Michigan Technology News and Entrepreneurs
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan has launched the $3 Million Monroe-Brown Seed Fund, a new funding vehicle designed to advance the process of transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market. The fund, approved this week by the U-M Board of Regents, is a collaboration between the U-M College of Engineering's
MIDLAND - After a 15 year career with a global corporation, Kris Marsh found herself on the other side of a layoff, wondering how to define herself outside of the corporate world. During your personal brand experience, Marsh takes you on her proven process of self-discovery, definition, and personal branding April 29 at the MidMichigan
AUBURN HILLS - The Macomb-Oakland University INCubator has added three new companies to its Executives-In-Residence program that allows commercialization clients to get 16 hours of consulting each month for free. The new consultants are Hunch Free, El Shaddai and Barnard will be located on site at Mac-OU INC. "It is an honor to be selected
DETROIT - Tech-savvy students from high schools and universities across metro Detroit and Windsor will convene on the Wayne State University campus in May for a 24-hour hackathon to write web-based software, create mobile apps or design computer programs addressing a need or innovation of their choice. HackWSU, hosted by WSU’s Blackstone LaunchPad student entrepreneurship
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan technology networking group, aimWest, is hosting a free social mixer on April 20 where professionals can grab some food, tip back a few drinks and hang out in great spring weather at SpeakEZ Lounge in downtown Grand Rapids. REGISTER TODAY so we can have enough of that yummy, free food
FARMINGTON HILLS – If you are an accredited investor, and would like to review four possible investments, Great Lakes Angels invites you to its pitch night April 26 at UHY Advisors. The meeting is open to member and non-members alike. Accredited investors earn $250,000 or more each year, or have a net worth (excluding their
FERNDALE - Rachele Downs, vice president of Entrepreneurial Strategy for Inforum, joined M2 TechCast co-Host Mike Brennan on the April 11 edition of the Internet radio show on the PodcastDetroit Network. With her was guest Julia Winter CEO, founder at Alchemie, which builds mobile games for higher education, beginning with a huge pain point, organic chemistry. This
AUBURN HILLS - The Macomb-OU INCubator has been awarded $22,240 to provide accelerator services to client company Medar Corporation to develop image acquisition and analysis systems to assist medical professionals in providing far superior care. Cedar has developed an Automated Diplopia Assessment System for quantifying pupil tracking specifically geared to diplopia, or eye misalignment, diagnosis.
ANN ARBOR - The deadline to enter the $125,000 2016 Center For Manufacturing Sciences Technology Competition, designed to introduce new technologies to the Department of Defense maintenance facilities to help sustain material readiness at reduced cost, April 19. The competition is a collaboration between the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the Office of the
DETROIT - Detroit is ranked second in the nation in the number of women-owned businesses created over the past nine years, while Michigan ranks fourth among the 50 states and Washington D.C. for the overall growth of women-owned companies. This news comes from a new report commission by American Express OPEN, analyzing data from the
