ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor venture capitalist Rick Snyder, who is the Republican gubernatorial candidate, says he understands entrepreneurs and wants to transform Michigan into a more entrepreneur friendly state. But what specifically does Snyder mean? Snyder said he would eliminate the Michigan Business Tax and replace it with a 6-percent profits tax on companies
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Results has resigned New York & Company to measure online satisfaction using its American Customer Satisfaction Index. "We are very serious about turning online browsers into online and offline buyers. ForeSee Results has helped us improve our online conversion rates by accessing attitudinal data to understand who is coming to our
DETROIT - The Michigan Women's Foundation board of trustees announced its support for the formation of a Women's Angel Fund providing access to capital to start or expand transformative businesses and give the Michigan economy a needed infusion of jobs and change. Michigan Women's Foundation will support the investment in early stage women-owned businesses owned
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business announced the recipients of the Fall 2010 Dare to Dream Grant Program, where students apply for funding to advance their innovative, high-potential business concepts toward launch. Grant recipients were awarded funding totaling
EAST LANSING - A.J. Boggs & Company, an East Lansing-based internet technology company, has added four staff members, David Kuhn, Jacob Jang, Jason Rigdon and Jessica Parks. Kuhn brings over 25 years of experience in software development to the A.J. Boggs? team. As a graduate of Bowling Green State University, Kuhn provides significant industrial and
WASHINGTON ? Financing from the U.S. Small Business Administration's growth capital program increased 23 percent in fiscal year 2010, providing a record $1.59 billion to help small businesses grow and create jobs. The fiscal year 2010 volume is the highest single-year volume in the 50-year history of SBA's Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) debenture program.
SALINE - Latitude Learning, provider of an open-source learning management system received the Ektron 2010 All Stars award for its outstanding and innovative use of technology for Best Extranet Website. Winners will be celebrated at the annual Ektron Synergy conference on Nov. 7 - 10 in Orlando, Florida. Winners of the 20 awards were judged
DEARBORN - The Detroit chapter of TiE (Talent, Ideas, Enterprise) presents a discussion on Global Midwest: Immigration & Innovation as Drivers at TiECon Midwest 2010, Michigan's largest Conference on entrepreneurship to be held Oct. 28-29 at The Henry, Dearborn. In the early 20th century, it was the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of European immigrants who
ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK said it recently attracted InTouch Health to locate a research and development operation at Valley Ranch Business Park in Pittsfield Township. Ann Arbor SPARK provided site selection and talent recruitment support to InTouch Health. "InTouch Health chose Ann Arbor because of its rich software development talent pool, including experienced
GRAND RAPIDS ? aimWest is hosting its 2010 Midwest Social Media Confab Nov. 10 at the JW Marriott where talented business, media and communications professionals will talk about the latest trends in social media. Keynote speaker is the author of The Mirror Test" and former Kodak CMO, Jeffrey Hayzlett. Hayzlett has appeared on Celebrity Apprentice,