LANSING- If you are an entrepreneurial small business leader, be sure to sign up to attend the June 15th CEO Growth Symposium in Ypsilanti. Michael Rogers, communications director for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Symposium organizer Miche Rayment, founder and facilitator of The Hire Effect in this podcast. Register here. To listen
GRAND RAPIDS - Today's cities are facing many common challenges in the areas of safety, emissions, accessibility, and congestion. Detroit's NextEnergy thinks innovation is an important mechanism to proactively address the challenges facing cities to identify opportunities for new business models. Therefore, the non-profit has developed a national competition NextChallenge: Smart Cities which focuses on
GRAND RAPIDS - The training required for the future workforce in the automotive industry to support the convergence of technologies needs to begin before students even enter the workforce. The students of today think of the automotive industry like it was when their parents worked there. Getting younger students involved – not just college students
DETROIT - Rick Broida and Dave Johnson recently launched a podcast entitled Battlestar Recaptica in which the co-hosts comment each week on an episode in this Sci-Fi classic. Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009) was a remake of the original TV classic starring Lorne Greene (1978-1979). The story, about man-made robots (called Cylons) developing sentience and turning on humanity, has
DETROIT - Rick Broida is a frequent co-host on the Internet Advisor. He brings a keen wit and discerning eye to the world of digital gadgets that constantly bombard our consciousness. This month he will be helping us with gadgets for the digital dad in your life! Father’s Day is coming soon; listen for some good
ROYAL OAK - Irma Clark, Sr. Director, Market Strategy and Development at Comcast Business, Heartland Region, talks about connections through mobile will be three-fourths of total connections in the world in a few years. Comcast also announced more than 700 outdoor Comcast Wi-Fit hotspots in the metro Detroit area. Comcast Business customers in metro Detroit
ROYAL OAK - Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan Small Business Development Centers, and Angela Kujuva, Director of Innovation, Logic Solutions, discuss the Mobile App Bootcamp for Non-Tech Entrepreneurs that was held last week at Washtenaw Community College, the third one this year in the state. It was aimed at entrepreneurs and small business
ROYAL OAK - Motor City Connect Founder Terry Bean discusses all the exciting events that were part of Detroit Startup Week in late May. More than 150 events across the city talking about the state of the city from an entrepreneurial perspective. He discusses the up-and-coming entrepreneurial rock stars driving the start-ups in downtown and
DETROIT – The Internet of Things is ushering in a new era of connected devices as part of building and energy management systems for residential and commercial buildings. To help the Mobile Monday Detroit audience understand the advances being made in this field, experts from Powerley, iRule and MadDog Ventures will join us to share
LANSING - In an effort to assist veteran businesses competing for government contracts, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget will now accept the National Veterans Business Development Council certification when determining eligibility for the state’s service-disabled veteran-owned business pricing preference. The option to submit an NVBDC certificate to qualify for the pricing preference can
