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Mason County Offers Start-Ups $50,000 In Funding – If It Is Based In Mason County

LUDINGTON - Mason County is offering entrepreneurs with viable business ideas or those who run a start-up with less than $100,000 in annual sales to compete for $50,000 in prize money that is on the table until July 31. The fine print is if your company or idea wins, you must either start the business

By |2016-07-20T14:49:26-04:00July 20th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Design Action Lab, Bamboo Detroit Collaborate On Project Aimed At Solving Policing Violence

DETROIT - A group of community-minded people in Detroit are focusing this summer on how to solve policing problems, certainly a hot topic with violence raging across the country between police and the citizens they have been hired to serve and protect. Design Action Lab, a free program focused on community-driven problem solving, and Bamboo

By |2016-07-14T19:19:44-04:00July 14th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

Record $2 Billion Augmented, Virtual Reality Investments In Last 12 Months

SAN FRANCISCO - Pokeman Go isn’t the only breakout Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality success this year. Early stage Venture Capitalists and corporations invested a record $2 billion into AR/VR startups in the last 12 months, despite the fact the market is still in its earliest stages. As the fourth wave of platform change (after PC, online and mobile)

By |2016-07-14T18:10:46-04:00July 14th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|

Fontinalis Partners Closes $100 Million Fund Aimed At Next-Generation Mobility Products

DETROIT - Venture Capital company Fontinalis Partners - who counts William C. Ford Jr. among its partners - closed its $100 million second fund, Fontinalis Capital Partners II, bringing Fontinalis Partners’ total committed capital to $165 million. The money will be used to invest in the best and brightest companies in next-generation mobility - described

By |2016-07-13T19:22:03-04:00July 13th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

Tech248 July 26 Meetup Focus On Nontraditional Talent Options For IT Companies

AUBURN HILLS - Oakland County’s Tech248 on July 26 will be hosting a program that brings some “nontraditional” talent options for IT companies in Michigan - some are “out of the box” thinking and others are very “bleeding edge” thinking. Speakers include Jennifer Llewellyn, manager, Workforce Development, and Greg Doyle, One Stop Shop Business Center

By |2016-07-12T18:58:11-04:00July 12th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts|

MEDC Awards $120,000 To Fund 5 Michigan Tech Prototype Programs

LANSING - The Michigan Economic Development Corporation approved five projects through Michigan Tech’s Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization program, which supports the acceleration of commercially viable applied advanced material technologies developed by university researchers. An 11-member oversight committee consisting of venture capitalists, materials experts from various fields and successful entrepreneurs reviewed each project and approved

By |2016-07-12T18:45:50-04:00July 12th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|

West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum July Membership Meeting: HR And Sustainability

GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum meeting July 11 will feature Kenyatta Brame, Executive Vice President of Cascade Engineering, who will discuss worker opportunity and equity to an organization’s sustainability strategy, its long-term profitability, and community prosperity. West Michigan Works! and GRCC Workforce Training will also present on available resources and financial incentives

By |2016-07-07T19:12:49-04:00July 7th, 2016|Clean Update, Entrepreneurs|

Motor City Connect July 12 – West Side – On The Border

NOVI - This it the perfect combination of enjoying a good meal, meeting cool people and learning things that will help you grow your business. Motor City Connect Live meetings were never designed as something you HAD to do. They are something you WANT to do. On Tuesday July 12, you'll enjoy the vibe from

By |2016-07-07T16:59:06-04:00July 7th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, News|

Report: Michigan’s Economy At Crossroads – More Investment Needed In Innovation, Entrepreneurship

LANSING - Michigan’s investments in the 21st Century Jobs Trust Fund’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program have helped diversify the state’s economy and created jobs during the last decade, according to a study commissioned by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. But, the report warns, the state’s economy “is at a crossroads,” and investments in innovation and

By |2016-07-05T20:18:22-04:00July 5th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, Politics|