DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown announced this week its Venture Accelerator program, a highly competitive, boot camp-style program to help show entrepreneurs how to turn early stage technology-based startup into a sustainable, market ready business in just 12 weeks. Application deadline is March 15. Accepted teams will be provided with access to a $10,000
ROCHESTER - Oakland University's School of Engineering and Computer Science is once again seeking 16 academically talented students to take advantage of National Science Foundation scholarships in industrial and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. As part of a $598,980 grant the SECS received last year to fund its OU's Product Lifecycle Management Scholarship Program, 16
TROY ? An MBA student team from Walsh College took first place in the sixth annual Association for Corporate Growth Detroit Cup hosted at Michigan State University?s Management Education Center in Troy on February 9. The ACG Cup is a case study competition designed to give students from leading MBA programs across the country real-world
ADA- For the first time in 20 years, each of Amway's top 10 markets posted sales increases, led by double digit jumps in Columbia, Hong Kong, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Turkey and Venezuela, contributing to record sales of $11.3 billion in 2012 for parent company, Alticor, up from $10.9 billion in 2011. The private company does
TROY ? Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations, is the keynote speaker at Business Strategies for Success March 14 at the Somerset Inn. The event is co-sponsored by the Business Improvement Team and Hennessey Capital, a division of Hitachi Capital America Corp. Sheridan is famous for the success behind his company, Menlo Innovations, in Ann
ANN ARBOR - Kalyspo LLC was awarded Best of Boot Camp and Pharma Form Solutions won the new Most Committed to the Business Model Canvas Process Award at the conclusion of Ann Arbor SPARK's 21st Entrepreneur Boot Camp. As chosen by a panel of investors who rated Boot Camp participants? pitches, Best of Boot Camp
SAGINAW - Saginaw Future Inc. will be celebrating its annual awards luncheon that features Laurent Bresson, president and COO at Nexteer Automotive who will discuss the company's turnaround. Saginaw Future will be honoring 35 projects from 2012 valued at nearly $241 million that created and retained more than 1,100 jobs. ?Driving the Future!? is this
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University is hosting the Business Professionals of America's State Competition for Michigan college students Feb. 9. More than 200 students from colleges and universities across the state will be on Davenport's W.A. Lettinga Campus competing in more than 50 different business and technology competitive events. ?Business Professionals of America is a
ANN ARBOR - The Entrepreneurs Engage "unConference" brings together 250 of the region's most successful and visionary entrepreneurs and investors for free-wheeling, multisession discussions on ideas and initiatives to improve our region's ability to create and grow new technology businesses. The agenda is determined at the event by the participants themselves. This is a continuation
EAST LANSING ? Patrick L. Anderson, best known for his economic, financial and public policy research, has now launched a software company that will help business and industry to do risk assessment more quickly. Supported Intelligence LLC was founded by Anderson and the Anderson Economic Group. The team spent the better part of 6 years