EAST LANSING - Applications are now open for the sixth annual GreenLight Business Model Competition, a $100,000 statewide contest focused on early-stage entrepreneurs, based in Michigan, less than two years old. Applicants must be Michigan residents and have a well-crafted business idea. Applicants who already have a registered business must provide evidence that the entity
ROYAL OAK - IT budgets look promising and are expected to grow in 2018 especially with cloud-based services continuing to be on the rise. IT departments are hopping on the bandwagon of exciting new technology. Those include artificial intelligence, virtual reality, hyper-converged, BaaS to name a few. Red Level’s Pat Dooley, a senior consultant, joins
ROYAL OAK - Tember Shea, Director of the inGAGE program at Inforum, talks about the success experienced in 2017 by the program that helps train second stage women entrepreneurs running companies get them to $1 million in revenue or ready for an angel investor. Started in August 2012, inGAGE’s first seven cohorts have incorporated 38
ROYAL OAK - Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on M2 TechCast to provide some exciting news: The IoT TechConnect Conference April 4, 2018, has a title sponsor - the MEDC’s PlanetM. The one-day event will feature a myriad of speakers who will talk about the PlantM initiative launched by
ROYAL OAK - Glenn Stevens from MICHAuto joined M2 TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about a study funded by MICHauto that reveals more than 2,200 automotive research, design, engineering, testing and validation facilities are in Michigan – up from 375, cited previously. But a second study to be released Wednesday at
YPSILANTI TWP. - At what is now the Willow Run Airport Ford Motor Company built some 8,000 plus B-24 bombers during World War II, helping Detroit earn the nickname The Arsenal of Democracy. Now some 75 years later, the site is home to a state-of-the art proving grounds for testing autonomous vehicle technology - perhaps
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Dec. 18, Aaryn Richards from the MSU Foundation will provide details on the Green Light entrepreneur competition. Tim Moynihan, Airfoil Group’s editorial services and media strategist, will discuss the role of PR in a digital age. Kevin Finn, Dean of Students at Lawrence Technological University, will talk about
ANN ARBOR - A recent University of Michigan study says the state's energy efficiency programs are meeting legislative objectives, but are not providing equal benefits to those in low-income households compared to those in higher-income households. The study, from the Urban Energy Justice Lab at the University of Michigan, said on average nationally low-income households
MONROVIA, Ca. - An autonomous drone that allows farmers to monitor their crops to detect issues and improve efficiency is now available on Amazon. The commercial drone comes with a one-year subscription to AeroVironment's decision support software, included in the $16,500 price tag. The supplemental software allows farmers to monitor their crops in order to
LANSING - Sexual harassment in the news has many employers questioning if their workplace is free from harassment, but they may be overlooking other issues. Employers shouldn’t limit their attention to just sexual harassment. There are other types of harassment that are equally unlawful and need to be avoided. Harassment based on any protected status
