SAGINAW - The Saginaw Future Inc. Procurement Technical Assistance Center assisted five area companies attain more than $4.3 million in government contracts in the third quarter of 2008. The companies won a total of 36 federal government contracts. The numerous products and services provided include specialized aerospace equipment, metal fabrication and pharmaceuticals. The federal government
ANN ARBOR - Do you have large company corporate experiences and would like to make a change to a new environment? Would you like to make an investment in yourself and gain skills and experiences that will prepare you to work in a nimble, startup organization? Would you like to have a mentor and real
TRAVERSE CITY �?? Versus Technology reported a net loss of $808,000 for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, almost four times the loss posted the year before. The increase in the reported net loss for the year was primarily attributable to a 26 percent increase in research and development and sales and marketing expenses. Net
GRAND RAPIDS ? Are you in touch with the current workplace trends? As the current workforce is changing, so are the roles of IT departments. Companies are challenged with not only attracting and retaining valued IT professionals, but also meeting new industry demands. Interact with a panel of West Michigan CIO's and hear their thoughts
ANN ARBOR - LA2M, Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing, has announced an exciting line up of topics for January and February 2009 that will explore digital marketing tools and tactics. LA2M is a weekly meeting of marketing professionals from both digital and traditional backgrounds. Founded in January 2008, LA2M will be taking a twist on its
ROCHESTER - Oakland University's School of Education and Human Services is accepting applications for its distance learning Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S.) in Educational Leadership. The 36-credit post-master's degree prepares individuals as principals and central office administrators. Classes begin on January 6. Approved by the Michigan Department of Education as a principal preparation program, the distance
DETROIT - TechTown has launched SmartStart, a business development program designed to help startups maximize revenue growth and profitability through a detailed strategy backed up by experienced support staff and mentor networks. TechTown is Wayne State University's 43-acre research park and business incubator with more than 50 companies in residence. SmartStart is a business development
TROY - In the heart of a down dirty challenge normally stews opportunity. NETPODS has experienced many challenges over the past two years and now has built a blog site to provide these "lessons-learned" to help other entrepreneurs. NETPODS is the flagship company that has launched one resource blog CapitalBUG.Com focused on obtaining investment capital
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest will be announcing the winners of its Phase I Fall Cycle business-plan competition on Jan. 22 at the 2009 Annual Collaboration For Entrepreneurship. The rub is if you're competing in the GLEQ contest, you have to attend ACE to win. Cash prizes for those winners include $5000 for
ANN ARBOR - The Michigan Venture Capital Association has awarded Kalamazoo-based Metabolic Solutions Development Co. and its venture investors, Kalamazoo's Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund and Grand Rapids' Hopen Therapeutics, a $200,000 MVCA CEO Placement loan award. The award, along with MSDC's match component, will be used to fund CEO recruiting activities, as well