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M2 TechCast: WIN Director Katz Updates Opportunity Detroit Tech

ROYAL OAK - Lisa Katz, Executive Director at the Workforce Intelligence Network, updates Opportunity Detroit Tech, a collaborative body that envisions the Greater Detroit Region as a place where an improved information technology ecosystem can be the answer to industry and community economic success! Opportunity Detroit Tech provides a network of support of both industry peers and labor

By |2016-10-11T17:52:44-04:00October 11th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Inforum’s Downs Named National Director At Dandelion – Community Projects Agency

DETROIT - Rachele Downs, long-time Vice President of Entrepreneurial Strategies at Inforum, has been hired by Dandelion, a community projects organizer, as the agency’s first National Director of Development and Acquisitions. This new role was created by Dandelion to support its recent expansion into Saginaw and Chicago. As National Director of Development and Acquisitions, Downs

By |2016-10-11T16:20:28-04:00October 11th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, New Products / Contracts|

Media Multitasking Not Only Reduces Performance But Also IQ

LANSING - Attention all you multitaskers that pride yourself on your ability to read emails, respond to instant messages and answer the phone all while simultaneously doing your daily work.  Studies have recently shown that not only is this way of working unproductive, it drops your IQ, and there is ongoing research to determine whether

By |2016-10-07T08:48:17-04:00October 7th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Small Business Association of Michigan|

Investments In Michigan Companies Up In Third Quarter, But Down Nationally

SEATTLE, WA – Michigan attracted $118.8 million in 18 deals in the state in the third quarter of 2016, up from $58 million in the second quarter and $48.8 million in the first, a new report says. The report, from the National Venture Capital Association and PitchBook, a VC database, showed the third quarter in

By |2016-10-06T08:49:42-04:00October 6th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Detroit Financial Tech Media Site Benzinga Raises $3 Million In VC Round

DETROIT - Benzinga, a financial tech media site, has raised $3 Million, including an investment from entrepreneur Dan Gilbert and WorldQuant Ventures. The investment will fuel an expansion of Benzinga’s original market-moving content and data service infrastructure, allowing Benzinga to better serve its rapidly increasing demand from traders and investors. “We’re very excited to announce our investment in Benzinga,”

By |2016-10-06T08:18:53-04:00October 6th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|

SBAM Podcast: Don’t Fall Into The Role Of Becoming An Unpaid Consultant

LANSING - Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with sales trainer and coach Greg Coyne of Gerry Weinberg & Associates Sandler Training, about how to bid and negotiate for sales without falling into the trap of falling into the role of being an unpaid consultant to your customer.

TechTown Detroit To Honor Ainsworth, RetroSense Therapeutics As Entrepreneur Of Year

DETROIT - TechTown Detroit will honor Sean Ainsworth and RetroSense Therapeutics as 2016’s Entrepreneur of the Year at its first annual Salute! Awards, to be presented as part of the Toast of the Town celebration of entrepreneurship October 13. The Salute! Awards honor the year’s standout entrepreneurs with both tech-based and neighborhood businesses. The awardees

By |2016-09-30T12:45:45-04:00September 30th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Life Sciences|

Traverse City New Tech Meetup Drives Entrepreneurial Growth In Northern Michigan

TRAVERSE CITY - A clone of A2 New Tech Meetup, a monthly pitch night in Ann Arbor, has sprung up in this northern Michigan resort town. TC New Tech will meet again on Oct. 4 in downtown Traverse City to listen as five entrepreneurs get five minutes each to make their case about why their

By |2016-09-30T11:01:21-04:00September 30th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Six Early-Stage SE Michigan Companies To Share $375,000 From Innovation Fund

WARREN – Six early-stage companies from Oakland and Wayne counties will receive $375,000 in funding from the Innovation Fund Macomb Community College, Powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co.  This initiative provides mentoring and capital to early-stage businesses, as well as learning opportunities for Macomb Community College's students.  . “The Macomb Innovation Fund is

By |2016-09-29T20:04:22-04:00September 29th, 2016|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

M2 TechCast: MISBDC’s Brophy Interviews Test4Time Founder – Automated Reward Systems For Youngsters To Learn Math

ROYAL OAK - Test 4 Time is an automated reward system for youngsters learning mathematics.  The reward is the use of a product of their choice for a given amount of time.  That could mean time on a video game, a television, a computer, basically anything that plugs into a wall.  The amount of time