TROY - Applications for the third annual Entrepreneur-YOU business plan competition are now being accepted from women owned businesses or women with business ideas. Entrepreneur-YOU is a program of education and resources to assist women in starting and running a business created through the collaboration of Walsh College, Michigan Women's Foundation and Inforum Michigan. The
LANSING ? More than 350 small business owners and supporters attended the Small Business Association of Michigan?s 45th annual meeting on June 19 in Lansing where Sen. Mike Kowall was recognized as its Legislator of the Year. ?Sen. Kowall has been a champion for small business during his years in both the state house and
DETROIT ? If you want to get a chance to win the $500,000 first prize in the $1 million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition you need to get your application in by July 23. First Round: Dead�line July 23 Abstract - Maximum 250 words Exec�u�tive sum�mary ? max�i�mum 5 pages of text including a cover sheet
DETROIT ? On June 23rd, Goldmans Sachs and TechTown Detroit will be hosting an informational workshop to on the 10,000 Small Business program for small business owners that links learning to action. Through the program, you will receive the tools and support to develop a customized growth plan that will take your business to the
MIDLAND - Terry Lerash has been named the winner of the Ted Doan Spirit of Innovation Award, while Terry Duperon has won the MidMichigan Innovator Award. The MidMichigan Innovation Center selects outstanding innovators in the mid-Michigan region for recognition at its annual innovation and entrepreneurial showcase, ?Heading for the Big Leagues.? This year, MMIC selected
STERLING HEIGHTS - The Macomb-OU INCubator was recently awarded Business Accelerator Funds to provide accelerator services to client companies Nostrum Energy LLC and Omni One LLC in the amounts of $50,000 and $36,635, respectively. With the addition of these latest awards, the Macomb-OU INCubator has now surpassed all other business accelerators in garnering the most
LANSING ? The Small Business Association of Michigan has named Kevin Cuncannan as the organization?s Director, Small Business Services. Kevin was previously Team Leader ? COBRA Administration. In addition, SBAM has hired Shannon North and Brittany Smith as COBRA Coordinators.
EAST LANSING - The Howard Hughes Medical institute has awarded a grant for $1.5 million to Michigan State University that will be used to boost success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The focus of the grant is more on the Science in STEM by expanding efforts for students to learn science effectively, especially those
DETROIT ? Four Southeast Michigan economic development groups reported Wednesday that their joint efforts have created 7,225 technology jobs as well as 225 tech companies that have gone on to secure more than $300 million in follow-on investments. The groups - Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Macomb-OU INCubator and TechTown Detroit - which came together
EAST LANSING - The Michigan State University College of Engineering team captured 19th place ? out of a total of 49 competing teams ? at this year?s National Steel Bridge Competition held last week. The Spartan Spanners Steel Bridge team, from the college?s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, made it to the finals after