LANSING - John Austin, President of the Michigan State Board of Education and a non-resident Brookings Institution Senior Fellow, joined the CEO of the Lansing-based Prima Civitas Foundation, Steve Webster, in announcing the launch of the new Michigan Economic Center, which will serve as an independent policy and action organization for the state. The Michigan
ANN ARBOR ? Amplifinity, which makes social networking an advertising vehicle, has landed another $1.5 million in venture capital, bringing the total raised since the company was founded in 2008 to about $6 million. Amplifinity helps companies maximize their referral systems. The company, formerly uRefer, rebranded late last year. Amplifinity's software allows people to upload
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration Michigan District Office and AARP will participate in the first National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day October 2 at Wayne State's TechTown to match Encore Entrepreneurs, those over the age of 50 with successful business owners and community leaders for advice and assistance. Detroit?s event is one of many
ANN ARBOR - An inkless wet paint that changes color. A reusable heat pack you boil to recharge. A wireless sensor that could one day fit inside a blood vessel. These are three of the technologies that could move closer to market thanks to a unique new Master of Entrepreneurship program at the University of
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business was named one of the top graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation. The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine recognized the institute in a joint ranking of its top 25 graduate entrepreneurship programs. This
FLINT - No aspiring entrepreneur should miss out on Kettering University's free start-up class this fall, called ORBIT, which offers a nine-session program that teaches the skills required to start or grow a successful technology-focused business. ORBIT is offered at no charge from Oct. 10 through Dec. 12 in Kettering University?s Campus Center Room A.
STERLING HEIGHTS - On September 26 UHY & Blackline will host a free breakfast event aimed at companies looking to improve their internal financial processes. The event will feature multiple speakers to discuss the challenges organizations currently face in creating an efficient and effective record to report process and how new Finance Governance Technology tools
TROY ? More good news on the job front. Outsourcing services provider Dialogue Marketing plans to hire 190 new employees in and around the Detroit metro area to support the needs of the company's rapidly expanding customer base. Skill sets in need include experts in consumer electronics and insurance who will handle internal corporate and
CLARKSTON - We Build Character has partnered with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology to provide its Elevate Leadership Mentoring Program as part of MCWT's annual mentoring program. The MCWT mentoring program is a benefit to all current members. We Build Character will complement it with an experiential model of leadership development, networking opportunities
ANN ARBOR ? The New Enterprise Forum Sept. 20 meeting features a panel of Angel Investors who will discuss what they look for in companies they invest in, typical structures of these deals, and what types of things they see that are deal killers. Panelists: Stewart Nelson, Angel Investor Stew has been an angel investor