Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
GRAND RAPIDS - SpringGR is all about turning ideas into thriving businesses. Launched in 2014, SpringGR is an organization offering training, mentoring and networking opportunities for hopeful entrepreneurs in underserved areas of the city and surrounding communities. Director of Business Support, Attah Obando, says, “SpringGR is funded through the DeVos Family Foundation. We ran two
ANN ARBOR – Jeff Zhang, an undergraduate at the University of Michigan in the School of Information, also is an entrepreneur. He’s mentored by Nancy Benovich Gilby, the school’s Ehrenberg Director of Entrepreneurship, a serial entrepreneur herself who has guided eight companies over her career to successful exits. Zhang is developing a project that comes
DETROIT - The Wayne State University Board of Governors has approved a new undergraduate certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation, designed by the Mike Ilitch School of Business, to provide students with the specialized knowledge and skills to develop and launch startup ventures. Courses will begin in January 2017. The 15-credit certificate is open to students
DETROIT - IT employers in the Southeast Michigan region are facing an increasingly challenging recruiting environment as demand for talent vastly outweighs the supply of workers. According to an analysis done by the Workforce IntelligenceNetwork for Southeast Michigan (WIN), there were more than 69,075 IT online job postings in 2015, which is nearly twenty times the number
GRAND RAPIDS - What happens when you bring technology & Michigan beers together? You have a TechMash. And when it falls near Halloween, you get a Halloween-themed TechMash. Join C/D/H on October 26 at its Grand Rapids office, located at 15 Ionia Avenue SW, Suite 270, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00
DETROIT - Join Opportunity Detroit Tech on October 6 between 5-7pm at Vertical Detroit for an upcoming IT training and recruiting networking event! There will be some delicious app’s and a variety of wines for purchase! Opportunity Detroit Tech is looking to expand communication and collaboration within the IT training and recruiting ecosystem to help shape the technology industry’s
LANSING – Every year Google and Apple host developer conferences that serve as a platform for launching new devices and form factors, as well as an opportunity to highlight new and exciting features for their mobile platforms. On September 26 at 6:45 p.m. at the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center in East Lansing, Mobile Monday
ROYAL OAK - Kathleen Norton-Schock talks about lots of news, including Diva Tech Talk, Michigan Council of Women in Technology plus does an interview with Kim Cross, founder of Philanthropy Services. Norton-Schock, who took the summer off, also announced the Association of Women in Communications gave Diva Tech Talk its Clarion Award for radio programming
FARMINGTON HILLS - Great Lakes Angels is offering accredited investors the opportunity on Oct. 6 at UHY Advisors to listen to elevator pitches as four technology start-ups will do their best to talk them into funding their companies. Registration opens at 5 pm, and presentations start at 5:30. Presenting companies include: 3BG Supply Co www.3bgsupply.com
GRAND RAPIDS - Software developer Blue Medora LLC raised nearly $7.5 million in capital in what one expert calls a “tough,” but “good” environment for companies seeking investors. The investment is part of an effort by the Grand Rapids-based company, which focuses on cloud system management, to raise up to $10 million in capital. Blue Medora
