LANSING - The full Michigan Senate will consider an amendment to the Telecommunications Act resulting in additional deregulation of the state's telephone industry, though opponents argue it could possibly result in cutting some residents off from 911 emergency service. The Senate Energy and Technology Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to report the Senate substitute for HB
DETROIT - June's First Friday networking event at NextEnergy features successful Detroit entrepreneurs who've plugged into the green movement offering tips on opportunities for entrepreneurs like you. Featured speakers: Carla Walker-Miller, President and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services. Todd Scott, Detroit Greenways Coordinator, Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance. Jim Saber, Vice President, Business Development and Government
DETROIT - Ned Staebler, formerly of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, is joining Wayne State University as vice president for economic development. He begins work June 6. Staebler will coordinate the University's activities related to TechTown, Wayne State's research park and business incubator; commercialization of University-based research discoveries; and participation in Midtown and other area
TROY ? Less than 24 hours after Stage 2 Innovations introduced a $100 million investment fund available to second-stage companies, its web site had received 51 online applications. The privately funded ? by a Michigan investor who is jealously guarding his anonymity ? and co founded by former Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda ? will work
WASHINGTON ? Smart phone users interested in starting or growing a small business can now find helpful resources at their fingertips via a new SBA mobile application from the U.S. Small Business Administration. ?Increasingly, smart phones are the vehicle through which Americans access information. This is certainly true of many entrepreneurs and small business owners
LANSING - Registration is open for Entrepreneur Connect 2011, a first-time event showcasing the energy and direction of entrepreneurship in Michigan. The two-day event is set for June 9-10 at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development in Lansing. It will be presented by Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest (GLEQ), Lansing Economic Area Partnership (Leap,
ANN ARBOR - At its annual meeting, Ann Arbor SPARK elected its officers, board of directors and executive committee for 2011-2012. New members to the Ann Arbor SPARK board of directors are Ric DeVore, regional president, PNC; Marty Kahn, CEO, ProQuest; Mike Miller, head of online sales, Canada, and head of Ann Arbor office, Google;
ANN ARBOR - Doug Selby, President of Meadowlark Builders has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2011 Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Selby was chosen by a highly esteemed panel of judges from Case Design/Remodeling, Inc., Hanley-Wood and Harvard University?s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The judging was based on four
LANSING ? Michigan's 15 public universities will not be cut 15 percent each, but by varying percentages, Gongwer News Service has learned. The cuts range from 14.5 percent for some universities to as high as 15.4 percent for others, sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Gongwer. Governor Rick Snyder had proposed a 15 percent
LANSING - "Freaky Deaky," a new movie based on Elmore "Dutch" Leonard's novel of the same name, won approval for a film incentive, according to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The book, and now the movie, is about a group of 1960s radicals in Detroit who meet up again in 1974. It will mark the