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How To Deal With The Mistakes You Make When Running A Small Business

LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with business coach and consultant Tom Borg about dealing with the mistakes you make when running a small business, developing and implementing good customer service policies, the value of proactively addressing change in your small business and how to implement

By |2016-08-24T09:53:53-04:00August 24th, 2016|Michigan Small Business Development Center, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: FAA Commercial Drone Pilot Certificate Exams Start Aug. 29

ROYAL OAK - Attorney Enrico Schaefer, founder of DroneLaw.Pro, explains how on Aug. 29 the new drone regulations known as Part 107 will be implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration - and how you can become a drone pilot. Part 107 is how the FAA plans to get a better handle on the tens of

By |2016-08-24T07:48:15-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Drones, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: Becker Talks C/D/H And The Growing Power Of Cloud Computing

ROYAL OAK - Mark Becker, a partner at C/D/H, said his company has won a lot of awards lately, the 101 Best Companies To Work For, an employee-nominated award, for the fourth year in a row. C/D/H also has been named as one of the top 200 Microsoft Partners in the United States this year,

By |2016-08-24T08:03:50-04:00August 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: ALTality Offers Spellbound Augmented Reality Books For Hospital Pediatric Units

ROYAL OAK - Rachele Downs, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Strategies at Inform, interviews Christina York, CEO of ALTality, who developed the proof of concept for her augmented reality company in November 2014 at a Detroit Startup Weekend. She won first place, gaining her entry to the global competition, where ALTality was named one of the

By |2016-08-24T13:05:36-04:00August 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

M2 TechCast: Open Systems Technologies (OST) Celebrates 20th Anniversary – $170 Million In Sales

ROYAL OAK - Michael Lomonaco, Director of Marketing and Communications for Open Systems Technologies (OST), joins us on M2 TechCast to help celebrate the company's 20th year in business, and its fourth year in Detroit. OST specializes in business transformation, centered around custom software development, design and data analytics, as well as the Internet of

By |2016-08-24T09:31:09-04:00August 23rd, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Delphi, Mobileye Seek Fully Driverless Car By 2021

DETROIT - In the latest in a burst of announcements aimed at bringing fully autonomous, and even driverless, vehicles to market, automotive mega-supplier Delphi is teaming up with the high-tech Israeli firm Mobileye. The two tech firms plan to show off their system during a preview at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next

By |2016-08-23T20:35:56-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles, News|

Study: Biofuels Increase, Rather Than Decrease, Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide Emissions

ANN ARBOR - In a new study from University of Michigan, co-funded by the American Petroleum Institute, researchers challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon neutral. Contrary to popular belief, the heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas emitted when biofuels are burned is not fully balanced by the CO2

By |2016-08-23T21:30:51-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Clean Update, Featured|

Conference For Inventors Comes Back Sept. 7

DETROIT - The Michigan Inventors Coalition is bringing back their 4th Annual Expo and Conference on Wednesday, September 7th. Each year the conference attracts inventors of all types, including makers and tech entrepreneurs, to learn how to refine and protect their inventions. There’s also a fun expo so you can show off your innovative products. Space

By |2016-08-24T08:52:10-04:00August 23rd, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

Fiscal Health Trends Reversing In Some Michigan Communities

ANN ARBOR - After five years of steady statewide improvement, fewer Michigan communities report that they are better able to meet their fiscal needs this year. A University of Michigan survey polled top elected and appointed officials in the state's 1,856 units of local government and found that 2016 marked a change in earlier trends

By |2016-08-23T19:48:48-04:00August 23rd, 2016|News, Politics|

NSA Whistle Blower Snowden Says Russian Hack Of Democrat Party Server Diplomatic Signaling

MOSCOW - NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden said his old employer was likely hacked by his new host, Russia. Snowden tweeted Tuesday that the auction of malicious software files allegedly stolen from the NSA may actually be diplomatic signaling by Russia. The software, a set of digital tools, is being auctioned by a group that

By |2016-08-19T11:13:08-04:00August 19th, 2016|Cyber Defense, Featured|