AUBURN HILLS - At this next Great Lakes Angels meeting on Jan. 29, the angel investing group will review two new deals for investment opportunities, one a fuel injection technology and a Christian-focused advertising network. Presenting companies include: AADI AADI has developed breakthrough fuel injection technology for diesel and gasoline direct injection engines, which solves
GRAYLORD - The Gaylord and Grayling Michigan Works! offices have partnered with the Crawford County Economic Development Partnership and the Gaylord /Otsego Chamber of Commerce to bring a new series of 2-hour workshops to Crawford and Otsego Counties. The will be held each Friday and starts Feb. 6. Each workshop will take place from 10
DETROIT - TechTown, the Wayne State University business incubator in downtown Detroit, has partnered with MITechNews.Com to create the TechTown podcast channel. TechTown Executive Director Randal Charlton launches the new podcast channel with an interview to explain what TechTown is, how it works and what it can do to help start up businesses grow and
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center update for January 2009 highlights what's happening statewide for the SBA-backed entrepreneur friendly group based at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids. Those highlights include a new study for the UP, entrepreneurship training in Muskegon and the Annual Collaboration For Entrepreneurship in Ann
NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. plans to lay off as many as 2,400 sales staff, up to a third of its marketing work force, this quarter as the drug maker reorganizes its commercial side, according to a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. The layoffs follow the New York company's recent
ANN ARBOR - Five out of six elevator pitches at the Annual Collaboration For Entrepreneurs on Jan. 22 are participants in the fall cycle of Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest. Six individuals - Edward Shaffer of Advanced Battery Concepts; Aaron Nelson of Audiallo; Alice Brown of In the Groove; Jake Sigal of Myine Electronics; and Peter
ANN ARBOR ? Washtenaw County economic development group Ann Arbor SPARK, and Sensei Change have partnered to offer Shifting Gears, a five-month intensive program that provides professional career coaching for executive talent seeking opportunities in entrepreneurial and emerging businesses. "There's an incredible wealth of talent throughout Michigan seeking to leverage their career experiences and education
DEWITT - The Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program is holding Agriculture's Conference on the Environment January 28, which will take a four-issue approach to sensitive environmental issues. Sponsored in part by the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, the conference themes include People, Planet, Power and Prosperity. The conference will feature 25 speakers in a dozen
AUBURN HILLS - Factory automation software developer Plex Systems announced this week that it landed 12 new customers for its SaaS ERP manufacturing solution. Full Plex Online customers include: Decision Biomarkers - Developers of the next-generation technology for protein biomarker analysis in Waltham, Massachusetts Gobar Systems - Metal stamper and plastics injection molder with locations
DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration formally kicked off the Emerging 200 Initiative in Detroit this week, a program designed to identify inner-city businesses across the country that show a high potential for growth. Detroit was recently selected as one of fifteen cities nationwide to participate in the SBA?s Emerging 200 Initiative (e200). The