LANSING - If your Michigan small business launched a new product or service in the past three years, you could win the Innovation Award ? a part of the Michigan Celebrates Small Business recognition program. But hurry: the application deadline is Nov. 12. The winning company will be recognized April 28, 2011, in front of
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center formed a team of experts to assist manufacturers with planning for growth and diversification. The Manufacturing Assistance Team provides support to manufacturers in three specific areas: financial analysis, capital access and strategic actions. "Michigan's small business manufacturers are facing times when financing options are
GRAND RAPIDS ? The deadline for nominations for the 2011 Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards program, a prestigious annual competition that recognizes successful small businesses and their supporters, is Nov. 2. The winners will be honored at the 7th annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business event on April 28, 2011. Award categories for business owners include
ROCHESTER - Faculty at Oakland University are taking advantage of nearly $1.8 million in recently approved grants to support science-related projects in explosives detection, microwave signal processing and development of summer research programs. Associate Professor Xiangqun Zeng, for example, received a $1,054,638 grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop sensors to detect
DETROIT - The Michigan Women's Foundation board of trustees announced its support for the formation of a Women's Angel Fund providing access to capital to start or expand transformative businesses and give the Michigan economy a needed infusion of jobs and change. Michigan Women's Foundation will support the investment in early stage women-owned businesses owned
ANN ARBOR - The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business announced the recipients of the Fall 2010 Dare to Dream Grant Program, where students apply for funding to advance their innovative, high-potential business concepts toward launch. Grant recipients were awarded funding totaling
WASHINGTON ? Financing from the U.S. Small Business Administration's growth capital program increased 23 percent in fiscal year 2010, providing a record $1.59 billion to help small businesses grow and create jobs. The fiscal year 2010 volume is the highest single-year volume in the 50-year history of SBA's Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) debenture program.
GRAND RAPIDS ? aimWest is hosting its 2010 Midwest Social Media Confab Nov. 10 at the JW Marriott where talented business, media and communications professionals will talk about the latest trends in social media. Keynote speaker is the author of The Mirror Test" and former Kodak CMO, Jeffrey Hayzlett. Hayzlett has appeared on Celebrity Apprentice,
MIDLAND - MidMichigan Innovation Center has added veteran alternative energy entrepreneur Rodney Boulanger of Midland to the Board of Directors. "With our new strategic, educational and networking programs such as the Speaker Series, and TED Talk Thursdays, and our just-announced statewide outreach program, the Regional Business Incubation Network, we have added new opportunities for entrepreneursm,"
ANN ARBOR ? Becton, Dickinson and Co., which purchased HandyLab last year for $275 million, will close the Ann Arbor company's office and consolidate the manufacture of HandyLab's rapid detection infection device in Maryland. The fate of the company's 50 Michigan employees remains unclear, but none will remain in Michigan, a company spokesperson said. The