Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
DETROIT - Sometimes as entrepreneurs and creatives we are so busy working we don’t take time out to celebrate our growth and success. We hope these entrepreneurs celebrated their success at the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards earlier this week. EY hosted their 30th award’s anniversary, selecting twelve entrepreneurs form the Michigan and
DETROIT - Challenge Detroit, celebrating its fifth year, announced its 2016-2017 class of 42 Fellows, each of whom will get opportunity to live, work and play in metropolitan Detroit. Fellows will work with their new host companies four days a week. Some of those companies are Slow Roll, EcoWorks, General Motors, Marketing Associates and Rossetti.
ROYAL OAK - Justine Sheu from ProUp.Com talks about how her website helps students get connected to career paths in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math who might not get the introduction otherwise. Sheu developed her program through the Detroit Public School District, where she works with high school students to match them with STEM internships,
ROYAL OAK - Amanda Lewan, one of the three Diva Tech Talk podcasters, joins M2 Techcast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her coverage of the Mackinac Policy Conference (she is editor of Michipreneur.Com) and some exciting news about her co-working space, Bamboo Detroit. It will be expanding soon. The Mackinac Policy
BATTLE CREEK - Kellogg Co. announced it has launched a $100 million Venture Capital fund - Eighteen94 Capital - to make minority investments in new ingredient, food, packaging and other technologies and “pursue next-generation innovation.” In a statement, Kellogg said Eighteen94 Capital plans to target early stage companies with a proven track record and established
ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley COO Tom Kelly, fresh from the Hanover, Germany, trade fair, talks about how manufacturing is coming back, but in a smarter way. Skilled trades, factory automation, are creating a new type of manufacturing employee. Kelly also talks about some upcoming trade missions, including a fall trip to Cuba. The delegation
ROYAL OAK - Motor City Connect will hold its next lunch meet-up June 28 at bd’s Mongolian Grill. Stop by and meet Founder Terry Bean who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of MCC, meet a lot of tech movers-and-shakers and eat some tasty stir-fry. bd’s Mongolian Grill is at 430 S. Main St., Royal Oak,
BAY CITY - On June 29, some high-growth businesses in the agricultural field will present technologies during an Ag Tech Forum at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bay City . The event is hosted by MidMichigan Innovation Center and the BlueWater Angels. Investors and entrepreneurs are invited to attend and hear presentations by Ag technology ventures that are
SOUTHFIELD - The deadline to apply for the TiE 20 Early Stage Startups that compete at TiE Midwest has been extended to July 10. TiE 20 are an elite group of Top 20 Early Stage Startups recognized and awarded from among hundreds of nominees at the annual TiEcon Midwest – one of the largest entrepreneurship
ANN ARBOR - The Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Michigan’s venture capital fund-of-funds, announced that CEO Chris Rizik has been named a finalist for its Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 Award in the Michigan and Northwest Ohio Region. The award, which honors leaders for their extraordinary success and commitment, will be announced at a special gala
