GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan colleges are collaborating in mid-April at the second annual MWest Challenge to give entrepreneurially minded students the chance to grow new ventures based on their own ideas. A purse of $30,000 is on the line. MWest Challenge is hosted by the Richard M. and Helen DeVos Center for Entrepreneurship and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has not done enough to ensure only appropriate access to the various Oracle databases it oversees, auditors said in a report. The performance audit of Statewide Oracle Database Controls by Auditor General Doug Ringler, for the period October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014, found
ANN ARBOR ? The second of what is becoming an annual MakerFest will be held on April 2 at the University of Michigan where students and other interested parties can interact with creative entrepreneurs who have become part of the Makers Movement. The Maker Movement features entrepreneurs with an interest in engineering-oriented pursuits such as
LIVONIA - Join Michael Seals, FishNet Security's Strategic Services Director for Managed Security Services, in this vendor-neutral discussion of the typical lifecycle for Log Management and SIEM solutions in Mid-Market organizations. The April 16 event is hosted by ISSA Motor City Chapter. Follow the signage upon entering the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia.
ANN ARBOR ? Esperion Therapeutics raised another $189.9 million in a stock offering Tuesday afternoon and investors unloaded shares Wednesday to take profits driving the share price down by 15 percent at the closing bell. Considering that Esperion?s year-to-date return is a whopping 154 percent, at a time when the broader biotech industry retreats, it?s
LANSING - The Michigan Early Stage Venture Investment Corporation would not be able to enter into any new agreement, and current venture funds would expire in 2030 rather than 2054 under bills reported by the House Commerce and Trade Committee on Tuesday. HB 4195 , HB 4196 and HB 4365 cleared the committee 17-2, with
LANSING - The Legislature began Tuesday to put its stamp on the 2015-16 fiscal year budget as 15 budget bills for departments and major budget areas cleared Appropriations subcommittees, and it became clear the Republican majorities in the House and Senate are moving in a much different direction than Governor Rick Snyder. The first, most
LANSING - Michigan is partnering with Google to highlight certain attractions such as Mackinac Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, among others, to be seen on Google Street View - something that was not previously accessible. "The Pure Michigan campaign has elevated Michigan as a national travel destination, and we are taking
DETROIT - SAE International, MIT Alliance of Michigan and NextEnergy have developed the Global Automotive Innovation Challenge to create increased flow of great innovations for automotive OEMs and Suppliers. Twenty Semi-Finalists teams, including a dozen from Michigan, with potentially high value innovations for the automotive market have been screened from a larger pool of global
SOUTHFIELD - Michigan?s best event for seeking highly qualified engineering and technical talent is just three weeks away. The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Spring Engineering & Technology Job Fair is scheduled for April 13 at the Suburban Collection Showplace. ESD is offering a Recruitment Booth Package for $395 for ESD members ($495 for nonmembers).