WASHINGTON D.C. ? Everyone has a story, and now the U.S. Small Business Administration is giving entrepreneurs a new online platform to share their story and showcase their successful and thriving businesses. Today, SBA launched ?Small Business Owners Speak,? an interactive platform featuring videos from entrepreneurs from across the country that have started or grown
KALAMAZOO ? One of those technology home runs that Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to hit in Michigan - mophie, the manufacturer of the juice pack, billed as the first ?Works With iPhone? portable battery solution certified by Apple - announced it will build a 30,000-square-foot call and distribution center at Western Michigan University?s Business Technology
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Iserv Co. acquired 31 other telecom and Internet Service Providers in the 11 years that Victor Shepherd served as CEO. On June 1, the acquirer was acquired by an even bigger fish, 382 Communications, which plans to hire upwards of 50 new employees as the Boston-based telecom company shares Iserv's data
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Limor Nakar-Vincent, the Director of U.S. Business Development & BIRD Energy for the BIRD Foundation will speak at a Michigan Israel Business Bridge event September 6 at the MIBB offices. Founded in 1977, The US-Israel Bi-national Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation supports joint (Israeli-American) development projects in the various areas of
GROSSE POINTE - FranNet of Michigan helps many entrepreneurs start businesses each year. But recently, the company has taken on a new mission: putting veterans back to work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in May that the unemployment rate among veterans who have served since the Sept. 11 attacks was 12.1 percent ?
ANN ARBOR - A new crowdfunding platform that lets investors back individual people rather than specific ideas or projects will be piloted at the University of Michigan and four other universities this fall, company officials announced Wednesday. Upstart, founded by a UM alum and former president of Google Enterprise, lets college grads and would-be entrepreneurs
WARREN - Michigan Technological University awarded Winning Futures CEO Kristina Marshall with its Outstanding Young Alumni award at its August 3 alumni recognition banquet. The Houghton-based university bestowed the award upon Marshall in recognition of her distinguished professional achievements while still under the age of 35. She was the sole recipient of the award. Marshall
ANN ARBOR - Four Michigan companies have received a combined total of $200,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program this past quarter, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.5 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?From a company doing high tech manufacturing to
GRAND RAPIDS ? Craig T. Hall, the President of Lee Shore Equities, avoids the limelight. But the shadow he has cast on the West Michigan entrepreneurial scene looms long indeed. Since he graduated from Purdue University in 1972 with Bachelor?s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Hall has started eight successful supply chain and related technology companies
BIRMINGHAM - Hannan Lis was installed as the third President of The Michigan Israel Business Bridge at the organization's Annual Meeting on July 24. Originally from Haifa, Israel, Hannan Lis, is principal, COO and board member of The WW Group, Inc. (Weight Watchers? largest franchise group), and founder and CEO of Lis Ventures LLC, a