YPSILANTI - Six business plans were selected as finalists for the Eastern Michigan University Skandalaris Business Plan Competition as high school and university students will compete for cash prizes totaling $5,000. The teams will present at the Sesi Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference on February 11 at the EMU Student Center. University finalists include: Randy Wiltshire (EMU)
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present in metro Detroit a series of financial tools workshops to help non-financial manager business owners achieve fiscal fitness. Five Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness is a state-wide training program designed to strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability to access capital businesses
ANN ARBOR ? Fusion Coolant Systems of Ypsilanti won the $5000 first prize in the Emerging Companies category of the fall 2010 Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest business plan competition Monday night at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship at Ann Arbor Skyline High School. Fusion Coolant is developing next-generation metalworking fluids for machining and metal forming.
WASHINGTON ? Women-owned small businesses can begin taking steps to participate in a new federal contracting program on Feb. 4 when the new Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program begins. First contracts are expected to be awarded by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011. On Feb. 4, SBA will release instructions on how to
LIVONIA - In an effort to support the growing need for certified project managers in the Southeast Michigan area, Davenport University's Institute for Professional Excellence will be hosting a Project Management Professional exam prep session starting March 3. "Davenport is committed to providing professional development services that help companies and individuals achieve results," said Max
HUNTINGTON WOODS ? Financial factoring company Hennessey Capital announced fourth quarter financing deals totaling $1.5 million that was invested in four Michigan companies. $750,000 A/R and Inventory line of credit for a staffing firm to replace their current lender and increase working capital. $500,000 factoring facility for a LED and energy efficient lighting supplier to
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration will expand the e200 Emerging Leaders executive-level training initiative to eight new cities and communities in 2011. The expansion means the successful program will be available to entrepreneurs in 27 cities across the United States. Detroit was added previously. The eight new cities and communities being added this
DETROIT - Canadian native Carolyn Shields has been named dean of the College of Education at Wayne State University effective July 1. Shields, who most recently served as a professor in the Department of Educational Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, earned a Ph.D. in educational administration from the University of Saskatchewan,
ANN ARBOR - The former Pfizer pharmaceutical property purchased by the University of Michigan in 2009 reopened Tuesday as the Venture Accelerator at the North Campus Research Complex and officially welcomed its first tenant. The Venture Accelerator will provide laboratory and office space, as well as business services, to startup companies emerging from the pipeline
ANN ARBOR ? The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium turns 30 this May and the grand daddy of all elevator pitch contests announced Tuesday that companies interested in presenting can now submit applications. The application deadline is March 8. "It's really important that we do a good job of launching companies and getting them on a