TROY - Corporate professionals and college students are invited to learn about ways to advance their careers from high-profile and accomplished workshop leaders and panelists hosted Sept. 26 by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. The half-day event will be at the Ramada Plaza Hotel (formerly Troy Hilton). This year, the MCWT Technology Career
BATTLE CREEK - The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has made a $1.2 million grant to fund the statewide expansion of Intern In Michigan, a program run on the east side of the state by the Detroit Regional Chamber and the West Michigan Strategic Alliance. The grant is good through 2012. The program, launched in April, connects
MIDLAND ? Entrepreneurs - are you interested in getting in front of private investors at BlueWater Angels and other upcoming investor events? Having expert advice and help to make your venture happen? Winning an on-the-spot Advisory Board dinner with expert panelists set to discuss your venture? Be one of 25 entrepreneurs to come to Boost
KALAMAZOO - Applications for the third edition of the KVCC Automotive Academy, which is scheduled to start on Nov. 2, are still being accepted. Just like the high-tech vehicles that it trains prospective mechanics to maintain, the academy format is being fine-tuned. It will be shorter in duration, smaller in size, and slightly redesigned in
ANN ARBOR - Defining yourself as an entrepreneur and understanding what lies before you will give you a realistic frame of reference for your new venture. The Sept. 2 session of Entrepreneur Education 1.0 will help you understand the difference between scientific invention and a commercial venture, your role as the start-up CEO and the
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration Tuesday launched a new online training course to help strengthen access to contracting opportunities for small businesses, including those owned by women, minorities, disadvantaged individuals and veterans. The training course, Recovery Act Opportunities: How to Win Federal Contracts, is part of a federal government-wide initiative announced last month
PLEASANT RIDGE - Michigan UPA has announced a joint event with the Detroit Java User Group that will feature Josh Holmes, a User Experience Architect Evangelist for Microsoft, who will discuss the lost art of software simplicity. This talk transcends technology and presents ideas that all software developers and architects should be thinking about. Holmes
BURLINGAME, Ca. - Journalists tend to pick on entrepreneurs who revise their business plans along the way. But this is exactly what they should do to build successful companies, argue Randy Komisar and John Mullins in their new book Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Komisar, a tech luminary and
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration has begun posting informational videos on YouTube as it joins an increasing trend within the federal government to use the popular video-sharing web platform to reach a larger audience. YouTube is a highly popular Web site, especially among younger people. SBA is intent on reaching this audience with
GRAND RAPIDS - Serving has yet another barometer of Internet ad activity, Internet Ad Network Adtegrity.com reported Wednesday lower net income on lower sales for the second quarter ended June 30 compared with a year ago. But both revenues and income were up slightly from the previous quarter. The Company�??s unaudited results included net income