ANN ARBOR ? Participants in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest contest won?t have to write such an in-depth business plan during the spring cycle. GLEQ?s emerging company track will only require a five-15 page business plan, rather than 20. GLEQ Executive Director Art DeMonte said shorter business plans mean more business plans can be read
GRAND RAPIDS ? StartupCentral will review the findings of a study done by the University of Michigan that shows entrepreneurs and investors are not on the same page when it comes to what they want from each other, and until they better understand each others? needs, fewer deals will be funded in Michigan. In the
ANN ARBOR ? Network Downtown?s March meeting will return to Babs Underground Lounge on March 10, where some 80 people gathered in February to network and enjoy the culture of Ann Arbor. The entrance to this out of the way club ? very out of the way ? can be found between the Firefly Club
DETROIT ? It?s not often that a Michigan life sciences company gets mentioned as one of the best in the world. But such kudos increasingly are going to Asterand, a human tissue and blood bank for commercial and academic research. The company was co-founded five years ago by Randal Charlton, the current chairman of MichBio,
TAYLOR ? Former Michigan Gov. John Engler?s chief of staff, Sharon Rothwell, has been named vice president of corporate affairs for Masco Corp. Rothwell is the wife of Doug Rothwell, the former President of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Doug Rothwell is now Executive Director of Worldwide Real Estate General Motors Corporation. In her new
LANSING - The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is opposing all but one of Governor Jennifer Granholm's nine proposed tax exemption eliminations, saying the measures would harm the affected businesses' ability to compete. Granholm has recommended the $112 million in eliminations of exemptions to certain taxes as part of her strategy to close a $773 million
ANN ARBOR - Online Technologies Corporation reported Monday it increased its annual revenue by 72 percent in 2004 ? a record year ? fueled by 30 new customers and150 new contracts. "By bundling value added networking services with our new additional data center we've been able to uniquely offer a number of complete Internet services.
DETROIT ? The deadline to nominate any company for the Telematics Award, to be given in May during TelematicsDetroit, is March 4, as is the deadline for anyone interested in the early bird registration special. Nominations are open in 10 categories. They include: Telematics Leadership Award Horizon Award Best Telematics Terminal/Embedded Product Best Portable/Handheld Telematics
ANN ARBOR ? The MichBio Annual Meeting Tuesday night will bring together 150 top professionals in the state to hear Michigan Economic Development Corp. President Don Jakeway give his vision for the future of life sciences in Michigan. Jakeway is the keynote speaker at the MichBio annual meeting this year held at the EagleCrest Conference
ANN ARBOR ? Steve Glauberman started Enlighten 21 years ago when he landed a huge contract to develop an interactive CD-ROM. Until last week, Glauberman served as president and CEO. Now he?s given the president?s title to Joe Morrow, an MBA with a law degree, who also will handle some of the operational duties. Morrow