Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
EAST LANSING - Registration open for the MSU Innovation Celebration on April 7 at the Henry Center for Executive Development in East Lansing. It promotes innovation, entrepreneurship, and groundbreaking discoveries at MSU. Appearing on MITechTV to provide details is Brian Wright, Executive Director of MSU Technologies. Keynote speaker is Chad Munger. An MSU alumnus, entrepreneur,
Special Report MITechNews Special Report: The Future of Employee Benefits Small businesses across Michigan are struggling with rising healthcare costs, employee turnover and growing pressure to offer better workplace benefits. In this special MITechNews series, we examine how employers are responding to these challenges — and the new strategies some companies are exploring to support
LANSING — Michigan entrepreneurs have been given more time to compete for a $10,000 prize and statewide exposure after organizers extended the application deadline for the 2026 Michigan Celebrates Small Business Pitch Competition to March 6. The pitch competition is part of the annual MCSB Summit, which recognizes standout small businesses from across the state
DETROIT — A long-anticipated addition to Detroit’s revitalized Corktown innovation district is set to open this spring as The Michigan Central Mezz — a new 17,000-square-foot coworking and collaboration space inside the iconic Michigan Central Station. The facility, launching in April, will expand access to workspace and entrepreneurial resources in the heart of one of
ANN ARBOR - March is International Women’s Month and the Michigan Council of Women in Technology are celebrating it with lots of events. Kathleen Norton-Schock joins MITech TV to provide all the details. Events include: Connectnet; The Ripple Effect of Women Empowering Women Monday, March 9, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 850 76th St.
DETROIT – TechTown Detroit and Comerica Bank have announced the return of the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest by TechTown, a small business competition that awards $100,000 in startup funding as well as support services to one entrepreneur seeking to open a brick-and-mortar storefront in Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park. The competition, first launched in 2011, hatches small business development in
DETROIT - Detroit’s launch of a new microgrant program aimed at helping small businesses adopt modern technology underscores a much larger challenge facing Michigan’s innovation economy: early-stage tech companies and digital-dependent small businesses are chronically underfunded at precisely the moment when technology investment is becoming essential to survival and growth. City officials, working with the
DETROIT — Invest Detroit has been awarded a $55 million allocation through the federal New Markets Tax Credit program, part of a record-setting $10 billion national allocation announced Dec. 23 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It is the largest NMTC award in Invest Detroit’s history and underscores Michigan’s growing role in deploying federal
DETROIT – The Michigan Venture Capital Association celebrated the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem at its 2025 Annual Awards Celebration held earlier this month at Elevate at One Campus Martius. During the event, MVCA presented awards highlighting capital events driving the growth of Michigan companies, significant investment milestones propelling businesses forward, innovative companies developing groundbreaking solutions, and
ANN ARBOR - Meet the Drapers, hosted by venture capitalist Tim Draper, brings together visionary entrepreneurs from every corner of the world. Draper was in Detroit in September where he hosted a panel of four innovators that pitched a panel of celebrity guest judges and competes for a life-changing $1 Million investment. He joined Matt
