ANN ARBOR ? Senior executives from Credit Suisse First Boston, the first manager of the new Venture Michigan Fund, provided few answers Thursday night during a panel discussion that was suppose to shed light on how the New York-based investment banking firm would dispense money from the $150 million Fund. CSFB vice presidents David Almodovar
GRAND RAPIDS ? Anna Bier is one of four Technology Business Consultants on staff at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center whose job is to help small technology businesses grow. Bier?s specialty is SBIR grants. Bier has been a Technology Business Consultant for the MI-SBTDC since 2002. Bier brings extensive experience with federal
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Great Lakes Angels in May will offer a Boot Camp for high net worth individuals that may not be doing much professional investing in start-up companies. The Power of Angel Investing seminar will be held May 18th, at the VistaTech Conference Center, Schoolcraft College, in Livonia. The Power of Angel Investing seminar
ANN ARBOR ? Mitechnews.Com is launching a series of profiles of Michigan Venture Capital companies that can offer entrepreneurs possible funding sources. Our first profile is of North Coast Technology Investors, an Ann Arbor firm that invests in early-stage technology driven companies. The profiles will provide a quick snap shot of the types of technologies
ANN ARBOR ? The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium celebrated its 24th anniversary this year by launching a quarterly eNewsletter called the Growth Capital Journal. It is edited, distributed and co-produced by Mitechnews.Com. It?s publisher is the University of Michigan Ross School of Business' Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, headed by Dr. David
GRAND RAPIDS ? Mary Sue Hoffman is one of four Technology Business Consultants on staff at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center whose job is to help small technology businesses grow. Hoffman became the first TBC at the MI-SBTDC in August 2001. She specializes in intellectual property protection, model contracts and agreements, and
GRAND RAPIDS ? A study done by the University of Michigan that shows entrepreneurs and investors are not on the same page when it comes to what they want from each other was the subject of a panel discussion on March 21 hosted by Start-Up Central. Nearly 40 people attended a panel discussion that featured
ANN ARBOR ? The deadline for entrepreneurs seeking to pitch their companies in front of hundreds of potential investors at this June?s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is Wednesday March 30. Thirty-two start ups will be selected. Once submitted, a team of experts score the executive summaries and choose a group of presenting companies that typically
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Michigan Sen. Mike Bishop is the keynote speaker March 15 at the next meeting of the Great Lakes Angels. Bishop will speak about a new tax credit in the Michigan legislature to off set losses realized by angel investments. ?We are encouraging accredited investors to come and learn about this bill and
KALAMAZOO - Those who run Michigan's cutting-edge businesses call access to venture capital their single most pressing need, but despite the difficulty in obtaining these funds, start-ups are optimistic about their companies' futures and keeping an open mind about the state's ability to become a powerhouse in such new economy sectors as the life sciences.