Entrepreneur Corner

Women’s Network Hosts Seminar On Improving Communication Skills

BENTON HARBOR ? Join the Women's Network at Whirlpool Corp. March 19 for an interactive seminar designed to elevate awareness, inspire and provide tools to improve your communication skills. Registration deadline is March 10. Guest speaker Judy Grant will host Your Spoken Connection. There also will be a special introduction to the Women?s Business Center

By |2008-02-29T00:00:00-05:00February 29th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Another Ann Arbor SPARK Boot Camp Set For April

ANN ARBOR ? Ann Arbor SPARK is hosting yet another Entrepreneur Boot Camp in April to help entrepreneurs refine, define and launch their businesses. The Boot Camp Program compresses the usual three-month learning curve to move a great business to the next level with two intensive days of learning. You'll spend two days and evenings

By |2008-02-25T00:00:00-05:00February 25th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Fourth Friday Looks At System Change Management

GRAND RAPIDS ? The topic of the Right Place's Fourth Friday business and technology power breakfast series on Feb. 29 will be "Change Management During System Implementation." When new systems are added, change occurs, says presenter Christopher Mast, ERP Solutions Consulting Manager for EHTC Technology Solutions. Some for the better, some for the worse. How

By |2008-02-19T00:00:00-05:00February 19th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

FastTrac TechVenture West Michigan Deadline Looms

KALAMAZOO - Only a few more spaces are left for Great Lakes Entrepreneurs Quest's FastTrac TechVenture six-week intensive business plan contest hosted by Southwest Michigan First in Kalamazoo. Diane Durance, Executive Director of GLEQ, discusses this innovative program that can help your technology or life sciences start up attract investors in this special GLEQ edition

By |2008-02-19T00:00:00-05:00February 19th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

NuSoft Brophy Offers Tech Forecast Feb. 20

GRAND RAPIDS ? Keith Brophy, president of NuSoft Solutions, will offer his annual technology forecast Feb. 20 at DeVos Place. The program is hosted by aimWest. Each February, aimWest, the former GLIMAWest, provides business professionals with a look ahead at technology trends that will impact community, business, and lives. Brophy leads this interactive event that

By |2008-02-17T00:00:00-05:00February 17th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Great Lakes Angels Meeting Registration Deadline Feb. 25

BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Medical device maker Cervilenz and business-to-business sales system maker iStatus will pitch their companies to potential investors Feb. 28 during the next meeting of Great Lakes Angels. The deadline for registration is February 25th. Cervilenzinc.Com is a manufacturer and marketer of a patented, FDA cleared medical device for determining preterm birth risk

By |2008-02-17T00:00:00-05:00February 17th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

African-American Entrepreneurs Lag White Counterparts In Staffing, Capital

WASHINGTON DC - African-American entrepreneurs face a pretty challenging set of circumstances when it comes to starting businesses and accessing capital to start or grow a business says new research sponsored by the US Census Bureau. New research shows that African-Americans still lag Caucasians in many categories of business ownership and growth. In 2000, roughly

By |2008-02-11T00:00:00-05:00February 11th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

New Score Card Report: Michigan Needs Nurture Entrepreneurs

LANSING - Michigan has some terrific assets that need to be better utilized to nurture job-creating entrepreneurs, contends the 2007-2008 Entrepreneurship Score Card from the Small Business Foundation of Michigan. Mark Clevey, foundation executive director, said that the state has thousands of entrepreneurs starting small businesses every year?and they need more help than the state

By |2008-02-11T00:00:00-05:00February 11th, 2008|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|