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FourKites Hires Walker As Chief Revenue Officer

CHICAGO - Supply chain logistics company FourKites Inc., announced this week that Dave Walker has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Most recently Walker was Vice President of North American Sales at Trusteer, acquired by IBM in 2013. As CRO of FourKites, Walker will be responsible for building a global sales organization with a scalable

By |2016-03-24T10:38:22-04:00March 24th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

How Many Are Satisfied With The Present State Of Politics In Michigan?

ANN ARBOR - I’ve been traveling around the state recently, speaking to various community groups and service clubs. As usual, when I get in a room with Michiganders, I learn a ton by asking questions: How many are satisfied with the present state of politics in Michigan? How about in the country? (Zero hands go

By |2016-03-24T10:24:09-04:00March 24th, 2016|Guest Columns, Politics|

Anonymous Renews Attack On ISIS With OpBrussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Anonymous in a new video posted yesterday, renewed its commitment to go after the group, saying that they “will not rest as long as terrorists continue their actions around the world” – under the tag #OpBrussels. As usual, the figure in the video is wearing the iconic V for Vendetta mask, and

By |2016-03-24T10:03:07-04:00March 24th, 2016|News, Podcasts|

Wayne State Offers Warriors Business Community For Incoming Freshmen Biz Majors To Get $2,000 Housing Scholarships

DETROIT - Wayne State University business students have a powerful way to start building their networks from their very first day on campus by joining the Warriors Business Community and earning $2,000 housing scholarships offered to the first 30 newly admitted fall 2016 freshman business majors who sign up. Living on campus has countless benefits:

By |2016-03-24T09:33:49-04:00March 24th, 2016|New Products / Contracts|

42 Teams Compete For $1 Million In Prizes In Rice Business Plan Competition

HOUSTON – Forty-two teams hailing from some of the world’s top universities - including two from the University of Michigan - will vie for more than $1 million in prizes at the 16th annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business April 14-16. New this year are three cash prizes of $100,000,

By |2016-03-24T09:25:53-04:00March 24th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

STAHLS’ Reaches Settlement On Patent, Trademark, Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

STERLING HEIGHTS - STAHLS’ has successfully defended its intellectual property rights by reaching a settlement in a federal lawsuit with three defendants that agreed to cease their infringement of STAHLS’ patents, trademarks and copyrighted content related to its Hotronix FUSION heat press equipment, including a specific agreement to stop importation and sales of the infringing

By |2016-03-24T09:11:45-04:00March 24th, 2016|News|

Millennials Often Find Someone Else To Do Their Taxes

ROCHESTER - They may be independent, success-driven and tech-savvy, but when it comes to their taxes, Millennials (those born 1982 to 2004) tend to be more apprehensive than older generations about the preparation and filing process, part of that fearfulness has to do with their inexperience, a CPA contends. “While many parents of Millennials did

By |2016-03-23T19:55:28-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Guest Columns|

Michigan Mobile Musings: App Bootcamp For Non-Tech Entrepreneurs Returns

GRAND RAPIDS - If you'd like to create a mobile app for your business, but you're not a techie the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan and Michigan Small Business Development Centers on April 12 in East Lansing will present a bootcamp at the Technology Innovation Center to teach you what you need to know.  Listen

By |2016-03-23T19:04:40-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Connected Tech, Featured, Michigan Mobile Musings, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Joe Bastian Seeks Crowdfunding To Make Red Dwarf Film

DETROIT - Joe Bastian announced the creation of a crowdfunding project to raise the money necessary to create a short film about Detroit’s famous Red Dwarf (Nain Rouge).   To listen to this podcast, click on http://internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IA-1611-Nain-Rouge.mp3

By |2016-03-23T16:14:56-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Internet Advisor: Lisa Kujawa LTU’s Summer Science Camps For High School Kids

DETROIT - Lisa Kujawa, the Assistant Provost at Lawrence Technological University, share the exciting line up of 30 summer classes for high school students coming this summer. Classes cover everything from CSI-like forensic science to design and engineering and microtechnology. The classes are for 10th, 11th and 12th grade students who can either commute or

By |2016-03-24T07:28:03-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|