ANN ARBOR - What is it that investors look for in a potential deal? What can an entrepreneur do to make sure her or she has positioned their company to raise money? Long time investor and entrepreneur Tom Porter, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, talks about this vital
Ann ARBOR - A Michigan start up is developing a timely technology that will allow anyone to keep electronic copies or their medical records. Well SPINN Personal Health Records can do just that. SPINN was a showcase presenter at the April 16 meeting of the New Enterprise Forum. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Ventech, maker of a revolutionary rapid heating system known as the Liquid Heat Generator, can provide almost instant heat for school buses, reducing fuel consumption, and idle time. But the potential applications go into many other vehicles as well. To learn more about this innovative Michigan start up, a keynote presenter at
ANN ARBOR - Companies from Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, and Canada will comprise the 32 emerging and growth business ventures slated to present over two days in May at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium to an audience of more than 450 investors from across the country. The Symposium highlights innovation in growth sectors
DETROIT - Anil Gupta, a trade expert, author and professor, will talk about strategies for leveraging the world's fastest growing economies - India and China -? at the May 28 meeting of The Indus Entrepreneurs. The TiE Community will join him to hear ideas from his new book, Getting China and India Right Strategies for
ANN ARBOR - Design patents are that esoteric twist in a product that makes it unique. And for companies, it is the difference that sets them apart from the competition, what makes the customer want to buy. So protecting these design patents is vital to a company's profits. Kelly Burris, an intellectual property attorney with
BIRMINGHAM - The next meeting for the Great Lakes Angles will be held May 20, when two up-and-coming technology start ups will pitch their companies to about two dozen potential investors. The two companies that will present elevator pitches will be chosen on May 4, when a committee at the Great Lakes Angles screens potential
YPSILANTI - The NewVenture program is being offered for dislocated workers in Southeast Michigan to help them evaluate business opportunities and develop an action plan for creating their own businesses. Dislocated workers will develop a business concept through each step of the business planning process. Through readings and research, activities and action steps, entrepreneurs will
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Emerging Technology Fund, launched two years ago in partnership with the MI-SBTDC and the Michigan Economic Development Corp., has been awarded $1.4 million in 2009 to help fund opportunities for exceptional research and technical innovation generated in Michigan. To date, the Michigan ETF has received 150 applications and has awarded
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center has developed a statewide training program called the MI-SBTDC Entrepreneurial Series. The courses assist participants in evaluating their business ideas, building implementation plans and effectively growing their businesses. ?The courses we provide are vital to the success of growing businesses and to start-up companies,?