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XLerateHealth Partners With U-M to Bring Biomedical Commercialization Program to Flint

FLINT - XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare startup accelerator, has partnered with the University of Michigan to bring its Fast Forward Medical Innovation’s fastPACE biomedical entrepreneur program to XLH Flint. FFMI fastPACE is a four-week biomedical innovation and commercialization project-based course designed for life science innovators with an early stage project. More than 250 project

By |2020-01-20T09:33:23-05:00January 19th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech, STEM|

MVCA Names Beringea’s Michael Gross Chairman

NOVI – As the voice of the Michigan entrepreneurial and investment community, Michigan Venture Capital Association (MVCA), has appointed Michael Gross, managing director at Beringea, as chairman of the organization’s board of directors. Gross will assume the position previously held by Tom Shehab of Arboretum Ventures whose term expired in 2019. In his role at Beringea, Gross is responsible

By |2020-01-19T09:22:28-05:00January 18th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs|

Worldwide PC Shipments Grew Half Percent In 2019, First Growth After Seven Years Of Decline

STAMFORD, Conn. — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 70.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2019, a 2.3 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2018, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. For the year, 2019 PC shipments surpassed 261 million units, showing 0.6 percent growth from 2018. “The PC market experienced growth for

By |2020-01-19T09:22:28-05:00January 18th, 2020|New Products / Contracts|

Michigan Expecting $140 In Cannabis Sales Per Person By 2021

LANSING - With only a 10 percent excise tax on the sale of recreational marijuana, Michigan state officials are expecting a fairly substantial windfall in the next two years as the market, literally, lights up to the tune of $140 worth of product for every man, woman and child by the end of 2021. "It's

Economist Bullish On Michigan In 2020

LANSING - A Federal Reserve economist Thursday said he expects 2020 to be more positive for the state's economy than 2019. "One thing to keep in mind is that in most of the years since the recession, Michigan has outperformed its trend on this basis than the U.S.," said Martin Lavelle, business economist with the

By |2020-01-18T16:21:17-05:00January 18th, 2020|Politics, Politics/Government, Small Business Association of Michigan|

MIMarijuanaReport, Cannabiz Connection Partner To Promote Michigan Cannabis, Hemp, CBD

ANN ARBOR – Michigan Marijuana Report announced that it has partnered with Cannabiz Connection to offer the networking group’s members the chance to tell their stories to a social media audience of more than 10,000 followers. A key component of the new partnership is the launch of the Cannabiz Connection Industry Event Calendar in The

By |2024-07-16T15:13:19-04:00January 18th, 2020|Featured, Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

Great Lakes Cultivars Looking For Farmers To Raise Its Hemp – Spoiler, They Provide Everything

LANSING - Ed Saleh and Kelli Sneed, from International Harvest Ventures, are recruiting famers to work with their company to grow Hemp for CBD, in a share-cropper style operation. Check it out at www.GreatLakesCultivars.com. https://youtu.be/kt98FA5l2SM  

By |2020-01-18T17:24:37-05:00January 18th, 2020|Featured, Hemp|

Benzinga Founder Jason Raznick Tells the Backstory on Founding his FinTech Company

ROYAL OAK - Jason Raznick, founder of Benzinga, a FinTech News organization, explains its origins, and why he decided to add Cannabis business coverage for his millions of readers worldwide. You can find it at BZCannabis.Com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7zB0-uAR9M&t=10s  

By |2020-01-19T12:44:13-05:00January 18th, 2020|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Great Lakes Cultivars Looking For Farmers To Raise Its Hemp – Spoiler, They Provide Everything

LANSING - Ed Saleh and Kelli Sneed, from International Harvest Ventures, are recruiting famers to work with their company to grow Hemp for CBD, in a share-cropper style operation. Check it out at www.GreatLakesCultivars.com. https://youtu.be/kt98FA5l2SM

By |2020-01-18T14:24:54-05:00January 17th, 2020|Hemp|