ZEELAND – Lakeshore Advantage, in collaboration with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and regional partners, awarded $3.325 million to 428 small businesses and nonprofits in Allegan and Ottawa counties through the Michigan Small Business Restart Grant Program. Lakeshore Advantage received 887 grant applications with a total monetary request of nearly $9.3 million. Grants awarded ranged
DETROIT –Since its launch six years ago, TechTown Detroit’s Toast of the Town, the organization’s annual benefit and award ceremony, has been a veritable “Who’s Who” of Detroit’s business and entrepreneurial community, consistently drawing hundreds of people in attendance and selling out of tickets each year. This year, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, TechTown
ANN ARBOR - Entrepreneur Monica Wheat, entrepreneur and investor, discusses her selection to the inaugural Visionary Voices speakers bureau, to amplify female and non-binary voices nationwide. Women and non-binary individuals are significantly underrepresented in conversations about tech and venture capital — both at conferences and in media coverage. This perpetuates a cycle where they don’t
ANN ARBOR - Laura Granneman, vice president Quicken Loans Community Fund, asks the Detroit entrepreneur community to check out videos of the Detroit Demo Day Finalists now online at https://detroitdemoday.com/ They are vying for a $1 million cash purse. Rocket Mortgage Detroit Demo Day has been reinvented as an all-virtual event to meet the needs
DETROIT - Rocket Mortgage Detroit Demo Day announced last week the 17 finalists competing for a share of more than $1 million in funding in their fourth annual entrepreneurship competition – one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. The finalists will be judged by nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs from across the country. This
ANN ARBOR - Kerry Ebersole, from the state's Labor Department, provides an in-depth look at the Future For Frontliners program that offers tuition-free training and educational opportunities for frontliners COVID-19 pandemic workers who were forced to work during the March to June lockdown. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Sept. 10 what she described as the nation’s
ANN ARBOR - In this video interview, Lisa Vallee-Smith, who co-founded Airfoil Group in 2000, talks about all the changes at her agency since it was founded and how her agency is celebrating its 20th anniversary in October. Also on this segment is Keith Donovan, a 13-year Airfoil veteran, who was appointed President of Airfoil
KALAMAZOO - Southwest Michigan First announced 1,434 small business recipients are receiving average grant awards of $5,000 each as part of the state’s Michigan Small Business Restart Program. Grants must be used for expenditures made between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020 for necessary disbursements incurred due to the public health emergency with respect
ANN ARBOR - Dave Weaver from Birmingham (MI) Angels provides an update on the angel investing groups portfolio since it was founded in fall 2019. Ten deals out of 30 pitched received funding. Birmingham Angels is part of CitySide Ventures that was established in 2015 with a core vision to change the way early-stage capital
ANN ARBOR - Rick Snyder, former governor of Michigan, talks about all the progress that has been made in Michigan for tech entrepreneurs. Rick is not only a serial entrepreneur, but also an investor and former CEO of Gateway Computer. Snyder became Michigan's 48th governor when he was sworn into office on Jan. 1, 2011.
