ANN ARBOR - New Enterprise Forum and Ann Arbor SPARK will co-host a panel discussion on venture deals, with a specific focus on term sheets and investor rights. This discussion, on Sept. 17 at 5 pm at SPARK Central, will help entrepreneurs get informed and prepared prior to inking a deal for their business. The
MICHIGAN - RTI Laboratories of Livonia has been cited by Gov. Jennifer Granholm as the Region 9 Best Small Business of the Year by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center. Founded in 1996, RTI Laboratories is recognized as a leader in supplying laboratory and consulting services in the fields of chemistry and material
SAGINAW - The Saginaw Future Inc. Procurement Technical Assistance Center assisted 11 regional companies attain more than $5.2 million in government contracts. The companies won a total of 200 federal government contracts. The numerous products and services provided include specialized aerospace equipment, metal fabrication and medical device products. The federal government is a multi-billion dollar
KALAMAZOO - Applications for the third edition of the KVCC Automotive Academy, which is scheduled to start on Nov. 2, are still being accepted. Just like the high-tech vehicles that it trains prospective mechanics to maintain, the academy format is being fine-tuned. It will be shorter in duration, smaller in size, and slightly redesigned in
ANN ARBOR - Defining yourself as an entrepreneur and understanding what lies before you will give you a realistic frame of reference for your new venture. The Sept. 2 session of Entrepreneur Education 1.0 will help you understand the difference between scientific invention and a commercial venture, your role as the start-up CEO and the
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration Tuesday launched a new online training course to help strengthen access to contracting opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by women, minorities, disadvantaged individuals and veterans. The training course, Recovery Act Opportunities: How to Win Federal Contracts, is part of a federal government-wide initiative announced last month
PLEASANT RIDGE - Michigan UPA has announced a joint event with the Detroit Java User Group that will feature Josh Holmes, a User Experience Architect Evangelist for Microsoft, who will discuss the lost art of software simplicity. This talk transcends technology and presents ideas that all software developers and architects should be thinking about. Holmes
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BURLINGAME, Ca. - Journalists tend to pick on entrepreneurs who revise their business plans along the way. But this is exactly what they should do to build successful companies, argue Randy Komisar and John Mullins in their new book Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Komisar, a tech luminary and
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration has begun posting informational videos on YouTube as it joins an increasing trend within the federal government to use the popular video-sharing web platform to reach a larger audience. YouTube is a highly popular Web site, especially among younger people. SBA is intent on reaching this audience with