DETROIT - The Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Michigan's venture capital fund-of-funds, has closed its first fund, nearly $50 million in investments, making it the largest privately funded regional VC fund of funds in the country. "The vision of the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund was to strengthen and bring together the state's venture capital, business, industrial
DETROIT ? Wayne State University and TechTown, its business incubator, are hosting for the sixth year the E2 Detroit networking event. This year's theme is The Lean Launch: Creating a Business in a Down Economy. The all-day event will bring together entrepreneurs, business leaders, authors, investors and others for networking. Keynote speakers and workshops will
ANN ARBOR - Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing (LA2M) has released its official Fall speaker lineup, and with a wide range of topics relating to digital and interactive marketing, it's gearing up to be a dynamic season. The LA2M Fall series kicks off, Wednesday, September 8th, with an Internet marketing theme that looks at Facebook Advertising,
ANN ARBOR - The Association for Women in Computing-Ann Arbor on Sept. 14 will take a look at pair programming, an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one work station. The presenters are Kealy Opelt & Ted Layher of Menlo Innovations. Many agile programmers see pair programming as too hard
GRAND RAPIDS - Starting a new venture? Have an idea for an innovative technology? Come and share it with the Startup West Michigan Community. Five presenters will take the stage for ten minutes each, five minutes to pitch/five minutes for Q & A. Presenters: Jenny White - Moms-in-Tow (http://momsintow.com) John Hwang - Inspired (http://inspirehq.com) Joe
GRAND RAPIDS - iPhone, Android, iPad oh my. As we approach the next evolution in computing your clients and customers are becoming more and more mobile. Come interact and learn from some of West Michigan's mobile superstars who are helping their clients take advantage of these new platforms and connect with customers. aimWest is hosting
ANN ARBOR - Defining yourself as an entrepreneur and understanding what lies before you will give you a realistic frame of reference for your new venture. Kurt Riegger of Business Engines will discuss what are the five common mistakes Entrepreneurs make on start-up? Do you have the skills and background to be an entrepreneur? What
ANN ARBOR - Entrepreneur Boot Camp is an intensive and instructive way to gain critical feedback and advice about your business model, management team, competitive positioning, market strategy and other key elements that determine if a start-up will succeed or fail. The application deadline is October 1. Based on advice received during camp, former Boot
DETROIT - Beginning this fall, undergraduate students at Wayne State University have the opportunity to study ventures engineering thanks to the approval August 4 by the WSU Board of Governors of a certificate in Engineering Entrepreneurship. The new program takes advantage of three course offerings in the WSU School of Business Administration as well as
DETROIT - Who doesn't want a captive audience? And you know what? You'll get one if you join the Michigan International Chamber of Commerce for its second annual dinner networking cruise. Talk business, entertain your clients, bring a prospect or two around to show them how fun you are outside of work too or reward