GRAND RAPIDS - Cindy Schneider credits her Lottos Lunch Wagon as her first step to launching the venerable San Chez restaurant downtown, so she has a soft spot in her heart for any entrepreneur who uses a food truck as a way to build a business in Grand Rapids. By the same token, Cindy says,
GRAND RAPIDS - Do you have an exciting Mobile App or Connected Tech product that you want to demonstrate to a live audience? Now is your chance. MTAM’s Mobile Monday Grand Rapids chapter is collaborating with Start Garden to provide an opportunity for Michigan companies working with mobile and wireless tech to showcase their work.
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan technology networking group, aimWest, is hosting a free social mixer on April 20 where professionals can grab some food, tip back a few drinks and hang out in great spring weather at SpeakEZ Lounge in downtown Grand Rapids. REGISTER TODAY so we can have enough of that yummy, free food
HOLLAND - Grand Angels, one of nearly a dozen angel investing groups in Michigan, announced it invested more than $3.5 million in 12 companies during 2015, the private equity finance group’s most active year since it was founded in 2004. Grand Angels has deployed $19.6 million in the past 11 years. The group expects it
GRAND RAPIDS - The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting on Feb. 5 the Transportation & Mobility Summit that will features experts in driverless technology, logistics, transportation flexibility, and future challenges influencing transportation. The Summit's two keynote speakers include:. Lauren Isaac of Parsons Brinckerhoff share her research and insights on driverless technology and
FERNDALE - Mark Becker, is a partner at technology consultant C/D/H. In this M2 TechCast podcast, Becker discussed his company's technology successes over the past 25 years, as well as C/D/H's recent move from an office in Royal Oak to downtown Detroit, in the heart of the tech hub near the Fox Theater district. By the
LANSING - A Michigan Senate committee meeting has been scheduled for this week for a three-bill package that would give exemptions to sales, use and property taxes for a major data center based out of Nevada looking to expand in the Grand Rapids area. The Senate Michigan Competitiveness Committee is scheduled to meet at 8
GRAND RAPIDS - A Las Vegas company confirmed Monday that it could build a $5 billion data center in a Grand Rapids suburb - if state legislators approve hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks. Switch would create a new SUPERNAP data center campus in Caledonia, south of Grand Rapids, in and around a pyramid-shaped
GRAND RAPIDS - Art is how we tell stories. Art is how we express our thoughts, emotions, and dreams. Art changes how we perceive the world. However, Technology is changing every industry, including Art. Come join aimWest Nov. 19 for a fascinating panel discussion about how technology is changing the past, present, and future of Art. This "Future of Art Technology" event
ANN ARBOR – Fifty University of Michigan students, ranging from freshmen to Ph.D candidates, will travel to Grand Rapids on Oct. 16 to meet with regional technology leaders that planners hope will help keep scarce tech talent in Michigan. The students were recruited from the U-M Center for Entrepreneurship. More than half have previously owned
