FERNDALE - If you get hammered on New Year’s Eve this year, BeMYDD (BeMyDesignatedDriver) will drive you home in your car and the company will donate $1 of your fee to an animal shelter that does not kill puppies. It’s called the Puppy Love campaign. The service is available in metro Detroit and Ann Arbor.
FERNDALE - Maureen Miller-Brosnan, executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, a trade association represents 37 VC firms in Michigan that invest in startup companies, primarily technology. Also included in the MVCA are 12 Angel groups. So if you have a tech company in Michigan that needs investment cash, you’ll want to listen to
EAST LANSING - Two Michigan State University College of Engineering researchers have earned a national honor for being leaders of innovation and invention. Anil Jain, a University Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, and Ramani Narayan, a University Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering and materials science, have been named fellows of the National Academy
DETROIT - Calling all entrepreneurs. If you’re an early stage company preparing for an accelerator or getting ready to raise money, then this might be a great opportunity for you. Startup Next is a free, five week mentoring program created by Techstars aiming to help companies prepare for entering an accelerator program. Application deadline is Jan. 10.
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. and Google are in talks to have the automaker build Google’s next-generation autonomous cars under contract, Automotive News reported Tuesday. Although few details about the project are known, a source with knowledge of the project says both parties have been negotiating on a contract manufacturing deal “for a long time.” An
LANSING - New home construction will see a robust increase in 2016, according to a forecast from the Michigan Association of Home Builders. The association estimates that 16,831 permits for new construction will be issued in 2016, up from 13,467 estimated for 2015. Association CEO Bob Filka said the increase stems from job growth and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services had data that showed there were elevated lead levels in Flint's water, but delayed in releasing that data to others for review, Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards said in an article posted to his website documenting the city's water crisis. Department officials agreed and said
LANSING - Something new, even unprecedented, happened this year in our cyber world. The most noteworthy data breaches were not focused on financial data. Here’s a data breach recap from 2015 – along with my views on what these events tell us. 2015 was the year that data breaches became much more personal – even
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic has completed its acquisition of Reddwerks Corporation, the creator of Warehouse Execution Software that provides customers with real-time decision engines to optimize material and information flow in the supply chain. Reddwerks will operate as a subsidiary of Dematic under the tradename Dematic Reddwerks, offering an enhanced software suite that provides responsive
DETROIT - Another year is winding down and tax season is just around the corner. It is time to get everyting in order to maximize your potential credit and improve your ROI. Michigan Mobile Musings Host Melissa Bernie interviewed Andy Lane, Partner and Co-Founder of Tri- Merit, a professional services firm specializing in the calculation, documentation, and substanition of R&D tax credits and other specialty tax
