BIRMINGHAM - Tina Aldatz, creator of Foot Petals, will reveal how to use testimonials and the power of influencers to build sales on StartupNation Radio, which is heard in Detroit on 760AM WJR. She'll provide tips on small business success through branding, training, sales, and more on the June 3 broadcast. Aldatz successfully grew her
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center network provides a full range of services for a variety of small businesses that are emerging and growing throughout Michigan - including new venture companies, existing small businesses, expanding businesses, new technology companies, and innovators. The MI-SBTDC network is a grassroots advocate for small
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan writing contest has two more training sessions on tap before the Spring Awards Event on June 7. One is in Kalamazoo, the other in Ann Arbor. Pitching Your Plan ? Kalamazoo Valley Community College, May 18, 6-8 pm Jack Ahrens and Pete Farner, principles of
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Great Lakes Angels will review two potential investments at its May dinner meeting for accredited investors in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario. The meeting is scheduled for May 24 and by invitation only. Presenting companies include: Gauntlet Technology Systems The Gauntlet System is designed to keep impaired individuals from starting their vehicles and
DETROIT ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest continues to sign partnerships with some of Michigan's top entrepreneurial-focused organizations, including the latest with NextEnergy. And like the previous deals with Automation Alley and Southwest Michigan First, this partnership also includes a five-figure award. NextEnergy's wrinkle is an award of $12,500 for alternative energy entrepreneurs. The award will
KALAMAZOO ? The deadline to buy tickets for the Kalamazoo Valley Community College fund-raiser for scholarships, and hear keynote speaker John Brown, CEO of Stryker Corp., is May 26. The program, called Opportunities for Education, is the KVCC Foundation's second event to boost scholarship dollars. Brown will speak about Lessons Learned at the foundation's dinner
WASHINGTON DC - While twenty states, including Michigan, now offer tax credits or other support to qualified angel investors, several members of Congress are examining ways that Washington can help create incentives for angel investing. Congressmen Don Manzullo (R-IL) and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) have recently introduced H.R. 5198, the Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE)
ANN ARBOR ? Technology Transfer Opportunities for Entrepreneurs will be the topic Tuesday of a Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest seminar, part of the business-writing plan contest?s commercialization program. Karen Studer-Rabeler, Associate Director, New Business Development for the University of Michigan and Judy Johncox, Director, Venture Development Office at Wayne State University will discuss how entrepreneurs
SAN FRANCISCO ? The Fortune 100 companies that made Michigan's economy the envy of the world forty years ago could become the catalyst to reversing the state's economic freefall in the 21st century. Geoffrey Duyk MD, PhD, Managing Director of the Texas Pacific Group Ventures, said the stranded Intellectual Property assets at mega corporations, such
KALAMAZOO ? Southwest Michigan First, following the lead set last month by Oakland County's Automation Alley, has signed a three-year pact with the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest to provide program support and a $10,000 award to a team from Southwest Michigan competing in the statewide business-plan writing contest. The $10,000 will be awarded each Fall