GRAND RAPIDS ? Five West Michigan business incubators will tell their stories on November 8 at a Grand Rapids Inventors Network special event at the Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences. The discussion will look at how each: Supports start-up businesses What they provide What it takes to be one of their tenants How their existing
ANN ARBOR - You might not think finger-pointing could make a sound of its own, but it does. High, thin and very penetrating. And it could be heard all over Lansing after last week?s vote in the Senate Economic Development Committee sunk ? at least temporarily ? the much-debated project to build another bridge connecting
ANN ARBOR - Online Tech announced its cloud computing offering, called DR Now, which replicates the entire hosted cloud including servers, software, network and security to an offsite disaster recovery cloud without any programming or special configuration. DR Now! delivers recovery times under four hours for less than half the cost of the production cloud
LANSING - Only 10 percent of Business Leaders for Michigan members believe the U.S. economy will improve in the next six months, according to a new quarterly survey from the group. It was only 10 months ago that 50 percent of those taking the survey thought the U.S. economy was on an upswing. While Michigan's
DEARBORN ? The MIT Enterprise Forum Savvy Entrepreneur Series on Nov. 8 will focus on building awesome teams that match your current stage of business development and your funding status. The series is co hosted by the Great Lakes Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF), UM Dearborn, and Great Lakes Entrepreneur Quest. The series
GRAND RAPIDS - Douglas Kelly, partner at Evolve Solutions, has been elected as the new president of aimWest. Kelly previously served as vice president and secretary of the organization. He succeeds Daniel Estrada, who served as president from 2008-2011. Kelly joined the board of aimWest in September 2010. Kelly has been a partner at Evolve
DETROIT - Randal Charlton is stepping down as the Wayne State University Executive Director to led an organization that enables adults over 50 to engage in Southeast Michigan's new economy by creating pathways to pursue career changes, entrepreneurship and meaningful volunteer service. Replacing Charlton on Nov. 1 will be TechTown General Manager Leslie Smith Smith
ANN ARBOR - The Whole Brain Group has hired two new members for its Integrated Digital Marketing team. The new hires will allow Whole Brain Group to expand the types of services offered to clients to include advanced social media marketing, blogging, and online ad campaign analysis and management. Megan Cough joins the Whole Brain
ANN ARBOR - Arbor Networks recently announced that it plans to add 20 jobs at its location in Ann Arbor. As part of its expansion, the IT technology security company was awarded a tax abatement to support property improvements and new equipment at its Ann Arbor facility. ?Attracting and retaining Arbor Networks in the Ann
LANSING ? If you have an innovative idea for a new use or market for corn, your time to submit a research proposal for consideration by the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan is fast approaching. There is no time to delay as our state?s corn farmers are looking for ideas that focus on the development