TROY - GlobalBusinessProfessor.com, the leading global business online education platform, announced the availability of the two-day Strategic Negotiations course by Jeoff Burris, president of Advanced Purchasing Dynamics. The course, targeted to purchasing and sales professionals, and will be held on December 10 ? 11 at the Marriott Hotel in Troy. ?Tailored for purchasing and sales
LANSING - The Lansing Economic Area Partnership has offered a request for proposals for business incubators in the region that can receive up to $5,000 each. Proposals are due Dec. 6 by 5 p.m. Successful applicants for the Regional Innovation Network RFP will agree to a memorandum of understanding between LEAP and the participating business
TROY - Tim Moore, Managing Shareholder at Doeren Mayhew Houston, with wife Sandra, pledged the second largest donation from an alumnus in the history of Walsh College, establishing an Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will help deserving students earn a degree at Walsh College and will be available to all enrolled Walsh students, regardless of
ANN ARBOR - PlanReaction was awarded Best of Boot Camp at the conclusion of Ann Arbor SPARK's 23rd Entrepreneurial Boot Camp by a panel of investors and industry experts who rated Boot Camp participants' pitches. As Best of Boot Camp winner, PlanReaction received membership to the New Enterprise Forum (NEF) and a NEF coaching team
DETROIT - Mark Fields, the chief operating officer of Ford Motor Company, kicks off Inforum's New Year at its 12th Annual Auto Show Breakfast in January. Fields is responsible for all Ford's business operations globally and contributed significantly to the transformation of the company's North American operations and its record profitability. Join this interactive discussion
KALAMAZOO - John Balbach, a long-time technology business consultant at the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, is leaving his post on Nov. 15 to take a job in Minnesota at what he described as a ?clean-energy? company. Balbach declined to identify his new employer, saying that task would be left up to them.
DETROIT - The new Invest Again campaign is driven by scientists and entrepreneurs to protect and promote increased federal funding for the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The campaign will put scientists front and center in national media to explain the most important issues facing our nation, and how to move the United
EAST LANSING - More than a dozen Michigan State University student volunteers from the Women in Computing Group will be teaching high school girls on an event November 16 how to create their own websites, games and animations ? and example of how this MSU group works to recruit, support and retain women in computing
TROY - The Business Improvement Team announced that Mark Symonds, formerly CEO of Plex Systems, will serve as the keynote speaker at "Business Performance Improvement 3.0 Series" on Tuesday December 10. In addition, there will be a panel of business experts from the Business Improvement Team to answer business questions. This will be an exciting
LIVONIA - The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs will be held January 30, 2014, at Burton Manor and anticipates more entrepreneurs and exhibits than ever before, and more new companies introduced via the popular ACE Elevator Pitch Competition. ACE?14 is an afternoon and evening event and is expected to be the best-attended ACE event in the