BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? The topic of the American Marketing Association Detroit Chapter monthly meeting March 26 at the Iroquois Club will be Angels and Venture Capitalist?s working together to move Michigan forward. Keynote speakers for the evening will be Terry Cross, Founding Member of the Michigan Venture Capital Association and Dick Beedon of MacBeedon Partners.
DETROIT - SenSound, a Wayne State University technology spin out, has introduced SenQC, a software based quality control system for manufacturers of products in a broad spectrum of industries. SenQC will allow manufacturers to conduct high-throughput 100 percent in-line and end-of-line pass/fail inspections of components, subassemblies and finished goods to verify acoustic signatures and test
TRAVERSE CITY ? Join Rich Brauer of Brauer Productions on April 11 at the Northern Michigan Advertising Club's final luncheon of the season, when the longtime film producer will offer a peek into his 30-plus years in what he affectionately calls "this crazy industry." The Club?s meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. April 11
GRAND RAPIDS - The MI-SBTDC Technology Team's 2007 economic impact survey shows the clients of this SBA-backed organization raised investment capital of $29.4 million, added 163 news jobs, and increased client sales by an average of $432,000. Other reported indicators of this impact: - 84 sub-contractors - 30 new patents - $7.3 million in government
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ANN ARBOR ? The deadline for the next Ann Arbor SPARK Boot Camp program is March 31. The boot camp compresses the usual three-month learning curve to move a great business to the next level with two intensive days of learning. The next scheduled Entrepreneur Boot Camp will be held at the MITC Building, 1000
ANN ARBOR - Considering an investor for your business? What should you look for? What will an investor expect? Come to the New Enterprise Forum?s March 20 event with questions for our panel regarding this critical relationship for your venture. Panelists include: Jeff Basch, Vice President, Business Development - Adaptive Materials: Jeff leads Adaptive Materials'
SOUTHFIELD - TiE Detroit - The Indus Entrepreneurs ? are hosting a program on March 18 that will examine the technology work force crisis and how to solve the H1B professional workers' crisis. The number of employed IT professionals is growing at a faster rate than the overall business that has pushed IT unemployment to
AUBURN HILLS - There is still time to enroll in a new business program presented by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Center that starts April 4 and runs through June 13. Venture Forward, an intensive, ten-week program that utilizes the highly acclaimed FastTrac GrowthVenture learning system along with MI-SBTDC counseling and research support to
DETROIT ? High school youths locally and across the country teamed up with adult engineers and mentors during a six-week design and build phase to prepare for the FIRST robotics competition, which provides a glimpse of our educational, technological and economic future. Five of the last six years, Michigan teams have gone on to win