ANN ARBOR ? University of Michigan President Mary Sue Colman said U-M is making a more concerted effort to train students to become entrepreneurs. Speaking the 31st Michigan Growth Capital Symposium at the Marriott in Ypsilanti Colman, who has been U-M president since 2002, said the university has been enhancing courses focused on entrepreneurship. ?My
YPSILANTI ? Michigan is rapidly evolving from a heavy manufacturing, unionized state into one where an entrepreneurial-oriented population understands each has the responsibility for manifesting their own future, said David Brophy, founder of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. ?Historically, people in this state never thought that way,? said Brophy, a professor at the Stephen M.
AUBURN HILLS ? Plex Systems announced Friday that more than 700 customers from 170 companies attended the three-day PowerPlex 2012 conference in Indianapolis, the largest number of participants in the event's 11-year history. In keeping with the conference theme, ?Know More, Do More, Win More,? Plex Online users learned about new features of Plex Online,
LANSING - Some potentially troublesome data coming in on the Michigan's new tax on health insurance claims shows it is generating only half of what state officials projected, a situation that could raise concerns about whether the state will have enough money to avoid cutting Medicaid programs. But the key word is "potentially." The tax
WASHINGTON DC - Investigators hot on the trail of cyberspies trying to infiltrate the computer networks of US natural-gas pipeline companies say that the same spies were very likely involved in a major cyberespionage attack a year ago on RSA Inc. That one nation is China. The news came in testimony made before Congress by
GRAND RAPIDS ? What makes Lean Entrepreneurship so different from more traditional business development is the market decides the value of the product or service developed, experts said Thursday during the Michigan Lean Startup Conference, sponsored by Start Garden. Brant Cooper, author of the popular Lean Startup book, "The Entrepreneurs' Guide to Customer Development," summed
LANSING - The State of Michigan Land Bank Fast Track Authority Board of Directors has approved and issued a Request for Proposal for the development of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds. ?This represents another in a series of positive moves forward for Detroit,? said Gov. Rick Snyder. ?The state is committed to working cooperatively to
NEW YORK - Facebook's shares opened 11 percent higher, but soon struggled to stay above their $38 offering price. More than 30 brokerages and banks were involved in the offering, which saw a nearly 571 million shares change hands on Friday - a record for a stock debut. The Internet company's shares opened Friday around
DETROIT - General Motors has decided it won't advertise in the next Super Bowl, a surprising reversal of strategy that comes as the auto maker overhauls its global marketing operations. GM also announced earlier this week it would no longer advertise on Facebook. Super Bowl advertising is effective but has become too expensive to justify
YPSILANTI ? Eastern Michigan University's Information Assurance Program wants to close the career gap for women working in IT, information assurance and cybersecurity. Right now woman make up only 12 percent of the workforce. One of the major problems is attracting young women into the profession ? helping middle school and high school girls understand