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M2 TechCast: Naturalicious Founder Jimmere Builds $1 Million Hair Care Empire In 3 Years

FERNDALE - Gwen Jimmere of Naturalicious is the first African American woman in history to hold a U.S. patent for a natural hair care product - and Naturalicious in just three years has topped $1 million in annual sales. You can find her products at select Whole Foods stores and on Amazon. Jimmere developed her own

By |2016-05-16T22:04:02-04:00May 16th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Ann Arbor Maker Works Offers Variety Of Hands-On Maker Opportunities

Meetings at Maker Works Ann Arbor    ANN ARBOR - Whether you're a long-time member, a newcomer, or not a member at all, Maker Works hosts several different kinds of meetings in the shop regularly each month, and one of them could be just what you're looking for. From monthly maker-style show-and-tell, to robotics, to

By |2016-05-16T11:19:04-04:00May 16th, 2016|Maker MI, News|

Medical Main Street Event With Detroit Chinese Business Association May 20

TROY - Aimattech Consulting is supporting The Detroit Chinese Business Association along with Oakland County’s Medical Main Street initiative in hosting the highest level governmental delegation from Taizhou China Medical City on May 20. During the conference, DCBA will have a China FDA official to interpret Chinese drug application policy and the latest trends, to

By |2016-05-13T18:13:06-04:00May 13th, 2016|Life Sciences, News|

M2 TechCast: Woman-Owned AMI Strategies Celebrating Quarter Century In Business

FERNDALE - Kathleen Norton-Schock of Diva Tech Talk interviews long-time entrepreneur Jane Sydlowski, who started AMI Strategies a quarter century ago, quite a milestone, especially for a woman-owned, woman-founded technology company.  AMI is in the telecom expense monitoring business. AMI’s products and services include telecom invoice management, wireless help desk, energy invoice management, bill pay services

By |2016-05-13T17:46:02-04:00May 13th, 2016|Diva Tech Talk, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Guest Column: CloudTech1 University To Teach All Things Cloud Computing

ROCHESTER HILLS - CloudTech1 University is an educational organization whose purpose is to bring together all stakeholders who may benefit from the cloud, or as-a-service technological model, and offer to them the content necessary to make informed decisions about its architecture, implementation, features, business uses and benefits.  Businesses, individuals, and industry advocates meet together, at

By |2016-05-13T14:34:36-04:00May 13th, 2016|Guest Columns|

Michigan Growth Capital Symposium Announces Presenting Companies

ANN ARBOR - Thirty-six early-stage and growth companies representing life sciences, IT, and technology have been selected to pitch investors May 17-18 at the 35th Michigan Growth Capital Symposium at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti. The two-day event will host dozens of industry speakers, including keynote addresses from James Flynn, managing director of Deerfield Capital

By |2016-05-13T13:39:37-04:00May 13th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|

M2 TechCast May 16: Red Level, Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance, Cybersecurity Update

FERNDALE - On M2 (Squared) TechCast Monday May 16, Red Level CEO David King will talk about the Novi company’s old technology spring cleaning event June 7, Matthew Felan President & CEO of the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance will talk about economic development in the Saginaw-Bay City region, then cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard

By |2016-05-13T13:09:07-04:00May 13th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

7 Reasons You Should Care if the United Kingdom Leaves the European Union

LANSING - On June 23, the world will be watching as the citizens of the UK decide whether to remain in the EU. The ramifications of this vote go far beyond Great Britain or Europe. History shows us that American interests and our future security are directly tied to this “special relationship.” Here’s why you

By |2016-05-13T12:16:12-04:00May 13th, 2016|Cyber Defense|

State Technology Leaders Focus On Procurement, Cybersecurity And Agile

BALTIMORE - The National Association of State Chief Information Officers held their Midyear Conference in Baltimore this past week. There were plenty of hot topics on the agenda, including: enabling innovation through agile software development, the continuing need for procurement reform and a big push on cybersecurity. From the opening keynote highlighting what it takes

By |2016-05-13T12:16:14-04:00May 13th, 2016|Cyber Defense|

App Development Bootcamp For Non-Techie Entrepreneurs June 2 In Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR  - If you are a non-technical entrepreneur, but you need to create a mobile App to drive traffic to your website, then you’re going to want to attend this bootcamp on June 2 that will provide you with “developer basics” so you understand app developers’ lingo and how to work with them. The

By |2016-05-13T10:15:16-04:00May 13th, 2016|Connected Tech, News|