HOLLAND - Do you have a product idea that you would like to develop? Looking carefully over all the details of product development can be complicated and confusing. Trying to understand it along can be difficult. Join our special class which will help you navigate through this process. This class will introduce you to the
ANN ARBOR ? More than 65 Midwestern and Coastal Investment Firms were represented at the 29th annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on May 11-12. The MGCS provided them an opportunity to connect with the "Best of the Midwest's" entrepreneurs, startups and emerging growth companies that are actively searching for partners and funding. The Symposium included
KALAMAZOO - Bridget Lorenz Lemberg is a Forensic Toxicologist with more than 20 years of toxicology and pharmacology experience. She is also the founder and owner of one of the fastest growing biotech companies in west Michigan. In 2005, she started Forensic Fluids Laboratories, a woman-owned biotech company that specializes in oral fluid drug testing
LANSING - If Congress fails to approve $525 million in Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage funds to assist with Medicaid costs, cuts would not fall on Medicaid, but other general fund programs, a top Medicaid official said. Steve Fitton, the state director of Medicaid, said the state will have to look elsewhere for cuts because federal
PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh-based investment firm, iNetworks Advisors Inc., has announced a $20 million fund to invest in startup and early-stage health and life science companies in Southeast Michigan and Windsor. The fund, iNetworksMichigan Fund LP, which already has about $15 million in commitments. It also has appointed Greg Auner, director of the Smart Sensors
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U. S. Small Business Administration is now offering a new set of three export-oriented podcasts offering valuable information on issues and challenges small business exporters may find when dealing with specific countries. The podcasts, featuring interviews with business representatives from Uganda, Cameroon and Bahrain, are part of a comprehensive effort by
WARREN - Funding is a necessary and important part of the success of any small business. Asking for funding can also be one of the most intimidating parts of running a small business, and often times, is unavoidable. The MI-SBTDC understands this point and is working with small business owners to make that approach a
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan private equity finance group called Momentum, founded by Rick DeVos, will be showcasing its latest batch of start-ups at its 2nd annual Demo Day on July 26 at Grand Valley State University's downtown campus. Momentum?s 12 week bootcamp provides web start-ups with mentorship, intellectual capital and pre-seed funding to
LANSING - The medical marijuana law only allows a defense for possession to those people in possession of the drug after the law took effect, a Court of Appeals decision said on Wednesday. In the unpublished case (People v. Campbell, COA docket No. 291345) appellate judges reversed a trial court opinion that lifted charges against
LANSING - An 11-year-old state requirement that school districts collect information like pupil counts and financial data and submit it to the Center for Educational Performance and Information violated the Constitution's prohibition against the state placing unfunded mandates on local governments, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The ruling disposes of the last piece of