LANSING - The Michigan Department of State has canceled its contract with Hewlett Packard for its Business Application Modernization project, the company confirmed Wednesday. The project yielded a number of improvements, including moving some services to the Internet. But it also has been running since early in the administration of former Secretary of State Terri
LANSING - As the Michigan Senate Energy and Technology Committee wrapped public testimony on part of its energy policy package, renewable power companies and environmental groups urged that the panel retain the state's current net metering program. Under the bill (SB 438), those producing their own power but still connected to the utility would essentially
ANN ARBOR � The MichBio Job Bank has added three new positions all in Ann Arbor. Clinical Research Coordinator IClinSite, LLC - Ann Arbor, MI IClinSite is currently seeking a versatile, energetic and outgoing individual to serve as a clinical research coordinator at our site. The position entails implementing simple to moderately complex clinical trials
MIDLAND - The traditional capital market for startups is broken, but a growing network of angel investors are stepping in to fill the voidof early-stage companies getting funding. Ken Kousky, CEO at MMIC and President of BlueWater Angels, will lead this in-depth workshop on the fundamentals of angel investing and the steps you must take
GRAND RAPIDS - No doubt. Website marketing is a big challenge for most small businesses. However, many people take a far too technical view of the problem which only makes it that much more difficult to solve. As a business owner, or subject matter expert, you may lack the basic understanding of website strategy (or
DETROIT - It's not every day presidents of billion dollar companies share secretes to success, or hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors gather to discuss the future of innovation in Detroit. In theFall we see entrepreneurship and innovation take the stage of a few great conferences and networking events. Make sure to markyour calendars and make
ANN ARBOR - Millie Chu is a Business Consultant for the Greater Washtenaw County region at Washtenaw Community College. Her mission is to ignite the fervor in entrepreneurs and leaders today and cultivate leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. It is for that purpose that she has chosen to devote her life to encouraging those to
EAST LANSING - The Michigan State University College of Engineering will have more than 1,000 women students, from freshmen to seniors, in the college when classes start at MSU - a first at MSU Engineering. The upward trend follows the college's overall enrollment increase in the past several years. "This fall we are welcoming one
ANN ARBOR - Americans spend 10 percent less time making trips for daily activities than they did a decade ago, says a University of Michigan researcher. In another in a series of reports that examines recent motorization trends in the U.S., Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation Research Institute says that the average time spent