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
WASHINGTON ? Small businesses won a record $93.3 billion in federal prime contracts in Fiscal Year 2008, an increase of almost $10 billion from 2007, reports the U.S. Small Business Administration's third annual small business procurement scorecard. In addition, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses increased their share of federal contracting dollars
DETROIT - Wayne State University and TechTown, WSU's business incubator will host the fifth annual E2 Detroit conference Oct. 15. E2 Detroit provides attendees with the opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs. Business experts and CEOs of local start-ups will share their successes and challenges to provide real world insight to entrepreneurs seeking practical knowledge.
FLINT - Kettering University has returned to its No. 1 ranking for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and continues to be ranked in the Top Twenty in the nation in the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges Guide, which is published by U.S. News & World Report. For the first time, Kettering?s Mechanical Engineering program is
WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that minority-owned and small businesses, including women- and veteran-owned businesses, have greater access to federal government contracting opportunities. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills announced a government-wide plan that includes federal agency procurement officials holding or participating in more than
DETROIT - Nicole Christian, the former opinion page editor at the Detroit Free Press, is the new voice of Wayne State University's TechTown. Christian talks about how she wants to bring the TechTown buzz to all of its communications channels in this special TechTown edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Mandy and Pandy, developed by an Ann Arbor entrepreneur to teach his child Chinese, has since grown into a line of books, CDs, and soon an animated TV show. To learn more about this innovative Michigan company, listen to this special New Enterprise Forum edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on
SOUTHFIELD - TiE Detroit is hosting a panel discussion on Aug. 20 that will examine four critical questions that underlie an actionable growth strategy. Those questions include: How do we identify, build and defend differentiation that's meaningful to customers? How do we fix or get rid of disequities that customers do not value or not
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present two workshops for small business owners in Oakland County in August - Fiscal Fitness for the Growing Business August 26 and FastTrac Listening to your Business August 28. Both events run from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Fiscal Fitness is a one-on-one,
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