Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
HOUSTON – Forty-two teams hailing from some of the world’s top universities - including two from the University of Michigan - will vie for more than $1 million in prizes at the 16th annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business April 14-16. New this year are three cash prizes of $100,000,
FERNDALE - Ken Kousky, president of Blue Water Angels, talks about the record investing year for the angel network. Kousky said a third of the money raised was outside the Blue Water Network, including California, and New York. Kousky said it is getting harder to raise money because most investors park their extra cash in
FERNDALE - Keith Schonberger, an attorney with the law firm of Young Basile, outlines what it takes to do an effective patent search, the first step for obtaining strong patent rights. If you are an inventor, you want to listen to this 14-minute segment to protect your product from patent infringement or even if you
DETROIT - Last year was the first year that FUEL: Detroit, a leadership conference led by entrepreneur and investor Josh Linkner, was hosted. We heard phenomenal feedback from entrepreneurs who attended. This year Fuel: Detroit is back on April 21st and has announced their featured speakers. Who’s going to be there to inspire you? Designer
SOUTHFIELD — Early spring means that it’s Robofest season – all over the world. Robofest is a festival of competitions and events with autonomous robots that encourages students – from fifth grade to college – to have fun, while learning the principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), along with computer science. Students design,
ANN ARBOR - The India Business Conference on March 25-26 is one of the largest conferences hosted at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. Each year, IBC brings together leaders from business and a variety of other fields, Michigan's world-class faculty, and its diverse student body. IBC serves as a platform to explore
GRAND RAPIDS – Open Systems Technologies has been named by the Association for Corporate Growth of Western Michigan’s as its 2016 Outstanding Growth Award recipient. The $160 million information technology consulting firm joins the ranks of influential past winners including Wolverine World Wide, Herman Miller and Rockford Construction Company. The annual award honors a local
LANSING - Michigan 50 Companies to Watch has named its 2016 recipients for the awards sponsored by the Edward Lowe Foundation and presented by Michigan Celebrates Small Business. Companies nominated for the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch list must be second-stage companies, defined as having six to 99 full-time-equivalent employees and generating $750,000 to $50
GLENVIEW, IL - The majority of small business owners are offering up free lunches, coffee and Wi-Fi to their employees, according to a new survey. About a third of small business owners offer health care and 401k benefits. These have become standard perks, as 74 percent offer occasional free lunches; 65 percent supply free coffee; and
MIDLAND - The BlueWater Angels Investment Network announced that the group invested a record $4.5 million in 2015, supporting record growth of four of Michigan’s promising start-up companies: Advanced Battery Concepts, RetroSense Therapeutics, Gemphire Therapeutics, and foodjunky.com. “Startups are responsible for virtually all new job creation in a healthy economy and are the most vital
