ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK will kick off its fourth Shifting Gears program this fall. Applications to the 2010 Shifting Gears program are due on September 3. Leading up to the fall Shifting Gears program, SPARK also announced five information sessions beginning August 3. Shifting Gears, an intensive four-month program, provides professional career coaching
DETROIT - Talking to investors, planning a budget, learning about legal rights ? these are just a few of the challenges six student entrepreneurs will tackle this summer as they pursue their business ventures at Wayne State University. The students comprise four potential startup companies and are winners of the 2010 E2 Challenge, a competitively
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan has elected new board officers and directors for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Officers: Chair: Cynthia Kay, owner of Cynthia Kay and Company, Grand Rapids 1st Vice Chair ? Yan Ness - Online Technologies Corp., Ann Arbor 2nd Vice Chair - David Rhoa - Mid Michigan Mailers, Kalamazoo
DETROIT ? Gary Clemetson is the newest SmartStart support leader at TechTown. He has extensive experience in developing small companies around the globe. The United Kingdom native also has an MBA from the University of Michigan. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
MIDLAND - Mark Clevey, who helped develop the Regional Virtual Business Incubator Network that is based at the Mid Michigan Innovation Center, talks about how this innovative program is reaching out to entrepreneurs beyond the Mid Michigan region. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
LANSING - A public policy initiative geared to revitalize Michigan's economy is being launched today by the Small Business Association of Michigan, which hopes to boost job creation and propel Michigan forward toward economic growth and stability. SBAM is urging state policy makers and the next governor to embrace ?economic gardening,? an economic development strategy
ANN ARBOR - Two Ann Arbor companies received high-tech, five year MEGA tax credits today to help them expand in the region. NanoBio Corporation and Grand River were approved Tuesday for MEGA tax credits from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the State of Michigan. NanoBio Corporation is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing
EAST LANSING ? In-Pore Technologies won the inaugural $100,000 SmartZone Award at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan writing contest awards program, the top prize in a night when $250,000 in checks were handed out. The SmartZone Award, sponsored by the Michigan SmartZones and funded through the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a program of
ANN ARBOR - The Wolverine Venture Fund, managed by The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, announced participation in a follow-on round of early stage financing for Intelligent Clearing Network. The financing round was led by Early Stage Partners, a longtime supporter
ANN ARBOR - Mobile Sign Language Systems recently won Ann Arbor SPARK's Eastside Innovation Campus pitch competition. Besting four other finalists, Mobile Sign Language Systems won an engagement of up to $50,000 in business acceleration services, a one-year incubator lease at SPARK East and a package of additional start-up services including a one-year chamber of