Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
HOLLAND - A popular pitch competition pioneered by Rick DeVos, the founder of Grand Rapids Start Garden, has now been adopted by Holland and could help one entrepreneur each month fund his or her business idea. Anyone with a business idea who could use $5,000 to advance it is encouraged to enter the competition online
ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan graduate Dick Beedon is a true entrepreneur. He has started four technology companies, including one that went public. But in May of 2014, Beedon was diagnosed with Staph and the infection was attacking his heart. He was told he was probably going to die. The outlook was grim. After
GRAND RAPIDS - For the first time in 12 years, the U.S. Department of Labor has announced an update to the overtime rule that will greatly impact America's middle class. The ruling, officially announced by President Barack Obama and Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez on May 18, increases the salary threshold for paid overtime from
DETROIT - Sometimes as entrepreneurs and creatives we are so busy working we don’t take time out to celebrate our growth and success. We hope these entrepreneurs celebrated their success at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards earlier this week. EY hosted their 30th award’s anniversary, selecting twelve entrepreneurs form the Michigan and
DETROIT - Challenge Detroit, celebrating its fifth year, announced its 2016-2017 class of 42 Fellows, each of whom will get opportunity to live, work and play in metropolitan Detroit. Fellows will work with their new host companies four days a week. Some of those companies are Slow Roll, EcoWorks, General Motors, Marketing Associates and Rossetti.
ROYAL OAK - Justine Sheu from ProUp.Com talks about how her website helps students get connected to career paths in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math who might not get the introduction otherwise. Sheu developed her program through the Detroit Public School District, where she works with high school students to match them with STEM internships,
ROYAL OAK - Amanda Lewan, one of the three Diva Tech Talk podcasters, joins M2 Techcast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her coverage of the Mackinac Policy Conference (she is editor of Michipreneur.Com) and some exciting news about her co-working space, Bamboo Detroit. It will be expanding soon. The Mackinac Policy
BATTLE CREEK - Kellogg Co. announced it has launched a $100 million Venture Capital fund - Eighteen94 Capital - to make minority investments in new ingredient, food, packaging and other technologies and “pursue next-generation innovation.” In a statement, Kellogg said Eighteen94 Capital plans to target early stage companies with a proven track record and established
ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley COO Tom Kelly, fresh from the Hanover, Germany, trade fair, talks about how manufacturing is coming back, but in a smarter way. Skilled trades, factory automation, are creating a new type of manufacturing employee. Kelly also talks about some upcoming trade missions, including a fall trip to Cuba. The delegation
ROYAL OAK - Motor City Connect will hold its next lunch meet-up June 28 at bd’s Mongolian Grill. Stop by and meet Founder Terry Bean who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of MCC, meet a lot of tech movers-and-shakers and eat some tasty stir-fry. bd’s Mongolian Grill is at 430 S. Main St., Royal Oak,
