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Inforum’s Shea Pitches Upcoming InGAGE Master Class For Women Entrepreneurs

ROYAL OAK - Tember Shea, director of the Inforum inGAGE, talks about how these training sessions can help women entrepreneurs rapidly grow their businesses. inGAGE provides confidential peer-to-peer founders forum where emerging second-stage entrepreneurs assess their companies’ operations, management, finances, and personnel to examine strengths and challenges. Through this process, participants can identify and formulate

By |2017-02-01T14:43:34-05:00February 1st, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Kalamazoo Candle Company Wins Makers’ Mart Competition – Pockets $5000 In Prizes

KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Candle Company earned the coveted Makers’ Mart title Thursday at Catalyst University, a daylong leadership event annually hosted by Southwest Michigan First. Kalamazoo Candle Company was selected by the 2,500 event attendees from a pool of four finalists—all regional product makers based in Southwest Michigan. The company wins $5,000 in cash and

By |2017-01-27T11:11:58-05:00January 27th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Maker MI|
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Desai Accelerator Names Next Round Of Startups, Names New Managing Director

ANN ARBOR - This week the Desai Accelerator announced its next round of startups and its new managing director, U-M alumna Angela Kujava, formerly the director of innovation for the global application development firm Logic Solutions. Angel has more than a decade of experience working with entrepreneurs, will build on the Desai program. The next five

By |2017-01-27T07:12:58-05:00January 27th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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Open Systems Technologies Forms Strategic Partnership With Sweden’s Configura

GRAND RAPIDS – A recent meeting with longtime Open Systems Technologies client Herman Miller provided the inspiration that led to a strategic partnership between OST and leaders of the Grand Rapids office of Sweden-based Configura, maker of space-planning software. The collaboration agreement calls for OST to serve as a formal Implementation Partner for Configura’s CET

By |2017-01-27T11:18:31-05:00January 25th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, News|
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Ford’s ‘Go Detroit Challenge’ Competition To Build Apps To Help Detroit

GRAND RAPIDS - To help Detroit residents get access to the transit options they need to travel safely and efficiently to school, work, healthcare and play, Ford is calling on developers to create new apps that help commuters get around efficiently and safely to all the places they need to go. The "Go Detroit Challenge",

By |2017-01-25T15:00:21-05:00January 25th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Entrepreneurs, Michigan Mobile Musings, Podcasts|
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Creative Entrepreneurs Offered Short Business Course To Help Commercialize Products

DETROIT - Creative Entrepreneurs now have a chance to take a short business course that will tech them how to get their products noticed, marketed and commercialized. Andrea Rosenfeld, founder and CEO of Detroit Art & Business Institute, will conduct the eight-week business course. Classes will run 6 to 8 p.m. on consecutive Tuesdays beginning February 21 at

By |2017-01-18T21:10:58-05:00January 18th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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MI Bright Future Helps Connect High School Grads With Internships, Training

DETROIT - Online job postings in Michigan between January 2013 and May 2014 showed a need for nearly 47,000 engineering and design workers with bachelor degrees, but only 5,000 degrees were awarded in the state in these areas of study. Similar trends are present in the other industries tracked; postings in IT for candidates with

By |2017-01-13T16:25:52-05:00January 13th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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Nationally $12.7 Billion Invested In Venture-Backed Companies In 4Q; Michigan Ranks 31st

SEATTLE – 2,470 investors deployed $12.7 billion in capital to 1,736 venture-backed companies during the fourth quarter, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Michigan ranked 31st among the states with 14 deals worth $33.21 million. The report also found that throughout 2016 more than $69.1 billion was invested across 7,751 companies, representing the second highest

By |2017-01-13T08:50:41-05:00January 13th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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SCORE Launches Small Business Championship With Sam’s Club

WASHINGTON, D.C - On Thursday, SCORE launched the fourth annual American Small Business Championship that will award two small businesses from every state and the District of Columbia with a $1,000 Sam’s Club gift card, an all-expense paid trip to a training and networking event in Dallas, and mentoring from small business experts at SCORE.

By |2017-01-12T19:30:18-05:00January 12th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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Ann Arbor Spark, Deepgram Launch Meetups in Ypsilanti

ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK and Deepgram’s first employee, Adam Sypniewski, are working together to bring a new series of meetups to Ypsilanti focused on making connections between high tech professionals in eastern Washtenaw County. The first three events are scheduled for Spark East on January 24, February 21, and March 28, 2017, at 6 p.m.

By |2017-01-12T15:26:46-05:00January 12th, 2017|Entrepreneurs|
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