ANN ARBOR ? The application deadline is March 9 for any companies that want to pitch hundreds of investors in May at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, the grand daddy of all investors conferences nationwide. Thirty-two ventures, representing a range of industries, will be selected to present to an audience of venture capitalist, angel and
PLEASANT RIDGE - In a story published Feb. 9 about ePrize Founder Josh Linkner getting moved to chairman from CEO, it was incorrectly reported that ePrize investor Dan Gilbert owns Rock Financial Showcase. Blair Bowman is the owner. Rock Financial purchased the naming rights. To read the corrected story, click on ePrize a>>
DETROIT - Zhiguo Du, James A. Sheridan and Laura E. Tedesco have joined Butzel Long as associate attorneys. Du focuses on International Business Transactions, Tax Planning and the China Practice. Sheridan concentrates his practice on business litigation and Tedesco's practice focuses on corporate law. Based in Butzel Long's Detroit office, Du's practice focuses on International
ANN ARBOR ? The New Enterprise Forum will honor the three entrepreneurs who nurtured HandyLab through its acquisition as the NEF Entrepreneurs of 2009 on Feb. 18 at the Holiday Inn North. Honored will be: Kalyan Handique is now VP of R&D Systems Development at Becton Dickinson (BD) Diagnostic Systems. He played a pivotal role
PLYMOUTH - A number of recent studies now confirm that high-intensity discharge headlamps offer significant safety advantages over halogen headlights, according to Hella, a leading supplier of automotive lighting and electronics. Steffen Pietzonka, vice president of Marketing for Hella's Lighting business unit, said that HID headlamps offer several significant safety advantages. First of all, HID
LANSING - The Save Our Students, Schools and State Coalition is looking for caps on what districts have to pay toward health care and retirement and automatic renewal of the 18-mill local school tax as ways to keep districts out of deficits in the coming years. But the state also needs to step up and
HOLLAND - Software appliance maker Crayon Interface on Tuesday introduced a new product called Copilot that monitors the driving behavior of teenagers through a telematics solution that works with Blackberry, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android and Java phones. Copilot is an easy to install device that plugs into a standard port found in all vehicles built
ANN ARBOR - SRT Solutions co-founder Bill Wagner and senior consultants Darrell Hawley and Patrick Steele were recently awarded Most Valuable Professional by Microsoft; Wagner has previously earned MVP status three times, Steele seven times and Hawley once before. What's more, Wagner will serve as the Microsoft regional director for Michigan, a re-appointment to the
TRAVERSE CITY - Appia Communications Tuesday announced that it has been listed for the second straight year on the MSPmentor 100, an annual global ranking of the technology industry's top managed service providers. Appia provides managed communication and networking services to businesses and organizations nationwide. MSPmentor, produced by Nine Lives Media Inc., is an online
WASHINGTON DC - On Tuesday, the US will undergo a simulated cyberattack to help policymakers decide how well the country would cope. The cyberattack simulation, called Cyber Shockwave, was created by Michael Hayden, a former CIA director general, and the National Security Preparedness Group of the Bipartisan Policy Center, which is a three-year-old nonprofit organization