ANN ARBOR - Want to get connected to an early stage startup in Washtenaw County? The Mingle & Munch mixer on Aug. 21 at SPARK Central may be for you. Come listen to 10 to 15 entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas and then have the opportunity to meet with them in a structured networking process
ANN ARBOR - Customer satisfaction with the PC industry isn't necessarily bad, but it could be much better. Overall, consumers rated their satisfaction with the maker of their PC 3 percent worse than last year, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, the annual quality study conducted by The University of Michigan released Tuesday. Apple
DETROIT - Wayne State University is hosting the big event about little things, a national conference on Emerging Nanoscience Applications in Technology and Biomedicine October 15 to 16 at Wayne State?s McGregor Conference Center. Those who register before September 1 receive a $50 discount off the regular registration price of $250. The event will draw
FERNDALE - Tener Technologies has earned the Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Networking Infrastructure Solutions. As a Gold Certified Partner, Tener Technologies has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers' needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access,
ANN ARBOR ? Yahoo! has taken over the top spot from Google for the first time in the University of Michigan?s American Customer Satisfaction Index report on e-business websites, released Tuesday. The report also showed for the first time customer satisfaction with the e-Business category declined lower than the ASCI national average across all industries.
DETROIT ? With the recent shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech in mind, Wayne State University has launched a broadcast messaging service that lets cell phone users registered for the service to receive text messages in case of a campus wide emergency. The emergency messaging capability will be tested Aug. 24 during a simulated gunman-in-a-building exercise
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Great Lakes Angles, one of the region's leading angel investment groups, will move its office to the business incubator at Oakland University as part of a new alliance with the school. Great Lakes Angels President and Founder David Weaver said a package of benefits offered GLA by OU Accelerator Executive Director David
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Executive Search Partners has been selected by Goldline Research as one of the Most Dependable Executive Search Firms and Staffing Agencies in the Great Lakes region. The company said the kudos came for exceeding the industry standard for professionalism, an excellent record of ethical business dealings and for getting ranked as one
ANN ARBOR ? Ensure Technologies Marketing Coordinator Lisa Beedon has been honored by the local chapter of American Business Women's Association as their Woman of the Year. Beedon, a three year member of the Maia Chapter of ABWA in Ann Arbor, was recognized by chapter members for her significant contributions during the past year, serving
KALAMAZOO ? The Right Place Program, a Grand Rapids economic development group, and Southwest Michigan First, its counterpart in greater Kalamazoo, have partnered on a new study that shows drug development and biotech offer rich opportunities for life sciences businesses based in the two metropolitan areas. Specifically, the report shows biopharma and Medical device makers