ANN ARBOR - Past presenters have developed businesses that produced hands-free doggie toilets, ergonomic gardening tools and alcohol products - in the city of Temperance. This year's panelists at the New Enterprise Forum's annual Unusual Entrepreneurs program will tell tales of safe sex, bulging muscles and cheese. The program celebrates the wondrous diversity of entrepreneurial
ANN ARBOR - Phimation Strategy Group, a management consulting, coaching and training firm, Monday launched a program in support of Gov. Rick Snyder?s economic gardening efforts.The program targets $50 million in impact and hundreds of new jobs over the next year among Michigan's Stage 2 small businesses. Stage 2 companies are those that have grown
DETROIT ? The SBA Small Business Outreach Tour will travel the state beginning August 10th in Mt. Pleasant and ending in Detroit September 30th. The tour is the first ever to be conducted by the SBA and will connect small business owners to the help they need to manage their businesses better. ?The tour is
LANSING ? The Michigan Chapter of the International Avaya Users Group will meet July 21 at the Michigan Library and Historical Center to discuss new regulations from the state of Michigan for professionals who manage, engineer and administer telephone systems in Michigan. The group will discuss the how and why of the new rules and
GRAND HAVEN - Two Michigan angel groups have co-invested in the Grand Haven fixed WiMax owner and operator AzulStar, which teams with leading companies, governmental agencies and private investors to offer very-high bandwidth wireless data, voice and video services. The amount of funding was not disclosed. Grand Angels of Grand Rapids and Midland-based Blue Water
GRAND RAPIDS ? Seed accelerator Momentum will showcase its latest batch of start-ups at its 3rd annual Demo Day on July 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 at the GVSU Loosemoore Auditorium in Grand Rapids. Founded by Rick DeVos, Momentum is a Grand Rapids based seed accelerator that provides seed investments, intellectual capital, and extensive mentorship
ANN ARBOR - Spend two full days in September learning how to identify critical issues for your business plan at Ann Arbor SPARK's Entrepreneur Boot Camp. Application deadline is Sept. 1. Entrepreneur Boot Camp is an intensive and instructive way to gain critical feedback and advice about your business model, management team, competitive positioning, market
WASHINGTON DC - Find out what business owners learned after nearly losing their companies to small scale disasters like a sprinkler system malfunction or catastrophic events like widespread flooding during a free webinar on July 19 hosted by Agility Recovery Solutions and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Agility Recovery CEO Bob Boyd will share real
GROSSE POINT ? Several dozen angel investors from Michigan and Ontario gathered in June at the residence of Roy Norton, the Canadian consul general in Detroit, to listen to pitches from four startups and to explore how they could work together to promote the region. The event was co-hosted by Great Lakes Angels. Consul General
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center is now offering no-cost training to Veterans who have an interest in growing or launching a small business. ?Many Veterans are launching and growing businesses here in Michigan and they need assistance,? stated Carol Lopucki, state director of the MI-SBTDC. ?The training programs will