KALAMAZOO - Southwest Michigan First announced Tuesday the launch of its new internship web portal: MIINTERNSHIP.com, a one-stop source for employers and students to post and find internship, apprenticeship, fellowship and co-op positions throughout the Southwest Michigan Region. "As a state, we've experienced a noticeable brain drain with the departure of educated 20-somethings to cities
LANSING - Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business competition celebrating its sixth year of connecting entrepreneurial companies with national and international investors. The competition showcases the best and brightest businesses to the investment community - giving away a $500,000 Grand Award and a total of $1million in cash and in-kind prizes. Applications due:
MIDLAND - Startup companies will showcase new automobile technology during an Auto Tech Forum hosted by MidMichigan Innovation Center at the Midland Holiday Inn, June 24. Participating businesses will discuss breakthroughs for energy efficiency in vehicles, such as battery electrode technology and lighter-weight materials, as well as other innovations like "touch recognition" software for on-board
BEVERLY HILLS - TiE Detroit is now accepting applications for its fifth annual TiE Young Entrepreneurs program. Exceptional high school students are encouraged to apply. The program features: Four month business focused curriculum coached by seasoned entrepreneurs. Development of a business plan. Regional competition: Winning team receives $1,000. Global business competition where teams from 19
ANN ARBOR - The Entrepreneurs Engage "unConference" brings together many of our region's most successful and visionary entrepreneurs and investors for free-wheeling, multi-session discussions on ideas and initiatives to improve our region's ability to create and grow innovative new businesses. The invitation-only event was created and is co-hosted by U-M Tech Transfer and the Michigan
TROY - Abdul Miah, co-founder and principal engineer at rankedHiRe, and Imran Raja, senior software engineer at MB Financial, were awarded the $5,000 grand prize at #hack4detroit, Automation Alley's 24-hour hackathon to build an app using the city of Detroit's new Open Data Portal. Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, held the event June
ROMULUS - What's the secret to success for multi-billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson? When he starts what has ballooned to 400 companies in his Virgin Group he always hires a great person to run the day-to-day operations freeing him to explore new business and revenue opportunities, he said Thursday during a news conference at Detroit
FARMINGTON HILLS - What does a cancer diagnostics company, a drone delivery startup, a towel-inventory management system and Detroit-based bicycle maker have in common? They all pitched Great Lakes Angels investors Monday at the last GLA meeting before the summer break. More than a dozen potential investors sat through 15-minute presentations, and 10 minutes of
FLINT - Kettering University hosted industry leaders from 24 companies across Michigan at the inaugural Unleash the Intrapreneur conference on June 3 in the Campus Center. An Intrapreneur is a person who works from within an organization to bring value to the company by recognizing and championing opportunities for innovation and growth. "The goal of
HOLLAND - Sixty percent of the West Michigan companies Paragon Recruiting polled in its latest survey said they planned to increase their IT staffing in the second half of 2015 - none of the companies polled said they plan to decrease their IT staffs. The semi-annual survey also showed three fourths also said they plan