ANN ARBOR - SurplusTrack.com, which helps businesses buy and sell surplus industrial inventory and equipment, has rolled out version 3.0 of its exchange portal. The improvements to the Web site include a redesigned user interface, more robust search capabilities powered by Google, and PayPal online payment technology. ?The economic climate has driven today?s industrial buyers
GRAND HAVEN ? eTool Developers has hired a new president, John Zinn who most recently served as director of marketing for Stillen. Zinn has more than 15 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket industry including retail, manufacturing, distribution, and publishing experience as well as web site, forum, and e-commerce development, implementation and management. ?eTool
LIVONIA - As part of MTV Networks' niche programming strategy to super-serve targeted audiences, the award-winning NOGGIN and The N, two of Nickelodeon's and MTVN Kids and Family Group brands that currently share a single channel, will be separated into two 24-hour services on Bright House Networks beginning New Year's Eve. On December 31, the
DETROIT - A net 8 percent of chief information officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology professionals in the first quarter of 2008, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report. Thirteen percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during the quarter and 5 percent
GRAND RAPIDS ? Dec. 5 is your last day to register for the Dec. 10 seminar by Ron Alvesteffer from Service Express who will discuss using the Balanced Scorecard method to achieve 20 percent annual revenue growth and 98 percent customer retention. Alvesteffer will tell you about his journey, show his dashboard, and share his
ANN ARBOR ? If you'd like to hear more than a dozen entrepreneur's pitches and mingle with potential investors, the Dec. 5 Mingle & Match at Ann Arbor SPARK may be the event for you. The program starts at 5 pm and runs until 7 pm. It is sponsored by the Zell Lurie Institute and
TROY - The Automation Alley Technology Business Committee is once again hosting its popular Business to Business series on Dec. 12 ? the episode is called Connecting with Potential Customers. This session will focus on selling to big companies and will discuss: - List Building - Developing referral sources - Networking/relationship building - Strategic account
DETROIT ? ConnecTech Detroit, the former GLIMA Southeast, is hosting its official launch party Dec. 12 at the MGM Grand Casino's Ignite Nightclub. Registration deadline is Dec. 7. ? Enjoy an evening at Ignite, Detroit's newest and most prestigious luxury lounge Complimentary valet parking ? Hors Douvres served from 5:30 to 7:00pm ? Join the
HOWELL - Skip Simms, a senior executive with Ann Arbor SPARK, and the director of the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, said it's a great time to be an entrepreneur in Michigan. Over the past half dozen years, more than a dozen Venture Capital companies have sprung up in the state, along with a half dozen
HOWELL - Marine Gen. Bradley Lott, the newly appointed Director of the Michigan Defense Contract Coordination Center, administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corp., thinks Michigan can again become the Arsenal of Democracy - like it was during World War II - by harnessing the expertise developed in the state?s dominant auto industry to build