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Businesses Need To Make A Case To Present At Growth Capital Symposium

ANN ARBOR ? More than 65 Midwestern and Coastal Investment Firms were represented at the 29th annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on May 11-12. The MGCS provided them an opportunity to connect with the "Best of the Midwest's" entrepreneurs, startups and emerging growth companies that are actively searching for partners and funding. The Symposium included

By |2010-07-18T00:00:00-04:00July 18th, 2010|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Forensic Fluids Laboratories ? State-of-the-Art Drug Testing

KALAMAZOO - Bridget Lorenz Lemberg is a Forensic Toxicologist with more than 20 years of toxicology and pharmacology experience. She is also the founder and owner of one of the fastest growing biotech companies in west Michigan. In 2005, she started Forensic Fluids Laboratories, a woman-owned biotech company that specializes in oral fluid drug testing

By |2010-07-18T00:00:00-04:00July 18th, 2010|Archive, Guest Columns|

SBA Offers Podcasts To Help Small Businesses Break Into Global Market

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U. S. Small Business Administration is now offering a new set of three export-oriented podcasts offering valuable information on issues and challenges small business exporters may find when dealing with specific countries. The podcasts, featuring interviews with business representatives from Uganda, Cameroon and Bahrain, are part of a comprehensive effort by

By |2024-01-11T08:30:48-05:00July 16th, 2010|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Momentum To Showcase 4 Business Startups July 26 At Grand Valley

GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan private equity finance group called Momentum, founded by Rick DeVos, will be showcasing its latest batch of start-ups at its 2nd annual Demo Day on July 26 at Grand Valley State University's downtown campus. Momentum?s 12 week bootcamp provides web start-ups with mentorship, intellectual capital and pre-seed funding to

By |2010-07-15T00:00:00-04:00July 15th, 2010|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Supreme Court Rules Educational Performance Stats Collection Violate Law

LANSING - An 11-year-old state requirement that school districts collect information like pupil counts and financial data and submit it to the Center for Educational Performance and Information violated the Constitution's prohibition against the state placing unfunded mandates on local governments, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The ruling disposes of the last piece of

By |2010-07-15T00:00:00-04:00July 15th, 2010|Archive, Events/Announcements|