ANN ARBOR - Technology companies will host the inaugural A2 Tech Trek on June 12, what is billed as a free event, plus open houses at downtown Ann Arbor's technology companies and organizations. Arbor SPARK is sponsoring the event. Each stop on the trek will create a fun, educational experience that reflects their unique culture
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - There is a new professional association aimed at women working in mobile technology that has been created by the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan - the Women In Mobile Tech Advisory Council. The Council's launch event will take place June 22 from 6 to 8:30 pm at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield
YPSILANTI - Long-time entrepreneur Paula Sorrell, who for the past four years has served as Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Venture Capital for the Michigan Venture Capital Association, is leaving the state agency May 31 to return to her previous life as a business consultant. Sorrell, interviewed at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium on
GRAND RAPIDS - Business accelerators, where entrepreneurs incubate ideas, get mentoring help, and sometimes access to investment capital, have been springing up all over Michigan. But the state's newest accelerator takes a new tack by focusing on working with very large enterprise companies to help them developing products to plug into the Internet of Things.
ANN ARBOR - Zack Urlocker is the Chief Operating Officer at Duo Security, a venture-backed startup in Ann Arbor, on June 24 will be featured at joint meeting of TiE Detroit and Ann Arbor SPARK where he will discuss how to scale your business. Urlocker also will talk about traits of successful companies, phases of
SOUTHFIELD - On June 4 at noon Learn about IT job demand in Michigan from Workforce Intelligence Network Executive Director Lisa Katz. She will discuss in this webinar emerging opportunities in IT and provide strategies to position yourself for these roles. The session also will discuss how to leverage resources and partners in the public
DETROIT - Although women are often lead adopters of technology, the percentage of women in technology ranges from 15- to 20-percent - this dichotomy was explored May 13 at Grand Circus by a panel of women that discussed navigating a male dominated technology industry. The panel covered topics from mentorship to getting hit on
DETROIT - Invest Michigan announced Thursday it has invested $325,000 in five early stage technology companies. The money came from the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund 2.0 and allowed these companies to leverage another $2.7 million in co-investments from private sources. Since its inception in June 2014, the Fund has invested in 18 Michigan startups through
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University will host a free Innovation, Design & Manufacturability Workshop on June 9 from 8 a.m. to noon with lunch to follow. The workshop will be held in room M336 in LTU�s Buell Management Building on the LTU campus at 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield. The workshop facilitators are Jeff
TROY - Automation Alley Wednesday announced that participants in the upcoming #hack4detroit event will use the city of Detroit's new Open Data Portal to create an app to benefit the city. The winning individual or team will receive a $5,000 grand prize. #hack4detroit is a 24-hour hackathon and will take place at Grand Circus Detroit