hosted Monday and Tuesday during Press Preview Days. On Wednesday and Thursday, thousands more industry

By |2017-01-10T19:21:29-05:00January 10th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|
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