LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan has endorsed Republican Rick Snyder, an Ann Arbor Venture Capitalist, for Governor. "Michigan small business owners believe that Rick Snyder?s experience as a leader in innovation and job creation gives him unique and valuable insight into what it will take to help Michigan excel in entrepreneur-centered economic
DETROIT - Many a researcher starting a biotech company has been lost in a maze of bureaucracy when applying for federal appropriations to fund their great idea. Jon Kozesky, a government affairs expert from Cleveland-based G2G Consulting, has the tips and experience to lead you out of the dead ends and onto the right path.
DEARBORN ? Would you like to join an elite group of 20 seed and early stage start ups that will be recognized at the third annual TiECon Midwest 2010? Business Karma 3.0 ? the biggest conference for entrepreneurs in Michigan is scheduled for October 28 ? October 29 at The Henry (formerly The Ritz-Carlton) in
SAN FRANCISCO - A worm that targets critical infrastructure companies doesn't just steal data, it leaves a back door that could be used to remotely and secretly control plant operations, a Symantec researcher said on Thursday. The Stuxnet worm infected industrial control system companies around the world, particularly in Iran and India but also companies
GRAND RAPIDS - The pace has quickened with the collaboration between the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center and Precept Partners to help Michigan small businesses optimize the design, infrastructure and technology that support a process for building and marketing high performance websites. The MI-SBTDC and Precept Partners established a collaboration to assist Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS - Small biotechnology firms will be gaining new support in the state of Michigan. A New Therapeutic Discovery tax credit, created under the Affordable Care Act, will support research with potential to produce new therapies, create high-quality jobs for the state. The biotechnology industry employs 1.3 million Michigan workers, and the industry continues
SOUTHFIELD ? Join the Engineering Society of Detroit Sept. 20 for its kick-off breakfast of the new Eggs & Energy Alternative Energy Breakfast Series. The first program will feature expert speaker Mujeeb Ijaz, Systems Energy Solutions Group Manager from A123 Systems. Michigan Congressman Gary Peters has been invited to speak as well. The series is
TROY - Dynamic Advisory Solutions will open its second office in Ann Arbor with Rob Marshall serving as managing director. Marshall holds an MBA from Duquesne University and has extensive management experience in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry. "Ann Arbor is a great location for a DAS office," said Marshall. "The region has a
GRAND RAPIDS - A consortium of regional partners, including the Michigan 21st Century Jobs Fund, have cobbled together a $10 million Venture Capital fund aimed at supporting early stage life science and technology companies. Michigan Accelerator Fund I has been made possible through a $6 million award from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and investments
STERLING HEIGHTS - Donna Zobel, president and CEO of Myron Zucker, has been appointed to the 2010 U.S. Manufacturing Council by Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. Zobel joins 24 other American business leaders, including four others from Michigan, who will advise the Obama administration on matters relating to the competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sector, and