ANN ARBOR ? The New Enterprise Forum will present the eighth annual Unusual Entrepreneurs program, celebrating the wondrous diversity of entrepreneurial businesses July 28 at the Holiday Inn North. This year's panelists will tell tales of safe sex, bulging muscles and cheese. This year?s panelists: Philip Olla wants to take safe sex to a whole
CLARKSTON ? Join the Michigan Chapter of Women in Technology July 28 at Pine Knob golf course to help raise funds for the MCWT Foundation. Every dollar donated helps the career prospects of the next generation of IT talent in our region. A whole day ticket includes 18 holes with cart, driving range with balls,
DETROIT ? Serial entrepreneur Josh Linkner has now joined the ranks of investors with his latest gig, Detroit Venture Partners. DVP's stated goal is to reshape Detroit into what it was a century ago ? a hub for entrepreneurship. Linkner, chairman of ePrize, the online promotions company he founded, is joined at DVP by Dan
WASHINGTON - In just four years the U.S. Small Business Administration's Patriot Express Pilot Loan Guarantee Initiative has provided more than $633 million in SBA-guaranteed loans to 7,650 veterans to start or expand their small businesses. Patriot Express, a pilot loan product, with streamlined paperwork, and based on the agency?s SBA Express program, offers an
TROY ? Stage 2 Innovations Fund, which made a big splash last month announcing it had $100 million to invest in Michigan second-stage companies, now says it's willing to take a look at companies that don't have patented technologies ? a requirement when the fund was launched. The company is co-founded by former Chrysler CEO
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center will present a financial tools workshop in Oakland County July 26 to strengthen financial literacy and improve the ability of small businesses to access capital. ?5 Keys to Achieving Fiscal Fitness,? a workshop to help the non-financial manager business owner. The program is sponsored
DETROIT ? Ed Deeb, who lead the Michigan Business and Professional Association and Michigan Food and Beverage Association for decades, has been replaced by Jennifer Kluge, who was chief operating offer of both organizations. Deeb is now Chairman, succeeding Lou Vescio, who has served in that position for several years. A Detroit native, Deeb founded
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Accounting firm Vandeputte & Skulsky PC has joined the Business Improvement Team, a consortium of independent companies that work together as a virtual corporation. ?We have participated in many BIT activities and saw the benefit of joining the group,? said Senior Partner Craig Skulsky. The BizImpTeam.Com is a consortium of service providers
SOUTHFIELD - The Department of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University has won $7,500 as one of five finalists in a national competition for connecting engineering practice and education. The University of New Mexico?s Department of Civil Engineering finished first among 26 entrants in the competition sponsored by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering
DETROIT - Don't think of 'mobile apps' and Michigan as being related? You might be surprised. The State of Michigan is home to many companies involved in the development of mobile apps of all types. In fact, Michigan companies have quietly taken a leadership position in the industry, and now the Mobile Technology Association of