LANSING - To help spur innovation throughout the mid Michigan, the Prima Civitas Foundation, along with the Mid-Michigan Innovation Team, is offering a $5,000 grant to regional organizations to develop and sponsor Entrepreneur and Inventor Days programs. The application deadline is Jan. 18, 2008. ?This grant opportunity offers area higher-education institutions and organizations a chance
ANN ARBOR ��� The 2008 version of the Annual Collaboration For Entrepreneurship has just released the highlights of its Jan. 17 program at Washtenaw Community College. The lead sponsor again next year is Butzel Long. Other partners include the New Enterprise Forum, MIT Enterprise Forum of the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Great
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Women's Marketplace is Michigan's online resource for women business owners and those supporting woman-owned businesses. By providing a comprehensive Women's Business Directory, statewide Events Calendar, a list of business resources, and an online Training Center, the Michigan Women's Marketplace believes that women business owners, women business organizations, and corporations will
LANSING ? Eligible Michigan municipalities or school districts could create their own educational promise zones under legislation that cleared the House on a 71-34 vote Thursday before the chamber adjourned for the year. Eligible areas would be considered those where the percentage of families with children under 18 years of age that are living at
REDMOND, Wa. - Interpersonal skills are more important in the workplace than IT skills, according to the results of a survey commissioned by Microsoft. In the survey of approximately 500 board-level executives, 61 percent said interpersonal and teamworking skills were more important than IT skills, CNET News.Com reported. However, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said that
GRAND RAPIDS - The Center for Molecular Medicine announced it is one of the first laboratories in the nation to offer a new test to help guide the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The CMM is offering the CellSearch System from Veridex to physicians as a vital new tool in managing patients with metastatic CRC.
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center has hired Jennifer Deamud as its new marketing manager to replace Jill Wallace who left the SBA-backed training group last summer. Deamud, the former marketing manager for Praxis Packaging in Grand Rapids, starts her new job on Jan. 3, 2008. Her first goal is
LANSING - The first votes on proposed changes to Michigan's electric market could now come as early as next week. While the proposals have pitted the utilities and alternative electric suppliers against each other, both are seeking the same thing out of the final product: stability in the market. House Energy and Technology Committee Chair
ANN ARBOR - Holiday shoppers report higher satisfaction with the web shopping experience this week compared to both last week and last year. Online shopper satisfaction rose 1.7 percent to a score of 77.6 on a 100-point scale for the week of Dec. 3-9, a 3.3 percent higher rating than the same week in 2006.
AUBURN HILLS - Farmington Hills resident Doug Rossman has joined Osiris Innovations Group as vice president of procurement services. Rossman is responsible for the development and execution of procurement strategies for the Osiris customer base. ?Doug?s extensive knowledge of the purchasing and automotive supplier industry will bring tremendous value to our customers by providing them