LANSING - The prospects for a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor appeared to come crashing down Thursday when Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop declared it unlikely that the Senate would vote on legislation authorizing it this year. Bishop's (R-Rochester) comments come as Sen. Jud Gilbert (R-Algonac), the Transportation Committee chair, has circulated a draft
LANSING - The Department of Technology, Management and Budget will travel the remaining road of the Granholm administration with an interim director at the reins, as Director Ken Theis announced Thursday he was leaving the post effective October 1. Theis, who oversaw the combination of the departments of Information Technology and Management and Budget, has
DETROIT - Four years ago, a couple of brothers came up with the idea of creating a video online web site to play each other for money. On Sept. 15, GamerSaloon.Com launches its Madden 11 Tournament with $5000 in cash prizes up for grabs. The site has attracted some 300,000 members who have won nearly
DETROIT ? At the 2009 TiECon Conference, Mohan Yellapantula caught the entrepreneur bug and went for his dream of getting into the film business. A year later, Yellapantula and two fellow entrepreneurs are just a few weeks away from debuting the film they produced in Michigan with local talent. "At TiECon I got exposed to
NEW YORK ? Bryan Janeczko left a lucrative Wall Street job to start a celebrity food and nutrition service in New York City and now has taken all that entrepreneurial savvy he picked up along the way to create a web site that will help other entrepreneurs short cut some of his business pain. Wicked
LANSING - A spokesperson for Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder said Monday that Snyder's plan remains to seek repeal of the Michigan Business Tax and replace it with a 6 percent tax on corporate profits. The Detroit News reported Monday that Snyder had classified the 6 percent rate as a "goal" not his firm proposal.
KANSAS CITY - In any given year in the U.S. economy, new and young companies make up the largest bloc of companies by age category, meaning their considerable job creation record is partly structural, according to a study from Kauffman Foundation. The study, Neutralism and Entrepreneurship: The Structural Dynamics of Startups, Young Firms and Job
DETROIT ? Leslie Smith has been on the job less than two months ? she is the new general manager at Wayne State University's TechTown ? but she already understands the magnitude of the task facing her at one of the world's largest business incubators. "Understanding all the moving pieces here," she answered when asked
KALAMAZOO - Change is constant is a common theme for Jeffrey Brittan, the President and CEO of StructureTec. Recognized as a Gazelle Company by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation in 2000 and one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch in 2009, StructureTec is continually changing. "You can't be satisfied," Brittan said. "You have to
GRAND RAPIDS - Entrepreneurship can be a tough journey, but it is never one that has to be taken alone. Small business owners Tammy Kinzel and Carol Renis will tell anyone that running a small business requires collaboration and teamwork to achieve success. After working together for a number of years, Kinzel and Renis decided