TROY - Troy Chamber President Michele Hodges recently celebrated her 10th anniversary with a surprise reception given her after the April board meeting. Current and past board members, as well as current and former staff, attended. "Michele is a great encourager and all great leaders do this,? said 2011 Board Chairman John Tagle of John
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan is a community bursting with well-kept secrets, including people who might be one step away from making history. Yet their names rarely crop up in mainstream media. Join aimWest on May 25th to hear from some of these below-the-radar success stories. They?ll help us uncover the truth about: Operating: and
ANN ARBOR - Plymouth Management Co. announced Monday its third investment from Plymouth Venture Partners Fund II in Lynx Network Group of Kalamazoo, which is building a 1000 mile fiber optic network to connect businesses to underserved areas throughout Michigan. Terms were not announced. Lynx is a full service telecommunications company specializing in advancing high-speed
VANCOUVER, British Columbia ? Two Michigan companies were ranked in the 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned companies in North America. The Michigan businesses are: Vendor Managed Solutions Inc., an Integrated Materials Management. VMS manages approximately $650 million in MRO spend on behalf of their customers across over 4,000 locations in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? The Business Performance 2.0 Executive Series on May 17 will discuss Managing Costs with the New Health Reform Changes and the Anatomy of a Successful Business Plan. The Health Reform Changes will be presented by AGIS and the business plan review by Franklin CIO Services and Absolute Engineering and Consulting. The monthly
BIRMINGHAM ? Great Lakes Angels will host a day-long workshop May 5 that also will include three new deals for members ? high net worth individuals ? to review and possibly invest in. The first 22 attendees that register online will have their seats blocked for this event. Agenda: 9:00 to 9:30 Onsite sign-in and
LANSING ? Michigan Celebrates Small Business on April 28 honored a host of Michigan businesses, and business owners, including the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch that collectively posted revenues of nearly $500 million and employ more than 2,100 people in the state. Other award winners include: Main Street USA Award, Biker Garage 101, Chad Faszczewski,
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation giving the state more flexibility in how it awards competitive grants and loans to businesses by expanding the scope of the 21st Century Jobs Fund to include information technology and agricultural processing, as well as grants and loans to any company that can demonstrate significant advancements in any
TROY - The Venture Michigan Fund II, Limited Partnership Tuesday announced its first investment commitment to MK Capital II, L.P., a technology venture capital fund that focuses on emerging companies in the digital media, software and education industries. MK Capital has offices in Ann Arbor, Chicago and Los Angeles. ?We are very pleased with the
ANN ARBOR - As the state of Michigan continues to transition from its rust belt roots of auto and manufacturing into an innovation economy driven by clean tech, life sciences, and entrepreneurship, the soon-to-be released annual report from the Michigan Venture Capital Association shows that investors are noticing. The report will be released in advance