Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
ROYAL OAK - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, has spent a decade working with a wide range of entrepreneurial support groups and startups, in which she found gaps in funding, talent and research that she felt needed to be filled. In March, Heintz, who joins M2 TechCast co-hosts Matt Roush
ROYAL OAK - Wayne State University bought the NextEnergy Center, the state of Michigan’s advanced energy industry accelerator, and will transform it into a center for university-industry collaboration and research. Ned Staebler, president of TechTown, joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan to explain why Wayne State spent $6.6 million to create Detroit Urban Solutions, a
HOUGHTON - Four technologies from universities across Michigan that demonstrate commercial potential in applied advanced materials earned funding from the Michigan Technological University Translational Research and Commercialization statewide Innovation Hub. The support will help them continue their path toward commercialization. Michigan Tech engineering faculty led two of the projects. The MTRAC program, in partnership
ROYAL OAK - The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium just concluded its 37th year in mid May to more than 500 private equity finance professionals and entrepreneurs. The founder of this event is University of Michigan Finance Professor David Brophy who joins M2 TechCast Co-Host Mike Brennan to provide the back story on his event. To
ROYAL OAK - Foodstand helps teams and individuals turn the basic principles of healthy eating into everyday habits through bite-sized, joyful Challenges via its platform and mobile app. Inforum’s Tember Shea, Director of the InGAGE program, interviews Founder and CEO Rachna Govani on M2 TechCast. Challenges are founded on basic good eating principles that apply
ANN ARBOR - The 37th annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium ended this week, to be replaced next year by the Midwest Growth Capital Symposium. Same event, new name to reflect the event’s focus on the entire tech ecosystem of the Midwest, not just Michigan, so says founder David Brophy, professor of finance at the University
FARMINGTON HILLS - The deadline to participate in PitchClub at Ann Arbor SPARK and get the opportunity to win a $50,000 investment plus mentoring from some of the top technology and business players in the state is May 27. Pitch Club is hosted by Kyyba Innovations and Bodman PLC. The event is scheduled for June
ROYAL OAK - Michelle Richards Executive Director of the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council announces a big event coming to Detroit June 19-21 at Cobo Center. Her group is partnering with the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council to give Michigan Women-Owned Businesses a chance to do business with national companies. To learn the details, click
ROYAL OAK - Warner Norcross + Judd’s Lisa Zimmer explains how the age of pension plans has come to a close and has been replaced by “defined contribution plans” and “financial wellness plans” with an eye on how small and mid-sized tech companies should begin planning to attract and retain employees in a competitive market. Zimmer is
ANN ARBOR - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, has spent a decade working with a wide range of entrepreneurial support groups and startups, in which she found gaps in funding, talent and research that she felt needed to be filled. In March, Heintz launched EntryPoint, her gap-filling company she hopes
