Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
ROYAL OAK - I sensed a controversial story in an email I received predicting the demise of headhunters. So I contacted the best headhunter I know, Gary Erickson of Executive Search Partners, to get his input. The email said that artificial intelligence will eliminate the human factor in trying to help companies find people to fill
ROYAL OAK - Startup Week Detroit Co-Founder Monica Wheat talks about her week-long entrepreneurial extravaganza in downtown Detroit going on this week on a new indoor-outdoor campus that spans Grand Circus Park and adjacent buildings, including Bamboo Detroit. Now officially called Techstars Startup Week Detroit, the event is moving out of its previous home base,
FARMINGTON HILLS – The deadline to apply for Pitch Club Grand Circus is July 1. Sponsors for the July 25 event include Kyyba Innovations, Bodman PLC and TiE Detroit. The select pool of the companies chosen to pitch at the monthly Pitch Club events will be provided investment opportunities in the form of presenting to
EAST LANSING — Five student startups from Michigan State University kicked off on June 3 a 10-week creative journey that could propel some into commercialization. The five teams participating in the Conquer Accelerator program each received $20,000 in seed funding, tailored mentorship, a creative co-working space, as well as access to networking support and talent
FARMINGTON HILLS - TIECon Detroit is coming back in October 2018 on a new day at a new location. The day-long event, scheduled for Saturday Oct 6 at Suburban Collection Showplace is called “Ignite2Distrupt: All About AI.” It will focus on the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence and the technologies that are dramatically transforming the
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
