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T-Mobile Provides West Michigan Towns With 5G Service

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Officials at the wireless carrier T-Mobile announced areas in and around the city of Bangor and the village of Decatur, both located in southwest Michigan’s Van Buren County, have access to 5G service. The Michigan towns were among 81 cities and towns across the country that received 5G service. T-Mobile said the new service

By |2021-07-09T14:44:04-04:00July 6th, 2021|ESD, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Why Having A Call Center Is Important Now More Than Ever

DETROIT - The recent evolution of the call center goes something like this: automation, more automation, chatbots, and more automation are thrown in for good measure. But it’s 2020, otherwise known as The Year Everything Changed. Why are call centers even more important today? What happened to human interaction? Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus

By |2021-07-01T18:15:16-04:00July 1st, 2021|Guest Columns|

MRA Director Andrew Brisbo Talks Caregivers, Edibles, Consumption Lounges, Sales, Tribal Regs

ANN ARBOR - Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency Executive Director Andrew Brisbo joins the Four20 Post team to talk about adult-use and medical marijuana sales, attempts to drive caregivers out of the market, cannabis events that could include food and drink, cannabis consumption lounges, microbusiness license growth, edibles, Delta-8 and the outlook for the Michigan Marijuana

By |2021-07-08T18:54:03-04:00June 30th, 2021|Featured, Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

From Food Help To Rent Aid, How Michigan Will Spend $2.2 Billion Fedtimulus

LANSING — Another wave of federal stimulus funds will flow to needy families, local governments and disaster response efforts under a $2.2 billion spending bill signed last week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The first-term Democrat had also hoped to sign a $4.4 billion spending plan for Michigan schools, but that proposal stalled in the state House last week

By |2021-07-02T12:33:22-04:00June 29th, 2021|Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

Manufacturers: Creators Wanted

WASHINGTON DC – The National Association of Manufacturers released its Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2021. “Attracting and retaining a quality workforce” and “rising raw material costs” remain manufacturers’ biggest concerns for the second straight quarter. Despite those concerns, manufacturers predicted some of the highest expected growth rates in the survey’s history

By |2021-07-02T12:33:38-04:00June 29th, 2021|ESD, Featured|

Michigan’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Grows

DETROIT - Each year EntryPoint releases a deep dive look at Detroit's ecosystem as well as entrepreneurial activity across our state. The Detroit Ecosystem Report was released just a few days ago and shows some interesting trends: Key Findings from the Report: Over 23% of the venture-backed startups in Michigan are located in City of

By |2021-06-29T14:10:24-04:00June 29th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, ESD, Featured|

Monday, July 12: Annual Meeting 2021 – Regional and State Progress on Sustainability Goals

GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will host its Annual Member Meeting on Monday, July 12 at the LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park.  The meeting will feature a panel discussion highlighting the importance of the coming decade to our state and region’s sustainability goals. Featured speakers include State Senator Winnie Brinks, Dar Baas, Director

By |2021-06-29T14:03:24-04:00June 29th, 2021|Clean Update|

Cyber Patriot Summer Camps For Grades 6 – 12

ANN ARBOR - University of Detroit-Marcy Professor Tamara Shoemaker also manages Michigan's Cyber Patriot program. In this video, she updates the national competition, provides details on summer camps, and reaches out to Michigan employers and universities to encourage them to join the program that introduces grade school students to possible cyber security careers. https://youtu.be/upkDrGwaq24 Our

By |2021-06-29T13:54:21-04:00June 29th, 2021|Cyber Defense|

5×5= $25K! 

GRAND RAPIDS - Watch 5x5 Night LIVE tonight at 5pm as we give away $25,000 to one of our returning All-Stars. Each past 5x5 Night winner will have 5 minutes to tell our judges why they should take home one of Start Garden's largest grants to date! Check out the 5 presenting All-Stars below. Join

By |2021-06-30T09:39:29-04:00June 29th, 2021|Entrepreneurs|