DETROIT - Techonomy is coming to Detroit on September 16th and will focus on how technology and entrepreneurship can impact the economy. While last year?s event brought up many points for founders to consider, we thought about diving deeper into the organization itself. How did Techonomy get started and what advice can they share for
DETROIT - The Detroit-based sales motivation company currently taking the marketing world by storm is continuing its success streak with two exciting new announcements. First, the company has received $2 million from financial advisers, thanks in part to a 300% annual growth rate and the addition of several high-profile clients including Comcast and eBay. CEO
DETROIT - On September 15th, Charles Adler Co-Founder of the popular crowdfunding company Kickstarter will be in Detroit to speak to local entrepreneurs and community members. The event is a part of a ?Starter Talk? series hosted at Campbell Ewald in Downtown Detroit. Kickstarter as a company has an interesting story. The company first launched
CUPERTINO, CA. - In an ambitious blitz of new products, Apple Inc. unveiled a pair of larger-screen iPhones, a sleekly designed smartwatch and a new payment system allowing users to make store purchases with a smartphone. Apple said the new products would go on sale Sept. 19. The new iPhones will have 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. ? For the second year Lawrence Technological University will host two conferences on the use of digital technology in the humanities, Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice, on Sept. 26, and THATCamp on Sept. 27. Digital technology has revolutionized scholarship and research in the humanities, and now mobile devices are changing the
CANTON - Three students from Canton will compete to represent the United States in the World Robot Olympiad after winning the open category at the statewide competition held at Cranbrook Schools on Sept. 4. Christopher Geng, Charles Liu and James Xue of Canton competed as the Robocruisers S team and took first place in this
ANN ARBOR -- Michigan League of Conservation Voters announced Tuesday this year?s honorees for the Second Annual Innovation in Conservation Awards Dinner. Conservation champions and retiring members of Congress, Senator Carl Levin and Congressman John Dingell, will receive Michigan LCV?s Lifetime Achievement Awards, Ford Motor Company will be honored as Business of the Year, and
DETROIT - With 39 percet of drivers in a recent survey indicating that in-car technology is important when deciding which car to purchase, and the ?connected car? services sector expected to see growth nearly 21 times that of traditional mobile voice and data services thru 2018, the use of mobile/wireless technologies in all sectors of
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan Small BIZ PAC has endorsed additional candidates for the Nov. 4 general election. Two are Democrats. The Small BIZ PAC endorses candidates based on incumbent voting records, past or current small business ownership, recommendations from SBAM members, candidate interviews, candidate questionnaires and other factors. ?These candidates have
LANSING - In saying the state is making "tremendous progress" and faces the possibility of "going back to 2009," if he is not re-elected, Governor Rick Snyder said Friday that big businesses did not get that much from the 2011 tax change, more companies are looking to locate in Michigan since the adoption of the