DETROIT- The Michigan Council of Women in Technology drew 450 IT leaders to the GM WinterGarden at the Renaissance Center in Detroit last month for the organization's annual black-tie gala and silent auction which. generated $180,000 that will go towards scholarships, research grants, technology camps and robotics programs for women in metro Detroit. Co-hosted by
ANN ARBOR - If you are launching a startup, and need people to help you, come to this high energy event where you can have 1 minute to tell about your business and what kind of help you are seeking, (advisory board member, co-founder, employee that is willing to work for stock, consultant, etc.) followed
WATERFORD - Now is the time to enroll in an exciting business training program presented by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Center that starts March 6 and runs through May 8, 2009. Venture Forward is an intensive, ten-week program that uses the highly acclaimed FastTrac GrowthVenture learning system along with MI-SBTDC counseling and research
KALAMAZOO - Businesses and industries are invited to partner in a major internship initiative that Kalamazoo Valley Community College plans to launch in January �?? placing 55 students in internships each academic year through 2011. Funded for a three-year period by the KVCC Foundation, the $100,000 project seeks to place students with enterprises interested in
FLINT - Kettering University will receive $225,000 to develop a program focused on teaching entrepreneurship studies across the curriculum. Kettering joins the Illinois Institute of Technology as the only two grant winners to enter the next phase of a program supported by the Kern Family Foundation of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Kettering President Stan Liberty said the
GRAND RAPIDS - AimWest, a technology professional networking group in West Michigan, is hosting its annual Holiday party Dec. 17 at McFadden's Irish Pub - the theme Egg Nog & Networking, Natch. The libations will begin to flow at 5:01 pm. The event is free for AimWest members and non members alike. There will be
LANSING - The Prima Civitas Foundation has received a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation in the amount of $200,000 to create an environment that encourages entrepreneurship and commercialization within the region's universities. This grant is a renewal of last year?s $250,000 grant funded by the Mott Foundation that introduced the Moving Ideas to Market
SOUTHFIELD - The Detroit Chapter of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, is holding TiECon Midwest 2008, a two-day business convention. This one of a kind business expo called, "Succeeding in a Dynamic Global Marketplace," will be held on November 21-22 at the Westin Southfield Hotel in Southfield. TieCon Midwest is dedicated to innovation, entrepreneurship, global business
BIRMINGHAM - ProductBase and its innovative suite of Product Business Management (PBM) modules grew out of a market need for a solution to support better product decisions, and a recognition that current Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software could not achieve the compelling PLM vision - the promise of seamlessly flowing all of the information produced
ZEELAND - The NewVenture program is being offered for dislocated workers in West Michigan. NewVenture is a FastTrac program to help dislocated workers evaluate business opportunities and develop an action plan for owning their own business. The NewVenture for Dislocated Workers program is a partnership with Lakeshore Advantage and the Michigan Small Business and Technology