LANSING ? The people have spoken, and the winner of the Hudsonville Ice Cream Pure Michigan Limited Edition Flavor Contest is Winter Campfire. More than 7,400 people cast their votes, with Winter Campfire taking the top prize by nearly 200 votes. The flavor features Hudsonville Original Vanilla ice cream with a marshmallow swirl, graham cracker
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Great Lakes Angels announced Monday that one of its portfolio companies, Blaze Medical Devices, has been selected to present at AdvaMed 2014 in Chicago in October. The AdvaMed 2014 Business Development Committee reviewed 110 applications and selected 29 Emerging Growth Company Scholarships across 4 categories. ?We are honored to be selected to
ANN ARBOR - Plymouth Ventures has closed Plymouth Venture Partners III, surpassing its fundraising target of $60 million. The fund will invest in growth stage businesses located in the Great Lakes region. With the close of the PVP III, Plymouth Ventures now has more than $100 million in committed capital under management. The fundraising process
DETROIT - David Kircos of Grosse Pointe and Hunter Rosenblume of Syosset, New York, won the $5,000 grand prize for building the top app for the Detroit Public Library at the #hackDP competition earlier this month. Both are interns at Detroit Venture Partners. The event was sponsored by Automation Alley. The app building competition was
TROY - Automation Alley is partnering with Plante Moran to sponsor a four-part business breakfast series titled Toast + Tech Talk. The first session, Business Basics for Growing Firms ? What You Need to Know to Succeed, will be held at Plante Moran?s Detroit office on July 29. This first session will feature a panel
GRAND RAPIDS - Openings are now available for Grand Valley State University?s fall Emerging Leader Workshop, What Leaders Do - The Leadership Development Series, and Leading High Performance Teams programs beginning in September and October 2014. Emerging Leader Workshop This one-day workshop will provide prospective leaders with deep insight into their own work styles and
SOUTHFIELD ? The Michigan Council of Women In Technology is hosting a Lunch & Learn webinar July 10 starting at noon that will look at Intrapreneurship ? Innovating in an Enterprise. An established organization's successful innovation requires the ability to be disruptive, rather than destructive. Learn more about enterprise innovation, as well as how to
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan Small BIZ PAC has endorsed Rick Snyder for reelection as governor. "The Governor?s relentless, positive action to eliminate the Michigan Business Tax, create the Healthy Michigan system, promote regulatory reinvention and foster economic gardening has created a culture in Michigan where small businesses have the opportunity to
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association received $987,850 in grant funding from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for its Venture Upstart programs to grow and sustain a vibrant venture capital community in Michigan by supporting talent attraction efforts at venture capital firms and their portfolio companies. MVCA?s Venture Upstart programs funded by the
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK has been awarded $500,000 from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. for continuation of the Michigan Angel Fund (I), and to establish the Michigan Angel Fund II. "The success of the Michigan Angel Fund shows that there's a real need for this type of very early stage capital in the