ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK will be hosting six educational, entrepreneurial and talent networking events in March ranging in topics from marketing and social networking to talent matching and business planning for start-ups. All events except Hot Shots will be held at SPARK Central. March 5 - Spring Training for Start-Ups: Business Planning for
DETROIT ? Wayne State University?s TechTown is hosting its next First Friday technology and business mixer March 7. The informal networking get together starts runs from 4-6 pm at TechTown?s headquarters, located at 440 Burroughs, between Cass & Second Ave. For more information, click on TechTownWSU.Org a>>
BENTON HARBOR ? Join the Women's Network at Whirlpool Corp. March 19 for an interactive seminar designed to elevate awareness, inspire and provide tools to improve your communication skills. Registration deadline is March 10. Guest speaker Judy Grant will host Your Spoken Connection. There also will be a special introduction to the Women?s Business Center
ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK is hosting yet another Entrepreneur Boot Camp in April to help entrepreneurs refine, define and launch their businesses. The Boot Camp Program compresses the usual three-month learning curve to move a great business to the next level with two intensive days of learning. You'll spend two days and evenings
LANSING ? With more than one in two people in the United States working for or running a small business, the National Small Business Association thinks they should have a political voice. So the group, in cooperation with the Small Business Association of Michigan, has launched the 70 million Strong and Voting campaign to educated
GRAND RAPIDS ? The topic of the Right Place's Fourth Friday business and technology power breakfast series on Feb. 29 will be "Change Management During System Implementation." When new systems are added, change occurs, says presenter Christopher Mast, ERP Solutions Consulting Manager for EHTC Technology Solutions. Some for the better, some for the worse. How
KALAMAZOO - Only a few more spaces are left for Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest's FastTrac TechVenture six-week intensive business plan contest hosted by Southwest Michigan First in Kalamazoo. Diane Durance, Executive Director of GLEQ, discusses this innovative program that can help your technology or life sciences start up attract investors in this special GLEQ edition
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Medical device maker Cervilenz and business-to-business sales system maker iStatus will pitch their companies to potential investors Feb. 28 during the next meeting of Great Lakes Angels. The deadline for registration is February 25th. Cervilenzinc.Com is a manufacturer and marketer of a patented, FDA cleared medical device for determining preterm birth risk
GRAND RAPIDS ? Keith Brophy, president of NuSoft Solutions, will offer his annual technology forecast Feb. 20 at DeVos Place. The program is hosted by aimWest. Each February, aimWest, the former GLIMAWest, provides business professionals with a look ahead at technology trends that will impact community, business, and lives. Brophy leads this interactive event that
LANSING - Michigan has some terrific assets that need to be better utilized to nurture job-creating entrepreneurs, contends the 2007-2008 Entrepreneurship Score Card from the Small Business Foundation of Michigan. Mark Clevey, foundation executive director, said that the state has thousands of entrepreneurs starting small businesses every year?and they need more help than the state