WEST OLIVE - The Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator, a non-profit corporation that provides farmers and entrepreneurs hands-on support to commercialize farm their inventions, will host its grand opening December 1 at 10 a.m. Special guests include Congressman Bill Huizenga, Senate Majority Leader Elect Arlan Meekhof, Representative Roger Victory, and Representative Joseph Haveman, who will
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator is hosting its inaugural Project Management Principles Certificate Course through Oakland University's Professional and Continuing Education unit. This is an expansion of Mac-OU INC's current PACE offerings, which include the Lean Green Belt and Lean Black Belt certificate programs. Mac-OU INC's current business development programs bring in nearly
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association at its annual dinner on Dec. 1 will honor ForeSee Results with the Best Exit Award, ProNAi Therapeutics with the Financing of the Year Award, Detroit Labs with the 100 Award and Michael Finney with the Lifetime Achievement Award. ?In the most recent research report, MVCA reported
ROCHESTER - Use of social media can have legal consequences, both personally and professionally. Is your brand being ?hijacked? on social media? Can an employee be fired because of a social media post? What does your favorite social media platform do with your personal information? Could social media be used as an alibi? Kathy Ossian
DEARBORN - The ninth annual Michigan Council for Women in Technology annual black-tie Signature Gala November 8 raised more than $300,000 and also inaugurated a new president for the MCWT. The annual event was hosted by Ford Motor Company to raise funds for the MCWT Foundation serving women in technology through all stages of education
LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Detroit-based Community Push Wednesday announced the launch of a new crowdfunding campaign through Michigan crowdfunding platform Patronicity as part of the MEDC Public Spaces Community Places initiative. The campaign will support phase two of The Wig, a community-led project to transform the vacant and blighted Wigle Recreation
DETROIT - Working on a startup? Interested in getting involved in Michigan?s growing business community? Here's a list of ongoing events that many entrepreneurs look forward to each year in Michigan. We aren?t including meetups on this list, only competitions and conferences geared towards innovation and entrepreneurship. Please let us know if you?re event fits
DETROIT ? Serial entrepreneur Josh Linkner has resigned as CEO and managing partner of Detroit Venture Partners to pursue his speaking and writing career. He was replaced by co-partner Brian Hermelin. In an interview with Crain?s Detroit, Linkner said his split with DVP was amicable and that he would focus on his self-help business books
SOUTHFIELD - Ford Motor Co. and Lawrence Technological University have again teamed up for the ?Designing for the Future? competition that asks students to reinterpret the Ford Cortina for the year 2030. The prizes include more than $100,000 in scholarships. The competition is open to high school seniors or transfer students interested in enrolling in
ANN ARBOR - Welcome back to Michigan, Kathryn Gardner, MVCA?s newest Fellow. Kathryn starts her Fellowship at Arboreum Ventures, and The Michigan Venture Capital Association, in its latest eNewsletter, asked her to introduce herself to the MVCA community. How did you find out about the Fellows program? What advantage do you think the Fellows program