ANN ARBOR - March 20 isn�??t just the day before spring. It�??s the day the funding tries up for SBIR and STTR grants used by innovative technology companies to provide early stage seed funding from the federal government. But Lisa Kurek Managing Partner of Biotechnology Business Consultants in Ann Arbor has been urging her clients
GRAND RAPIDS - Adtegrity.com, which specializes in Internet advertising networks and services, reported a fourth quarter profit compared with a loss in the same three months a year ago. The Company�??s unaudited results included net income of $28,644 for the fourth quarter on net revenues of $3.27 million, compared with a net loss of $100,753
ANN ARBOR - Best Presentation of 2008: SciTech Development. Earl Holsapple, President, accepted the award. SciTech Development is an oncology drug company that has developed an intravenous drug-delivery platform for insoluble drugs used in the treatment of eight kinds of cancer. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Best Business Model of 2008: Torrey Path. Sean Ainsworth accepted the award for Peter Dressler, President & CEO, who could not attend. Torrey Path facilitates drug discovery by combining information technology and statistical analysis into research decision support tools. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR - Ted Dacko, President of HealthMedia, an Ann Arbor company developed by a University of Michigan professor who created a methodology and technology that emulates a health coaching session, without the coach, was named the 2008 New Enterprise Forum Entrepreneur of the Year. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
DETROIT - If you need to upgrade your technical skills, or you'd like to get them, Pixel It Productions at Wayne State University's TechTown can give you the training you need. One of the hottest new tech jobs in Michigan is doing 3D animation for the burgeoning movie business - says founder Lori Autrey. a>>
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration has upgraded its podcasts to offer additional resources to the nation's entrepreneurs. The newest podcast topics include Marketing to the Federal Government, Getting Your Small Business Ready for Tax Season and Online Reporting of Employee Wages. Existing podcasts for entrepreneurs are Is Entrepreneurship for You and Checklist for
WASHINGTON DC �?? The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contains a package of loan fee reductions, higher guarantees, new SBA programs, secondary market incentives, and enhancements to current SBA programs that will help unlock credit markets and begin economic recovery for the nation's small business sector. "The tax incentives and credit stimulus elements of the
ANN ARBOR - Twenty-seven University of Michigan student lead teams of entrepreneurs split $60,000 in grants awarded by the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. The students were winners of the 2009 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant and 2009 Michigan Business
SAGINAW - If you'd like to learn how angel investors valuate promising ventures to maximize return on private investment, the BlueWater Angels are hosting a training session on Feb. 19 at Saginaw Valley State University to answer this perplexing question. Bob Okabe with RPX Group and Angel Capital Education Foundation returns to mid-Michigan to talk