ANN ARBOR ? Unusual Entrepreneurs will share their stories July 28 at the next meeting of the New Enterprise Forum at the Holiday Inn North Campus. Some business development issues are basic; others are off-the-wall entertaining. But all are informative, because there's no one way to build a business. Attendees will hear wonderful entrepreneurial success
DETROIT ? Claudia Washington, 61, a feisty grandmother of three and a former private duty nurse who has found a new lease on life through computer learning, is one of two people nationwide to receive the Neighborhood Networks Living the Dream Award in recognition of her work teaching senior citizens to use computers to improve
GRAND RAPIDS ? StartUpCentral will take a break for the fall to retool and figure out new ways to connect would-be entrepreneurs with possible sources of investment. The monthly educational programming will resume in 2006. For more information, click on StartupCentral
ANN ARBOR ? Eleven alternative energy and technology start ups have been selected to pitch potential investors at the 2005 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, which starts next week. In addition to the life sciences track, these two tracks are comprised of 32 companies that will present on the second day, June 16, at the 24th
TROY - Automation Alley and the Oakland County Business Roundtable will sponsor a first of its kind Entrepreneur?s Symposium May 25 aimed at aspiring and established technology entrepreneurs throughout Southeast Michigan. This symposium is one more element of an ongoing entrepreneurial program, the ?Entrepreneurial Initiative,? in the region. The program works to highlight entrepreneurs and
GRAND RAPIDS ? Twelve companies were honored by the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center not only for the success in sales, employment and business strategy, but also on the company?s economic impact and involvement with MI-SBTDC in providing them assistance to reach their goals. The companies recognized for the award are as follows:
GRAND RAPIDS ? DaVinci Capital, a West Michigan private equity firm, lined up an undisclosed sum of money to invest in RF IDentics, an RFID tag technology company. The investment came from a group of local investors, including the Grand Angels. The funding will support RF IDentics? business plan to design and manufacture high- performance,
GRAND RAPIDS -The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC) will be hosting several workshops this summer designed to assess the different needs of small business owners and equip them with the tools needed to start and run a business successfully. The workshops bring together several experienced business instructors to cover topics including fundamentals
KALAMAZOO ? Mitechnews.Com continues its mini profiles of Michigan Venture Capital companies that can offer entrepreneurs possible funding sources. This profile highlights Apjohn Ventures, a life sciences specialist. The goal of Apjohn Ventures is to provide superior financial returns to investors by making primarily equity investments in innovative life sciences companies with sustainable and outstanding
WASHINGTON D.C. - All Americans enjoy the right to free speech, a speedy trial, and firearms. But another group of Americans - the nation's 5 million small business owners - may get a second Bill of Rights. Introduced by Congressmen Ric Keller (R-FL) and Bud Cramer (D-AL) in January and approved in the House on