LANSING ? The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) today announced the FY 2012 New Leaders Arts Council of Michigan Retention and Engagement Grant Program aimed at young leaders in Michigan for arts and culture projects. This grant program was designed by NLACM to provide opportunities for young people to engage each other
BIRMINGHAM - Great Lakes Angels has opened the February 22 monthly meeting to angel investors that may not be members of a group yet and might like to join. Three companies will make pitches at the event, which starts at 5:30 pm. RewardPal - http://rewardpal.net/ Brand and consumer social loyalty management via a gamified loyalty
DETROIT - If you're a mobile technology company looking for funding, then Mobile Monday Detroit on February 13th is where you want to be. The group will explore various options for obtaining funding and how they work, including: venture capital, angel funding, alternative funding strategies, bank financing and more. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m.
YPSILANTI - Michigan-based business owners will share their success with aspiring entrepreneurs as the Eastern Michigan University College of Business presents the Sesi Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference on February 11 at the EMU Student Center. The conference will focus on Innovation and Green entrepreneurship in Michigan. The keynote speaker will be Elizabeth Redmond, founder and president
ANN ARBOR ? BioPhotonic Solutions of East Lansing won the $5000 first place award in the Emerging Company category at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition Tuesday night at the ACE'12 entrepreneurship event at Skyline High School. BioPhotonic Soutions owns disruptive technology that unleashes the latent capabilities of an entire class of lasers ?
GRAND RAPIDS - Student and faculty volunteers from Davenport University are trained and ready to kick off free income tax preparation sessions, available to low- and middle- income tax-filers (less than $50,000 in total family income) at locations across West Michigan. Volunteers are providing assistance in conjunction with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, a
TROY ? Scott Goemmel of All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions, is the new president of Automaton Alley. Mark Symonds, CEO of Plex Systems, is the new vice president, the Southeast Michigan technology networking group announced Wednesday. Other members of the Automation Alley 2012 Board of Directors include: Please join us in
TROY - Venture Michigan Fund II announced Monday it has made a $15 million investment in Flagship Ventures Fund IV, which invests in early-stage and later-stage companies. The Massachusetts company does not yet have a Michigan office. Credit Suisse?s Customized Fund Investment Group manages VMF II, which will make investment commitments totaling $120 million to
ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK is hosting another entrepreneur Boot Camp in March where participants will spend two full days learning how to identify critical issues for their business plans. Participants also will get an intensive and instructive way to gain critical feedback and advice about your business model, management team, competitive positioning, market
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Tuesday announced a public hearing Feb 8 to accept questions and comments on the new Pure Michigan Venture Match Fund, which will providing matching investments in Michigan start-ups of up to $3 million. The hearing is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon on