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M2 Today: Invest Detroit Ventures, #MCCClub, Detroit: Engine of America

ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast May 13, Tember Shea, Portfolio Manager for Invest Detroit Ventures, interviews Mike Klein, CEO of Genomenon. Terry Bean, founder of Motor City Connect, introduces his new social media project, #MCCClub. DBusiness Editor RJ King will talk about his new book, “Detroit: Engine of America.” M2 Techcast is heard live

By |2019-05-13T10:22:11-04:00May 13th, 2019|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Roads, Schools Key Detroit Chamber Mackinac Conference Topics

DETROIT - Traditional themes will be the story at the Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference later this month with entrepreneurship, education and yes, addressing the state's roads being among the key topics expected to be discussed during a busy agenda that officials released this week. A central theme being pushed this year, Detroit Regional

By |2019-05-13T07:38:59-04:00May 13th, 2019|Politics, Politics/Government|

Senate DHHS Budget Proposes Oversight Board For IT

LANSING - Cost overruns on information technology in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services prompted the Senate to include several provisions in the DHHS budget bill for the 2019-20 fiscal year changing how IT is handled in the department. There is a shortfall in what DHHS has to spend on technology. How much,

By |2019-05-13T07:32:35-04:00May 13th, 2019|Politics, Politics/Government|

ClubMCC Latest Offering From Terry Bean, Motor City Connect

DETROIT – Terry Bean, best known for creating Motor City Connect 13 years ago, has expanded his social media outreach by co-creating #ClubMCC. The official launch will be May 28 in Ferndale during the monthly MCC lunch meet-up. “Over the past couple of months I’ve been lining up a group of people for whom I

By |2019-05-13T07:23:00-04:00May 13th, 2019|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

StartupMichigan.Tech To Share Entrepreneurial Info On Michigan With World

DETROIT - The Michigan entrepreneurial ecosystem has come a long ways in the past couple of decades, but it was still missing a key piece, a platform to showcase startups, connections to funders and tech hubs. On May 20, the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator will takes the wraps off StartupMichigan.Tech, what Chris Rizik CEO and

By |2019-05-12T20:36:22-04:00May 12th, 2019|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Justice Department Indicts Chinese Hackers Allegedly Behind Anthem Breach

WASHINGTON DC - The Justice Department has charged two Chinese hackers accused of stealing millions of records from one of the largest health insurance companies in the US. The US government announced charges against Fujie Wang and another hacker with three different aliases (Deniel Jack, Kim Young and Zhou Zhihong), accusing the two Chinese nationals

By |2019-05-12T19:16:40-04:00May 12th, 2019|Cyber Defense|

Kraig Leases Vietnamese Factory For Spider Silk Used To Protect Soldiers

ANN ARBOR—Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc., the developer of “spider silk” textiles through genetic engineering, announced that its subsidiary Prodigy Textiles has signed a new five-year lease on a 50,000-square-foot factory in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Company officials, in a press release, said the new factory “is expected to play a major role in supporting the

By |2019-05-12T15:49:22-04:00May 12th, 2019|ESD, New Products / Contracts|

Report Details Phosphorus Sources In Detroit River Watershed

ANN ARBOR—Though the Detroit River delivers one-quarter of the phosphorus that flows into Lake Erie, there’s never been a detailed accounting of the nutrient’s urban and agricultural sources across the entire binational watershed. The uncertainty created by this knowledge gap has complicated efforts to develop a regional strategy for reducing phosphorus inputs to Lake Erie,

By |2019-05-12T15:49:22-04:00May 12th, 2019|Clean Update|

Livonia Manufacturer Hits 40,000 Repairs Mark For Wind Turbines

LIVONIA—PSI Repair Services Inc., the Livonia-based service provider to the wind energy industry, announced that it recently surpassed 40,000 repaired wind turbine parts for the wind energy market, following a busy 2018. PSI offers component repair and engineering services for GE, Vestas, Gamesa, Siemens, RePower, Acciona, Suzlon, Nordex, Mitsubishi, and Clipper wind turbines. PSI covers

By |2019-05-12T13:30:32-04:00May 12th, 2019|Clean Update|

Aviation Startup Launches Seed Equity Round

DETROIT—Airspace Experience Technologies, an aviation technology start-up that is developing an electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that can be rented by the public, announced the launch of an equity funding round through the crowdfunding platform SeedInvest. The company, based at Detroit City Airport, seeks to produce and operate fleets of safe, reliable, emission-free aircraft.

By |2019-05-12T13:30:32-04:00May 12th, 2019|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, ESD|