BATTLE CREEK - The road to starting your own business can have a lot of twists and turns. For Michael Miller, owner of M2 Properties LLC, this is especially true. But he was helped by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center. From working in a large corporate environment to owning his own restaurant,
ROCHESTER HILLS - MichiganMall.Com is offering MITechNews.Com readers a fourth-quarter special - 20 percent off the already low price - when listing their businesses at MichiganMall.com, which garners some 60,000 unique visitors monthly. Michigan's leading search directory offers small-to-medium sized Michigan businesses the opportunity to stretch their marketing dollars. An authoritative and highly relevant site
ANN ARBOR - The 2009-2010 Savvy Entrepreneur Series is produced and hosted by a number of the state's leading innovation accelerators and research institutions. The series provides early to mid-stage technology entrepreneurs with guidance on key topics that all start ups must navigate and master to reach success. The event series is five sessions in
DEARBORN ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology is now taking reservations for its signature event ? the fundraiser for its Foundation which supports girls and women entering or continuing in technology fields. This year's black-tie gala is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn on Nov. 7 at 6 pm and the music
DETROIT - The E2 Detroit 2009 conference for entrepreneurs on Oct. 15 at Wayne State University has lowered the general admission price from $150 to $90 to encourage more entrepreneurs to hear this program's power packaged lineup of speakers that include former Pittsburgh Mayor Thomas Murphy and Michigan native, life-long entrepreneur Rick Inatome. Murphy will
DEARBORN - Entrepreneurs and investors. Mark your calendars for Oct. 23-24 when TiEcon Midwest 2009 returns to the Ritz-Carlton where you can leverage industry networking, and participate in a Business BootCamp, and help rekindle the entrepreneurial spirit in Michigan. TiEcon Midwest also will celebrate the INNOVATIVE Entrepreneur - the extraordinary person who thinks Big and
TROY - Pat O'Leary, former chief executive officer of LDMI Telecommunications, is now CEO of TelNet Worldwide. O'Leary formerly was interim CEO as well as a board member of the wholesale telecommunications provider to Internet Service Providers and larger businesses throughout the U.S. "Having Pat at the helm brings proven leadership," said TelNet founder and
GRAND RAPIDS - AimWest, a technology networking group, is hosting a discussion Oct. 21 on how West Michigan companies are using technology to continue to grow their businesses. Panelists include: David Dorner started his career working at Smiths Aerospace as an embedded software and digital design engineer for seven years. David then founded DornerWorks in
MIDLAND - PitchNights 2009 on Oct. 14, an event for entrepreneurs, investors and supporters, will feature elevator pitches from some of the promising startups in mid Michigan. BlueWater Angels will host its first session of PitchNights 2009 at Saginaw Valley State University, from 6 - 9:00pm, in Curtiss Hall, 2nd floor, Banquet Rooms D&E. Cost
ANN ARBOR - What's the process for determining valuation, and who sets it? How do you get the best valuation for your business - or can you? Join the New Enterprise Forum on Oct. 15 to learn what the realities of valuation and how that affects your investment in your business. Panelists: Timothy Damschroder, Partner,