Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
TROY - Are you tired of attending entrepreneurial conferences that promise much useable business advice but only deliver so much rhetoric? Elevate Now on Sept. 14 at Automation Alley will deliver just tips, tricks, and actions seven business professionals use everyday for success. In short, co-organizer Terry Bean promises no selling from stage. No come
KALAMAZOO - Southwest Michigan First is now accepting applications for its third annual Makers’ Mart competition where the winners get $2,500 in cash plus $2,500 in legal, marketing and accounting services. Catalyst University is scheduled for January 26, 2017, at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo. Makers’ Mart competition finalists will have the opportunity to present their products
DETROIT - More than $200,000 worth of business commercialization acceleration services and cash will be awarded to four overall winners in the 9th annual Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge. Several past winners have secured customer/partner contracts and millions of dollars in growth funding. We’re calling for global innovators that can impact mobility or personal
ANN ARBOR - Take that Silicon Valley. The University of Michigan announced this week that three West Coast driverless vehicle start-ups will join TechLab at the 34-acre Mcity complex in north Ann Arbor where dozens of companies are developing technology they hope will lead to fully autonomous vehicles. The new recruits are Zendrive, PolySync and
DETROIT – Tickets are now on sale for the TEDxDetroit conference on Oct. 6, a day-long conference set to gather Detroit’s budding and booming entrepreneurs, educators, entertainers, scientists, technologists, artists and more. Last year more than 3,000 people attended. “TEDxDetroit is all about inspiration! Thousands of people from all walks of life will gather to
TROY - Tom Kelly, the new executive director of Automation Alley, is developing a new strategy to make the technology business association an expert on what he calls Industry 4.0 - the fourth industrial revolution fueled by dramatic changes in the digital world transforming manufacturing - still Michigan’s biggest business sector. “My job is to
DETROIT - The 7th Annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition takes place on November 3rd at Cobo Convention Center in Downtown Detroit. The $1 million competition - with $500,000 for first place - showcases the best and brightest startups in Michigan while highlighting the state as a powerhouse for business opportunity and next generation. The deadline
ROYAL OAK - Every business needs to protect its technology, and some use patents to do so. Problem is a group of businesses commonly called patent trolls are literally using patent law to extort money from businesses by threatening to tie them up in court over alleged patent infringement. On the episode of M2 TechCast,
DETROIT - The Michigan Inventors Coalition is bringing back their 4th Annual Expo and Conference on Wednesday, September 7th. Each year the conference attracts inventors of all types, including makers and tech entrepreneurs, to learn how to refine and protect their inventions. There’s also a fun expo so you can show off your innovative products. Space
ANN ARBOR - We often envy the remote or freelance worker who saves time commuting and dressing up, but rarely do we consider how many might feel isolated and socially adrift. New research on co-working indicates that the need for such spaces grows as they make a sense of community and building relationships an integral
