FLINT - The three famous parts of the FIRST Robotics logo ? a triangle, circle and square, will add colorful elements to the 2011 Kettering University FIRST Robotics District competition coming to Flint on March 4-5. Forty high school teams from around Michigan will compete in the hopes of qualifying for FIRST state and national
LIVONIA ? Management of information will be the focus March 9 by the Michigan Chapter of AIIM at Schoolcraft College. Author Bill Tolson will tell how you can find relevant information quickly and easily. Businesses are being transformed into knowledge based organizations with employees generating and receiving mountains of information, every day, every minute. This
GRAND RAPIDS - Technologist Keith Brophy, for the twelfth year in a row, presented his tech trends for the coming years - a collection of predictions this year that highlighted alternative energy, social networking, smart electric meters, health care, and auto tuners. Speaking before about 100 people packed into the restored Wealthy Theater, Brophy, a
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan announced that David Jessup has been named the association's Director of Government Relations. Jessup will assist Vice President Government Relations David Palsrok in administering the association's government relations activities. Before joining the staff of the Small Business Association of Michigan, Jessup was the Government Relations Director at
GRAND RAPIDS ? Rick DeVos, who gave Grand Rapids the highly successful cultural event, ArtPrize, now is giving would-be entrepreneurs a venue, and possibly funding, in a new monthly business pitch contest he calls 5X5 Night. The first one is scheduled for Feb. 22. Five presenters will have five minutes each to sum up their
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Strategic Fund Board has approved an additional $1.4 million to be allocated to the Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund, managed by the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The ETF provides commercialization funding to match federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small
ANN ARBOR - NSF International said Tuesday that it has acquired Pharmalytica Services, a pharmaceutical contract laboratory based in Bristol, Conn. Financial terms were not announced. Pharmalytica provides a full range of official ?good laboratory practices? and ?good manufacturing practices? analytical services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry from discovery support through commercialization. The company
LANSING - A new 25 percent state Small Business Investment Tax Credit, designed to encourage investments in start-up and early-stage Michigan technology companies, is aiming to help Michigan entrepreneurs secure capital and reduce risks associated with a new business or novel technology. ?Michigan?s growing technology culture can only get stronger with this incentive to foster
NEW ORLEANS ? Heeding President Obama's call to Startup America, the nation's greatest entrepreneurial minds will gather in New Orleans for the 3rd annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, March 19-25. NOEW, an initiative of The Idea Village, will feature more than 45 business workshops, investment pitches, networking events, keynote speeches and interactive discussion sessions. This
GRAND RAPIDS - Fortitude, the mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, is a virtue required of all entrepreneurs. Challenges and setbacks will surely arise when starting a new small business, but they also affect businesses that have been around for years; none perhaps greater than the recession that hit many manufacturing companies 2 years