TROY - IT Social 5:01 will host its fall social networking event at Granite City Food and Brewery on Sept. 26 at 5:01 pm. IT Social 5:01 events are targeted toward IT professionals but are open to anyone looking to be empowered by social networking with the best and brightest leaders from the greater Detroit
TROY - Automation Alley invites companies interested in expanding their international reach to the Middle East to attend a conference on Sept. 21 that will feature case studies, firsthand insights and information on Automation Alley's upcoming trade mission to Qatar and United Arab Emirates. ?There is money to be made globally. Explore the possibilities of
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan announced that Mike Marzano has been named Grassroots Coordinator and Policy Advisor in the Government Relations Department, and Scott Lyon, formerly Vice President for Small Business Services, Senior Vice President. ?This new position reflects SBAM?s commitment to focusing the power of local small businesses across the state
BIRMINGHAM - Great Lakes Angels is celebrating its 10th year as an investor group and 1st Angel Group in Michigan on Sept. 17 opening the event to accredited angel investors that may not be members of the group. The event also includes elevator pitches from four companies: Are You a Human - http://areyouahuman.com Game-based replacement
TROY - Current military service members, veterans and their family members can join a free Walsh College webinar discussing the transition from active service into a business career. Participants can access the Boots to Briefcases webinar from their own computers Sept. 28. Webinar content will include how to effectively highlight military skills as strengths in
MIDLAND ? Learn advanced angel investing Sept. 11 at the Mid Michigan Innovation Center from a couple of pros, Ken Kousky, President of BlueWater Angels, and Lindsay Aspegren, Co-Founder, North Coast Technology Investors. Both will be on a panel that will discuss how to be an angel with the new terms, handle the transaction, do
DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center and Eastern Michigan University recognize the sacrifice our soldiers have made and want to help those veterans seeking to start their own businesses by offering a veteran-specific New Venture program at no-cost, starting October 13 at the EMU Livonia campus. The New Venture class normally
GRAND RAPIDS - Three entrepreneurial ideas split $60,000 in second-round funding from Start Garden at the organization?s second update night. Start Garden, the $15 million pre-seed fund started by ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos, supports new business ventures in the Grand Rapids area through a tiered funding system. The first level of funding gives each idea
ANN ARBOR ? A University of Michigan student startup, Fetchnotes, is part of the 1 percent of new ventures that have made it into TechStars, where it can get up to $100,000 in venture funding. Fetchnotes uses a cloud-based note-jotting and organizing system. It has more than 19,000 users. The week, the company moves to
GRAND RAPIDS - Come to an aimWest panel on Sept. 12 and learn how media outlets are using Social to enhance and distribute their content as well as expand their audience. How are television, radio, print and online news organizations utilizing what some thought would kill them? Panelists: Vincent Duffy, News director from Michigan Public