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Billhighway Welcomes Three Young Minds In A Quest For Fresh Ideas

TROY - Billhighway has brought on Millennial talent with three new interns for Fall 2015.  Paige Kooiker will be holding the role of a Graphic Design Intern for the Marketing Team, Amanda VanFleteren will support the Finance Team in an intern role, and Kelsey Ryan will join them as the Team Member Success Intern. Kooiker graduated

By |2015-10-27T17:54:32-04:00October 27th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts|

Great Lakes Angels Review 4 Elevator Pitches At Oct. 29 Meeting

FARMINGTON HILLS – Great Lakes Angels will be vetting four possible investment opportunities for members on Oct. 29 at UHY Advisors. Non-members may attend up to two events without Membership.  Future meetings will require membership or invitation by a member until joining. Members and non-members register now or no later than October 25th to participate to the

By |2015-10-24T16:05:56-04:00October 24th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Startup Weekend Targets Kids 12-18 For November Mixer

  DETROIT - Startup Weekend, the popular weekend long event for starting a company, is back to Detroit but this time for a much younger crowd. Youth can come and join in on the fun for a very special Digital Innovation Competition for Kids.  Startup Weekend Detroit – Youth is coming to Ford Field November 6-8, 2015

By |2015-10-23T13:09:58-04:00October 23rd, 2015|Entrepreneurs, News|

Akadeum Life Sciences Closes $1 Million Investment Round

DETROIT - New startup Akadeum Life Sciences closed a round of funding this month that brings them to a total of $1 Million in funding. The life sciences startup in Ann Arbor has found a unique way to improve diagnostics. “We improve life science research and diagnostics by capturing cells with microbubbles,” said Brandon McNaughton, Co-founder and

By |2015-10-23T13:09:58-04:00October 23rd, 2015|Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences, News|

U-M Battery Spin-Out Sakti3 Sold To Dyson For $90 Million

ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan spin-out, Sakti3, has been acquired by vacuum cleaner manufacturer Dyson, which plans to incorporate its solid-state Lithium-ion technology to improved battery life on its cordless vacuums – plus deliver new products and build a battery production plant. The deal was reported to be worth $90 million. Dyson founder James

By |2015-10-23T17:21:55-04:00October 23rd, 2015|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts, News|

Blaze Medical Devices Wins $150,000 SBIR Grant

ANN ARBOR - Blaze Medical Devices has been awarded a $150,000 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with University of Michigan Health System Center for Circulatory Support. The focus of this grant is to study damage to patients’ red blood cells caused by left ventricular assist

By |2015-10-20T21:03:11-04:00October 20th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences, News|

OST Chosen By CRN Magazine As 2015 Triple Crown Winner

GRAND RAPIDS - Open Systems Technologies announced it has been chosen by CRN Magazine as a 2015 Triple Crown Winner. The Triple Crown Winner list features the most elite solution provider companies in North America as featured on CRN’s Solution Provider 500, Tech Elite 250, and Fast Growth 150 lists in 2015. OST was recognized on each

By |2015-10-20T20:42:58-04:00October 20th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts, News|

Survey: 75 Percent Of Southeast Michigan Companies Have Implemented Eureka Technologies

DETROIT – Seventy five percent of Southeast Michigan businesses surveyed have implemented so-called Eureka! Technologies - from new computer installations, to creating new patentable products - within the past year. With each new technological change or innovation, the workforce has been forced to adapt and respond to stay competitive in the new economy, contends a

By |2015-10-20T20:10:46-04:00October 20th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

National Venture Capital Investment For First 3 Quarters Higher Than Full Year Totals For 17 Of Past 20 Years

WASHINGTON, DC – Venture capitalists invested $16.3 billion in 1,070 deals in the third quarter of 2015, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. The $47.2 billion invested in the first three quarters of 2015 is higher than each

By |2015-10-16T11:18:27-04:00October 16th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Benzinga’s Detroit Move Fuels Its Big Vision

DETROIT - Jason Raznick founder of Benzinga says their success was somewhat accidental at first. He started Benzinga, the financial media company, back in 2010. Now five years later the company has seen exponential growth and made a move to join the technology scene in Downtown Detroit.  To read the rest of this story, click on http://www.michipreneur.com/benzingas-detroit-move-fuels-their-big-vision/

By |2015-10-16T10:13:05-04:00October 16th, 2015|Entrepreneurs|