Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
SAN FRANCISCO - Only 7 percent of investing partners at the top 100 Venture and Micro-Venture firms are women, reports a new study, which also contends 12 percent of venture rounds and 10 percent of venture dollars globally between 2010 and 2015 went to startups with at least one woman founder. The report was done
DETROIT - Sandra Cochrane is a full-time Technology Business Consultant for the MI-SBDC. In this position she assists start-up and early-stage high-tech companies. Services she provides to clients include business plan development, accessing capital, strategic planning, and general business consultation. On Saturday’s show she represents a perspective on the tech initiatives that are developing on
DETROIT - Tom Kelly is the COO and director of entrepreneurship for Automation Alley, Michigan’s leading technology business association, connecting companies and organizations with talent, resources and funding to accelerate innovation and fuel Southeast Michigan’s economy. Q1 Highlights: Wrapping up an IT training program that helped to address Southeast Michigan’s IT skills gap by training more than
DETROIT - The deadline for DTX Launch Detroit has been moved back to May 6. Now college students and recent graduates have more time to sign up for the 10-week summer accelerator to help them launch a technology startup. Participants will receive a stipend of $2,500 per individual (up to $7,500 per venture team) to
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has launched the $3 Million Monroe-Brown Seed Fund, a new funding vehicle designed to advance the process of transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market. The fund, approved this week by the U-M Board of Regents, is a collaboration between the U-M College of Engineering's
MIDLAND - After a 15 year career with a global corporation, Kris Marsh found herself on the other side of a layoff, wondering how to define herself outside of the corporate world. During your personal brand experience, Marsh takes you on her proven process of self-discovery, definition, and personal branding April 29 at the MidMichigan
AUBURN HILLS - The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator has added three new companies to its Executives-In-Residence program that allows commercialization clients to get 16 hours of consulting each month for free. The new consultants are Hunch Free, El Shaddai and Barnard will be located on site at Mac-OU INC. "It is an honor to be selected
DETROIT - Tech-savvy students from high schools and universities across metro Detroit and Windsor will convene on the Wayne State University campus in May for a 24-hour hackathon to write web-based software, create mobile apps or design computer programs addressing a need or innovation of their choice. HackWSU, hosted by WSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad student entrepreneurship
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan technology networking group, aimWest, is hosting a free social mixer on April 20 where professionals can grab some food, tip back a few drinks and hang out in great spring weather at SpeakEZ Lounge in downtown Grand Rapids. REGISTER TODAY so we can have enough of that yummy, free food
FARMINGTON HILLS – If you are an accredited investor, and would like to review four possible investments, Great Lakes Angels invites you to its pitch night April 26 at UHY Advisors. The meeting is open to member and non-members alike. Accredited investors earn $250,000 or more each year, or have a net worth (excluding their
