MOUNTAIN VIEW - Social-news site Digg.com, a perpetual target of acquisition rumors, is in ?final negotiations? to sell itself to Google for $200 million, according to a TechCrunch report that cited multiple sources. Google has been in talks to bring Digg into the Google News group, but it could be a few weeks before the
WASHINGTON - High-impact firms create Michigan's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national economy, the study concludes. Of the 376,604 high impact firms identified
LANSING - Maria Thompson, former President and CEO, T/J Technologies, Ann Arbor, was recognized July 24 as an Entrepreneur Extraordinaire by the Small Business Foundation of Michigan. The Entrepreneur Extraordinaire recognition is given to an individual who demonstrates exceptional merit in the assumption of risks for an enterprise that transforms ideas into new value within
ANN ARBOR - New Enterprise Forum will celebrate summer fun by hosting a panel of inventive entrepreneurs who will reveal how they have capitalized upon unusual or untapped market needs to build successful businesses. The event takes place July 24 at the Holiday Inn North Campus. The participants for this event include: Bruce Fridd -
LANSING - BoroPharm, a Michigan State University spin off that manufactures boronic acids and esters, has received a $250,000 investment from the Capital Community Angels. Members of the Capital Community Angels, formed in late 2006 by high net worth individuals, invest in entrepreneurial businesses at an early development stage that show strong potential for profitable
TRAVERSE CITY - Traverse Angels, an early stage, Angel Investment Network, will hold its first Seminar on Aug. 12. The program will include a business-plan presentation from three promising Northern Michigan start ups. All three companies, based in Traverse City, are currently under consideration, for potential Angel funding. All three companies have been screened from
LANSING - The United States Department of Labor awarded a $2 million grant to the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth early last week to develop new methods to train dislocated workers that can be replicated throughout the Mid-Michigan region. This demonstration grant, referred to as the Mid-Michigan Partnership for Training in Healthcare, will
HOLLAND - Globe Pequot Press and Orange Avenue Publishing have joined Creative Byline, a web-based technology that allows writers to submit manuscripts to publishers interested in their genre. Creative Byline�??s program streamlines the process of connecting writers to publishers, while keeping writers�?? manuscripts secure and private. The two publishers join Dutton Children�??s Books, St. Martin�??s
WEST BLOOMFIELD - The focus of TiE Detroit's July meeting will be on how to raise business capital for your company. The moderator and panel come from Comerica Bank. The moderator is Radhika Venkateswaran, Comerica Bank. Speakers include: Michael Sarafa was a Bank of Michigan organizer and helped open the Bank in January of 2005
ANN ARBOR - Two veteran venture capitalists, Jack Aherns from TGap Ventures, and Tom Churchwell from Midwest Venture Partners, discuss the state of Venture Capital in Michigan. Both men also are coaches for Michigan's Great Lakes Entrepreneu's Quest business-plan contest. Listen to what they have to say in this special Entrepreneur's Corner edition of News