ANN ARBOR ? Attracting investors to fund your start-up, one of the toughest dilemmas for an entrepreneur, will be discussed Nov. 8 at a Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest program sponsored by Southwest Michigan First. This discussion will cover a range of topics about securing your first investors from friends and family, to angel investors through
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Serial entrepreneur Rick Inatome will moderate a panel discussion Nov. 7 at the next Great Lakes Angels meeting which will be focused on due diligence - how to create sustainable competitive advantage through culture based process to drive returns. As private equity firms have attracted much larger pools of capital the environment
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association annual meeting on Nov. 2 will this year feature a new wrinkle - the Deal of the Year and Above and Beyond awards for outstanding service to the private equity finance industry in Michigan. Two nominees for the "Deal of the Year" award are TGap Ventures' MinuteClinic
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest has a very full schedule of events for November, including Entrepreneur Roundtables, start up investment seminars, and legal premiers. Nov. 7 ? SPARK Central In Ann Arbor. Entrepreneur?s Roundtable You can learn a lot from other successful entrepreneurs willing to share their experiences and insghts in starting new
ANN ARBOR ? November is a busy month for the Association of Women in Computing Ann Arbor Chapter with luncheons, classes, training seminars and mentoring programs for students all on tap. Nov. 3 First Friday Luncheon noon-1:00pm at a to-be-announced restaurant in Ann Arbor. Pre-registration is required by clicking on the Calendar link on AWC-AA.Org
LANSING ? The Michigan 50 Companies to Watch program has extended the nomination and application deadlines by two weeks to attract more candidates. The new deadlines are as follows: Nomination deadline: Friday, November 17 Application deadline: Friday, December 1 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch celebrates high-performing, second-stage companies in the state. Known for its performance
ANN ARBOR ? Seventeen student-lead teams at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business split $42,500 in grants provided through the Fall 2006 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program run by the U-M's Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. Grant recipients were awarded both funding and resources (in the
GRAND RAPIDS ? The challenge today is to provide each knowledge worker with a focused view into the right business tools to tighten the time frames thoughout the decision cycle. One solution offered is a seminar Oct. 26 hosted by BlueGranite, CPR and Microsoft to teach businesses how to drive performance using Microsoft's Business Intelligence
ANN ARBOR ? Financing your start up, one of the most important issues to face entrepreneurs, will be the focus of the next Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest seminar, which is co sponsored by Ann Arbor SPARK a part of their joint program to encourage and support Michigan entrepreneurs. This important discussion will begin at 6pm
TROY - Is it possible to mass produce innovation? Are there ways to hire for creativity & teamwork? Find out at an upcoming luncheon hosted by the Troy Chamber called Creativity@Work. The luncheon is scheduled for Oct. 26 at the Hilton Troy from 11:30 am ? 1:30 pm. The speaker will be Rich Sheridan, president