DETROIT – If you want to attend Benzinga’s Cannabis Capital Conference on Aug. 15, MITechNews.Com and MIMarijuanaReport.Com have snagged a 30 percent discount on the ticket price. To gain discounted access to this event, use the coupon code MIKE30. But you need to hurry because General Admission Tickets are expected to sell out by close of
ROYAL OAK - M2 Techcast Monday Aug. 5 features four cannabis businesses. Stevan Bratic, Managing Director of Bratic Enterprises, highlights his grow lights. Amy Brown, Co-Founder of ABKO Labs, explains how her company tests Marijuana for safety and potency. Jamie Cooper CEO of Cannabiz Connection, explains how here company provides marketing and business consulting to
DETROIT—Bloomscape, a direct-to-consumer plant company based in downtown Detroit, announced $7.5 million in Series A funding. Washington, D.C.-based Revolution Ventures led the round with participation from New York City-based Endeavor Global Inc., along with existing investors, and consumer brand founders including Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger, Away co-founder Jen Rubio, Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz, Harry’s co-founder
TRAVERSE CITY—Atlas Space Operations Inc., a provider of communications for the space industry, announced it has brought online nine new ground stations in its network. This brings the total to 13 ground stations, with an additional 17 sites planned by 2020. These new stations have all become fully operational in the span of the last
GRAND RAPIDS - Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber has acquired Northwest Consultants Inc., bringing together two privately-held consulting firms rooted in infrastructure engineering services in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana to better serve the Midwest. “This acquisition is a fantastic opportunity for both Fishbeck and NCI, and I am excited to welcome a new group of
LANSING – NFIB, a national small business advocacy organization, named Emily Carlson Senior Media Manager for 11 states in the Midwest, including Michigan. “We are very excited to have a strategic communicator like Emily join the NFIB team,” said NFIB State Director in Michigan, Charlie Owens. “With her experience as a reporter in the Midwest,
DETROIT - Benzinga, a financial media outlet based in downtown Detroit, is hosting on Aug. 15 its Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference at the Book Cadillac Weston. Benzinga provides financial news about cannabis and other emerging markets for investors. The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference is a networking and educational event connecting cannabis entrepreneurs and investors to
DETROIT — LIFT – Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow, a national manufacturing innovation institute operated by the American Lightweight Materials Innovation Institute (ALMMII), today announced that is has hired Kevin Kerrigan to lead the institute’s business development efforts. Kerrigan joins LIFT as Vice President of Business Development, after more than five years at the Michigan Economic
DETROIT— A majority of Michigan business leaders expect to continue or boost their investment within the state, despite a growing number anticipating slower state and national economic expansion coming into 2020. “While Michigan’s senior executives remain positive about their companies’ abilities to continue growing jobs and investing capital in the state, a growing number are
LANSING - Besides dodging potholes and orange barrels, Michigan drivers this summer may also find themselves encountering several raccoons staring down at them from billboards beside the road. But these raccoons aren't hawking any particular wares for purchase. They want you to recycle properly. They serve as mascots of a $2 million state ad campaign
