Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
AUBURN HILLS - Do you have a high-tech startup? How about an early-stage, growth-based business? Do you seek to become an entrepreneur by turning your innovative idea into a business? If so, the Macomb-OU INCubator invites you to attend on May 24 to Starting Up, a workshop exploring several of the resources within the State
ANN ARBOR - James Flynn, managing director of New York City-based Deerfield Capital Management, and Adam Lilling, founder and managing partner of Los Angeles-based Plus Capital will keynote the 35th annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium May 17-18. MGCS will also feature panel discussions on topics ranging from the impact of healthcare reform, medical software startup
AUBURN HILLS - Oakland University INCubator has been awarded $42,500 by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to provide product development support to Safety in Motion, a developer of an “on the field” concussion testing medical device. Safety in Motion, based in Novi, was formed in 2013 to use leading-edge automotive safety technologies and engineering skills
DETROIT - Move over “May.” The fifth month of the year has been declared, “Entrepreneur Month” in Detroit by a trifecta of entrepreneurial conferences: Techweek, Detroit Entrepreneur Week, and Detroit Startup Week. The new “Big 3” joined forces in this declaration, and celebration, of Detroit entrepreneurial activity. Each conference brings a unique opportunity to engage
FERNDALE - The Young Basile law firm’s Keith Schonberger joins us on M2 TechCast to explain the differences between patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. It seems that many people do not understand the difference in these types of intellectual property. His discussion asks the following questions: What are the different types of intellectual property protectable
LANSING - The Michigan Strategic Fund on Thursday announced it would provide an additional $3.5 Million to eligible Innovation Hubs across the state focused on commercializing technologies in bio medical, advanced transportation, life sciences, ag-bio and advanced materials. The announcement, made by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, expands the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization program
SAN FRANCISCO - Only 7 percent of investing partners at the top 100 Venture and Micro-Venture firms are women, reports a new study, which also contends 12 percent of venture rounds and 10 percent of venture dollars globally between 2010 and 2015 went to startups with at least one woman founder. The report was done
DETROIT - Sandra Cochrane is a full-time Technology Business Consultant for the MI-SBDC. In this position she assists start-up and early-stage high-tech companies. Services she provides to clients include business plan development, accessing capital, strategic planning, and general business consultation. On Saturday’s show she represents a perspective on the tech initiatives that are developing on
DETROIT - Tom Kelly is the COO and director of entrepreneurship for Automation Alley, Michigan’s leading technology business association, connecting companies and organizations with talent, resources and funding to accelerate innovation and fuel Southeast Michigan’s economy. Q1 Highlights: Wrapping up an IT training program that helped to address Southeast Michigan’s IT skills gap by training more than
DETROIT - The deadline for DTX Launch Detroit has been moved back to May 6. Now college students and recent graduates have more time to sign up for the 10-week summer accelerator to help them launch a technology startup. Participants will receive a stipend of $2,500 per individual (up to $7,500 per venture team) to
