Entrepreneur Corner

Michigan-Based Indie Film Tops $10,000 Kickstarter Goal in Under Two Days

DETROIT - Star-Trek-Horizon, a feature-length independent film currently in production in Southeast Michigan and produced by an Albion College graduate, launched a crowd funding campaign on Kickstarter over the Easter weekend and in just 32 hours raised $10,000. The campaign continues to run through May 19. Horizon follows Captain Harrison Hawke and the crew of

By |2014-04-22T00:00:00-04:00April 22nd, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Entrepreneurs Looking For Funding, OU Incubator Offers Program May 6

STERLING HEIGHTS - If you are a startup or early-stage growth-based business looking for funding, come meet and listen to Macomb-Oakland University Business Commercialization and Capital Investment Advisor capital expert, Mike Brennan, on May 6. Brennan (no relationship to MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan) will detail the various capital sources in Michigan, and talk about how

By |2014-04-14T00:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

The Hatching Business Incubator Hatched In Lansing

LANSING - There?s a new mentoring program for entrepreneurs in the Lansing area launched by the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, the economic development organization for the capital region, and Michigan State University?s Spartan Innovations spinout business accelerator. The first event of the new group was held after the March 26 session of The Hatching, the

By |2014-04-14T00:00:00-04:00April 14th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 To Offer Entrepreneurs $6.8 Million

LANSING ? Good news entrepreneurs. State officials Thursday announced a designation of $6.8 million for Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0, a statewide investment fund aimed at supporting high-tech early stage companies. The fund will be managed by Invest Michigan, a Michigan nonprofit corporation based in Detroit. Charlie Moret, who ran Connecticut?s Pre-Seed Fund, CTech and TechStart

By |2014-04-11T00:00:00-04:00April 11th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Davenport Empowers Women To Succeed In IT Careers At Half Day Event

GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University held the second annual Women in Technology conference on March 28 focused on empowering women to become more successful in Technology careers. The welcome was given by two large supporters for women in technology, Aphrodite Jones, Associate Dean of the Davenport College of Technology, and Gabriela Ziegler, Department Chair for

By |2014-04-10T00:00:00-04:00April 10th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

American Folklife Center, Earthwork Music Collective Create Live Show In Traverse City

TRAVERSE CITY - In collaboration with the American Folklife Center and its 75th anniversary celebration of Alan Lomax's field recordings of Michigan folk music for the Library of Congress, SEEDS After School students have been working all spring with the Earthwork Music Collective and Blackbird Arts to create a performance at the City Opera House

By |2014-04-08T00:00:00-04:00April 8th, 2014|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|