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Do Your Homework: Learn The Process Of Thorough Due Diligence That Leads To Better Investment Deals

MIDLAND - Due diligence and term sheets aren't just common practice – it’s common sense, and crucial to ensuring that your investments in early-stage companies are informed and worthwhile. MidMichigan Innovation Center and BlueWater Angels are partnering to offer a due diligence workshop Aug. 16. Finding profitable investment opportunities can be a challenge, but community-based private equity might be an area

By |2016-08-11T17:42:07-04:00August 11th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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TiE Young Entrepreneurs Detroit Start-Up Validrugs Wins $1,000 In TYE Global Competition

SOUTHFIELD - Validrugs team representing TiE Young Entrepreneurs Detroit won the "Best Customer Validation" award at the 2016 TYE Global Competition in Portland, Oregon, pocketing $1,000 for their plan to provide paper that will allow anyone to check if their pharmaceuticals are fake. The team was composed of Chaitu Dandu, Safal Bora, Rithik Aggarwal, Priyal

By |2016-08-09T15:32:48-04:00August 9th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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$1 Million Accelerate Michigan Competition Now Taking Applications

DETROIT - One of the largest business plan competitions in the nation sets the stage for up to $1 million in prizes on November 3 at Cobo Convention Center. The Accelerate Michigan Planning Committee is taking applications for one of the largest business plan competitions in the nation. Companies can apply for the opportunity to pitch

By |2016-08-08T23:00:38-04:00August 8th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured|
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SBAM Update: Outdoor Advertising Is Hipper Than You Might Think

LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Candice Simons, owner of Brooklyn Outdoor, about modern uses of outdoor advertising by small businesses. To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/sbamaudio/outdoor-advertising-is-hipper-than-you-might-think-sbam-shorts-for-072716

By |2016-08-05T11:23:24-04:00August 5th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Small Business Association of Michigan|
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UM Student Fund Invests In Ann Arbor Digital Content Company

ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund has invested in ContentOro, a digital content firm based in Ann Arbor. The $50,000 investment from the Zell Lurie Fund, part of a larger bridge round, will help ContentOro grow its content offerings and  customer base. In June 2015, the company closed a $450,000

By |2016-08-04T14:03:41-04:00August 4th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, ESD, New Products / Contracts|
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Grand Rapids To Consider Mobile Food Business Ordinance To Set Rules For Food Trucks

GRAND RAPIDS - Cindy Schneider credits her Lottos Lunch Wagon as her first step to launching the venerable San Chez restaurant downtown, so she has a soft spot in her heart for any entrepreneur who uses a food truck as a way to build a business in Grand Rapids. By the same token, Cindy says,

By |2016-08-04T13:57:40-04:00August 4th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Politics|
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Northville Hosting 2016 Buy Michigan Now Festival This Weekend

NORTHVILLE - Come celebrate the Buy Michigan Now festival from Aug. 5 - 7 Friday, a weekend celebration of the state’s annual Buy Michigan Week. This family-friendly event includes tasty treats, street vendors, live music, and children’s activities, all highlighting Michigan-based businesses and Michigan-made products. Together we are revitalizing the economy, one product, one purchase,

By |2016-08-04T12:29:35-04:00August 4th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|
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Managing Customer Expectations In The Sales Process

LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Joe Marr about managing customer expectations in the sales process. Joe Marr of Sandler Training in Ann Arbor has more than 20 years of experience organizing, training, coaching and managing sales professionals and managers worldwide. In executive and training

By |2016-08-03T16:01:17-04:00August 3rd, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Small Business Association of Michigan|
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Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium Heads To Flint

FLINT - The Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative, founded by entrepreneur David Tarver, is back this year and heading in October to Flint, Michigan. Flint is David Tarver’s hometown. He grew up in the city, studied engineering at the University of Michigan, and then went on to have a very successful entrepreneurial career himself. But Flint is more than his

By |2016-08-02T10:47:39-04:00August 2nd, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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Don’t Know How To Code? Come To Protohack Detroit

DETROIT - If you spend any time reading tech blogs and news sites, you’ve probably heard this a thousand times: You have to know how to code to be successful in tech. You read these stories and they’re all like, “So-and-so built [INSERT MASSIVE TECH COMPANY HERE] in their garage” or “So-and-so coded [CRAZY BIG SOCIAL

By |2016-08-02T21:37:48-04:00August 2nd, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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