LTU Wins $100K Extension To Help Fuel Collaboratory

ROYAL OAK – Lawrence Technological University has been approved for a one-year, $100,000 extension to fund the LTU Collaboratory Gatekeeper Business Incubator. Mark Brucki, LTU Executive Director of Corporate and Community Partnerships joins M2 TechCast to provide all the details. He is joined by Cathy Koch, CEO of K-Tec Systems, an LTU Collaboratory Client.

The grant runs from April 1 through March 31, 2019, and was part of $1.7 million in state grants to support entrepreneurial resources.

The MEDC Grant is matched by the City of Southfield SmartZone funds independent of the City’s operational funds. The money is used for programming, events, and other uses to support economic development in Southfield and Southeast Michigan.

LTU Collaboratory:

www.ltucollaboratory.com

Helping small manufacturers and hardware entrepreneurs scale-up for success

Scale-Up for Success

https://www.ltucollaboratory.com/scale-up-for-success/

Events:

http://www.ltucollaboratory.com/events/

To listen to this podcast, click on https://soundcloud.com/internet-advisor-755109612/m2techcast-episode-115-ltus-mark-brucki-announces-medc-100000-gatekeeper-award

About the Author: Matt Roush

Matt Roush is Managing Editor of the University News Bureau and Director of Media Relations at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, and co-host of MITech TV with MITechNews founder and publisher Mike Brennan. Before joining LTU, Roush spent more than 30 years as a reporter and editor covering high tech, business, and local government for media outlets including WWJ Newsradio 950, Crain’s Detroit Business, the Kalamazoo Gazette, and the Traverse City Record-Eagle.