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MySwimPro Wins $40,000 GreenLight Business Model Grand Prize

mEAST LANSING - MySwinPro won the $40,000 grand prize Wednesday at the GreenLight Business Model Competition held at Michigan State University’s Wharton Theatre, while VADE Nutrition won second prize and a check for $25,000. MySwimPro helps swimmers of all levels achieve their goals through custom workouts, training plans, and coaching. VADE Nutrition makes pre-measured scoops

By |2017-03-31T11:09:15-04:00March 30th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Michigan 50 Companies To Watch For 2017 Named

LANSING  – Michigan Celebrates Small Business has named more than 60 businesses, including the 2017 Michigan 50 Companies To Watch, to this year’s crop of growing companies. Winners will receive their awards May 4 at the Thirteenth Annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards dinner. “The companies selected this year give us an understanding of Michigan’s

By |2017-03-24T10:12:36-04:00March 24th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Oakland University Incubator Hosts Innovation Workshop Weekend April 7-9

ROCHESTER - Oakland University's Incubator is hosting an Innovation Workshop Weekend April 7-9 to teach tech entrepreneurs how to evaluate the viability of new innovations, develop a business plan and communicate effectively with investors, advisers, prospective customers, team recruits and others. The intensive weekend long seminar is aimed at developing highly competitive teams in pitch

By |2017-03-21T20:57:17-04:00March 21st, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Techstak Builds Database Of Southeast Michigan Tech Providers For SMBs

ROYAL OAK - Inforum’s Tember Shea interviews Nicol Pasuit, Founder & CEO, Techstak. Techstak is the Angie’s List for Technology. What she discovered is technology companies want to market to the small and medium businesses that helps business find and connect to reputable, trusted technology providers. Techstak is now on boarding IT pros, managed service

By |2017-03-19T17:15:50-04:00March 19th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Alchemie Awarded $700,000 Grant To Continue Development Of Educational App

TROY - Alchemie, an education technology company, announced it has received a $700,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its research and development efforts. This is Alchemie’s Phase II SBIR grant; it earned the initial Phase I award of $150,000 in January 2016 and a Phase IB of $30,000 in

By |2017-03-15T17:51:20-04:00March 15th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Google’s Demo Day Back At Grand Circus March 30

DETROIT - Google’s Demo Day in Detroit is back in action this month at Grand Circus, the local tech training institute, March 30. Applications are due March 17. Final selections will be made March 22. Startups can apply now to pitch in front of a panel of judges. One winner of the Detroit event will get

By |2017-03-14T20:33:29-04:00March 14th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Autobooks Raises $5.5 Million For New Small Business Tools

DETROIT - We love to see successful founders go on to starting their next companies in the region. Former co-founders of BillHighway, Steve Robert and Aaron Schmid, are now at it again with a new fintech startup called Autobooks. Autobooks is a technology licensed by financial institutions that allows small businesses to gain access to tools typically only available for

By |2017-03-14T20:15:13-04:00March 14th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Hacker Fellows Kicks Off Third Year – Let the Matchmaking Begin

ANN ARBOR - Hacker Fellows is kicking off its third year of supporting the Michigan tech ecosystem by providing vetted junior development talent to the state’s most promising startups! Hacker Fellows, managed by Invest Detroit Ventures, is a tech talent retention program incentivizing recent computer science graduates from top-tier universities to work for Michigan tech companies.

By |2017-03-14T19:55:17-04:00March 14th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Carrot Wellness, Tech248 Member, Gamifies Health App For 60,000 Customers

ROYAL OAK - Irene Spanos, co-founder of Tech248 in Oakland County, interviews Michael Andaran, the founder of Carrot Wellness, a member of Tech248. Carrot licenses its walk-to-play  app to the healthcare industry. Carrot has gamified its app and Henry Ford Health System as one of its first major clients.  He has six full time staff

By |2017-03-12T19:43:25-04:00March 12th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

DTX Launch Detroit 10-Week Summer Accelerator Application Deadline April 21

DETROIT - DTX Launch Detroit is an intensive 10-week summer accelerator for college students and recent graduates aspiring to launch a technology startup. Participants will receive a stipend of $2,500 per individual (up to $7,500 per venture team) to test out their entrepreneurial dreams. The deadline to apply is April 21. The program covers Designing,

By |2017-03-09T13:21:39-05:00March 9th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|