Entrepreneur Corner

Military Veterans Invited To Sept. 28 Boots To Briefcases Webinar At Walsh

TROY - Current military service members, veterans and their family members can join a free Walsh College webinar discussing the transition from active service into a business career. Participants can access the Boots to Briefcases webinar from their own computers Sept. 28. Webinar content will include how to effectively highlight military skills as strengths in

By |2012-09-06T00:00:00-04:00September 6th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

New Venture Start-Up Business Training Class For Veterans Offered For Free

DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center and Eastern Michigan University recognize the sacrifice our soldiers have made and want to help those veterans seeking to start their own businesses by offering a veteran-specific New Venture program at no-cost, starting October 13 at the EMU Livonia campus. The New Venture class normally

By |2012-08-28T00:00:00-04:00August 28th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Three Entrepreneurs Split $60,000 In Start Garden Second Round

GRAND RAPIDS - Three entrepreneurial ideas split $60,000 in second-round funding from Start Garden at the organization?s second update night. Start Garden, the $15 million pre-seed fund started by ArtPrize founder Rick DeVos, supports new business ventures in the Grand Rapids area through a tiered funding system. The first level of funding gives each idea

By |2012-08-28T00:00:00-04:00August 28th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

aimWest Program: Will Social Media Save Old Media?

GRAND RAPIDS - Come to an aimWest panel on Sept. 12 and learn how media outlets are using Social to enhance and distribute their content as well as expand their audience. How are television, radio, print and online news organizations utilizing what some thought would kill them? Panelists: Vincent Duffy, News director from Michigan Public

By |2012-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

New SBA Platform Lets Small Businesses Tell Their Stories

WASHINGTON D.C. ? Everyone has a story, and now the U.S. Small Business Administration is giving entrepreneurs a new online platform to share their story and showcase their successful and thriving businesses. Today, SBA launched ?Small Business Owners Speak,? an interactive platform featuring videos from entrepreneurs from across the country that have started or grown

By |2012-08-27T00:00:00-04:00August 27th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

mophie iPhone Portable Battery Solution Give Michigan Big Technology Win

KALAMAZOO ? One of those technology home runs that Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to hit in Michigan - mophie, the manufacturer of the juice pack, billed as the first ?Works With iPhone? portable battery solution certified by Apple - announced it will build a 30,000-square-foot call and distribution center at Western Michigan University?s Business Technology

By |2012-08-17T00:00:00-04:00August 17th, 2012|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|