LANSING - Michigan?s outstanding small businesses received recognition on April 28 as the state?s major business organizations and agencies collaborated for what they hope will become an annual awards ceremony. Michigan Celebrates Small Business also named the 50 Companies to Watch in Michigan. More than half the companies named are technology-based businesses. The sold-out inaugural
LANSING ? Michigan Legislative Republicans are considering eliminating the Single Business Tax altogether as they continue to review Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm's plan to overhaul the SBT. Sentiment in the business community had been solid for a year to keep the state's scorned Single Business Tax, but vastly improve it, and Gov. Jennifer Granholm's SBT
LANSING - As the Legislature is deciding how to address the expiring Michigan Telecommunications Act, the Public Service Commission asked it to add regulatory authority over voice over Internet protocol service. In an order Thursday, the PSC said current law and regulations do not provide sufficient consumer protection for the relatively new service, which uses
ANN ARBOR ? Jim Price of CompanyCrafters, rapidly become one of the best known entrepreneurial coaches in Michigan, will kick off the Ann Arbor IT Zone?s Entrepreneur?s Boot Camp on May 4 when he talks about the issue that kills more technology start ups than any other ? the lack of strong marketing and sales.
LANSING - I sincerely appreciated the recent comments by Marylyn Katz Pek, Biotechnology Business Consultants, regarding our assessment of Michigan?s SBIR performance in SBAM?s Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card, writes Mark Clevey, Vice President for Entrepreneurial Development. As the primary contractor for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, BBC?s job is to help Michigan small businesses win
LANSING - As Senate Appropriations Committee Republicans prepare to put together budgets, they are looking at cutting Gov. Jennifer Granholm's 2005-06 general fund budget recommendation by some $350 million. And while the initial plan in developing its budget proposals is to attempt building the budget without use of any of Granholm's revenue increases, sources said
DETROIT - Cadillac will be the first automaker to offer live satellite TV as an accessory option through authorized dealers throughout the United States. Both KVH TracVision A5 and DIRECTV service will be available on the Escalade SUV. Passenger entertainment is now among the most popular automotive accessories on the market today, with more than
ANN ARBOR - As recently reported in Mitechnews.Com, the Small Business Association of Michigan has awarded the state of Michigan a grade of F in entrepreneurial dynamism. The grade was the result of an analysis of 116 distinct factors. Although I can not comment on the other 115, the single comparator cited in the article
KALAMAZOO ? A three-day pass can take its holder back through the fabled history of America?s cartoon legacy and forward to the future of the industry at the 2005 Kalamazoo Animation Festival International. The event is scheduled for May 13-15 in downtown Kalamazoo. This year?s edition has attracted an Oscar winner as an entry in
DETROIT - nanoScience Engineering Corporation announced Tuesday that it has exclusively licensed technology from Wayne State University to manufacture advanced nano-scale filler to enhance the performance of plastics and rubber used in the automotive and food packaging industries. The WSU technology uses supercritical carbon dioxide, an environmentally friendly, reusable solvent, for producing exfoliated and custom-coated