ANN ARBOR ? The Semi-Finalists for the Accelerate Michigan $1 million business plan competition have been selected. We're providing a complete list of the companies vying for the $500,000 top prize Saturday in Ann Arbor. Accio Energy is an Ann Arbor-based early-stage renewable energy company led by experienced and successful previously venture-backed executives. The company
GRAND RAPIDS ? Do you have a great technology story to tell? We want to hear from you for our end of the year wrap up of great stories about Michigan's great technology companies. It's easy to let us your story. Just drop Editor & Publisher Mike Brennan an email and tell him in a
ANN ARBOR - Ingenex Digital Marketing will be hiring a Director of Search Engine Marketing for its Ann Arbor office. Under the direction of the President/CEO, the Director of Search Engine Marketing manages search engine marketing and search engine optimization campaigns for Ingenex and its clients. He/she fosters a positive, highly productive work environment while
ANN ARBOR - Three Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $145,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount invested through the Fund to over $1.8 million. Those companies were FamilyMint, Fusion Coolant Systems and Shepherd Intelligent Systems received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. FamilyMint, based in
LANSING - A major development in wind energy production in the state, using what corporate executives said was a significant innovation in wind generation technology, was unveiled Tuesday by Governor Jennifer Granholm. The proposal will involve development of a large new wind farm on the Garden Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula with the power generated
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Republicans are wrapping up the process of committee assignments, and among the committee chairs are Sen.-elect Rick Jones of Judiciary, Sen.-elect Mike Kowall of Economic Development and Sen. Mike Nofs of Energy and Technology. Senate Majority Leader-elect Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) said Tuesday of committee assignments: "I would say that we have
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute will host Foundation Funding Opportunity Day December 9 to help area life science professionals attract grant funding. Representatives from granting foundations such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure will present and discuss what they are looking for when
TRAVERSE CITY - Dan Wyant, the new director of Michigan's Department of Environmental Quailty, offered an example of how he will run DEQ: farmland "filter strips." Farmers can protect water quality by putting vegetation buffer zones between their cropland and nearby streams, he said. These so-called filter strips prevent sediments and chemicals from washing into
LANSING - Governor Jennifer Granholm's name has come up as a possible U.S. Secretary of Energy should Secretary Steven Chu step down. Granholm herself, however, has said only that she supports Chu and hopes he remains in office. Chu is a Nobel Prize winning scientist who was named to be the department head by President
AUBURN HILLS - If you're a manufacturer and you've wanted to check out Plex Online, the No. 1 rated manufacturing ERP software, you can do so online December 14 when Plex will host a live demonstration. This industry-specific event offers general manufacturers an opportunity to experience Plex Online as they would use it in their