ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, in conjunction with the Kauffman Foundation, is offering Michigan technology and life science entrepreneurs the tools needed to start or refine their business venture, including the business concept itself, learn to access capital, and advance their venture to the next business stage. FastTrac TechVenture focuses on the specific
GRAND RAPIDS - The MI-SBTDC in October offers training for growing and starting businesses. Professionals or current small business owners with pertinent expertise teach these trainings. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least two weeks in advance. Descriptions of the sessions offered in October, locations, and fees are available
DETROIT ? Women are still a widely untapped resource at the executive level, as well as in board rooms, compared to their male counterparts at Michigan's largest public corporations, a new study shows. More revealing is the lack of women of color at the top of these companies. Published for the first time in 2003,
BIRMINGHAM ? Kirk Ziehm has joined venture capital firm Seneca Partners as Senior Associate. He will be based in Seneca's Bannockburn, Illinois office. "Kirk's range of experiences will be a great addition to the Seneca team. He will bring excellent insights to our clients and portfolio companies as an advisor and consultant," says Rajesh Kothari,
PLEASANT RIDGE ? Interactive Promotions company ePrize on Monday announced the hiring of Craig Sprinkle as Chief Financial Officer, and the promotion of Roy Krauthamer to Vice President of Fulfillment Services. As CFO, Sprinkle is responsible for overseeing all finance, accounting, treasury and purchasing operations for the company. He brings over 15 years of financial
DETROIT - The Butzel Long Taxation and Succession Planning Institute is hosting a seminar on Oct. 25 that will teach attendees how to preserve future wealth. The program even includes CPE credits. The program is designed for Certified Public Accountants, Chief Financial Officers and financial planners. The attendance fee is $100 per person and includes
INKSTER - Wolverine Advanced Materials LLC on Monday said it has named Jim Ding as engineering manager of noise, vibration and harshness/noise, shock and vibration application development. "Jim?s NVH computer-aided engineering (CAE), experimental abilities, application solution experience and project management skills will provide a valuable technical leadership role in achieving our growth targets,? said Director
ANN ARBOR ? High tech public relations firm Eiler Communications has acquired two new clients: NSF International and The Linux Box Corporation, both based in Ann Arbor. "Linux Box is introducing itself to the public for the first time after eight years of successful growth and NSF brought Eiler on to build national visibility of
WASHINGTON DC - While a popular book once proclaimed that "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus," that's not really true when we're talking about entrepreneurs. A new Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy-sponsored report finds that men and women entrepreneurs share more similarities than differences. The study?s main conclusion is that, when other
AUBURN HILLS - Minority-owned businesses may prosper from a newly formed partnership between Osiris Innovations Group and the Mosaic Advantage Program ? strengthening a network of minority owned suppliers. Osiris provides on-demand supply and demand chain automation applications. Mosaic is a division of ASG Renaissance a professional services firm with offices in Farmington Hills. The