LIVONIA - ACE ?15, Michigan?s 15th Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship event to be held January 29 at Burton Manor will feature eight breakout sessions designed to nurture Michigan?s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through out the six hour event ACE?15 will provide access to many experts and resources. The eight breakout sessions include: Beyond the Idea: Funding Your
SOUTHFIELD ? Oakland County hosted its first tech248 networking event January 20 at Blue Water Technologies in Southfield, attracting about 100 professionals, far more than organizer Greg Doyle said the nascent technology networking group expected. Tech248, the brainchild of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, also kicked off a partnership with MITechNews.Com and its media
ANN ARBOR - A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research calculates the substantial economic contribution of the automotive industry to the national economy and the economies of all 50 states. Nationally, automakers, parts suppliers, and dealerships directly employ nearly 1.6 million workers and support a total of more than 7 million total jobs
GROSSE POINTE PARK ? Former Detroit Regional Chamber CIO Hans Erickson knows all about disaster recovery. He also knows that the technology used by professionals like him required installation, configuration and was beyond the capabilities of the average computer user. Enter GEEPS, data rescue software for everyone pre-loaded on a flash drive. MITechNews.Com readers get
LANSING - In his first State of the State address of his second term, Governor Rick Snyder said Tuesday that now was an opportunity to make fundamental changes to government, especially in the way it delivered services to persons needing help to get back into the mainstream of life. As part of that effort, Snyder
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder unveiled Tuesday the first piece of his much anticipated energy agenda in saying he will create a new agency that would combine the Public Service Commission with economic development and environmental elements. Snyder will deliver his full energy proposal in March, coming in advance of the state's main energy law,
GRAND RAPIDS ? West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum is seeking up to three interns to support key projects and initiatives in early 2015. All interns are paid, either by hourly wage or by stipend. The Solid Waste & Recycling Research Intern will work with WMSBF member companies and contractors on projects to promote recycling and
LANSING - Michigan's economy is continuing to grow and rebound from the Great Recession, George Fulton, director of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics at the University of Michigan said Friday, noting that by 2017 the state should gain 531,200 jobs from the 858,400 lost during the previous decade. That constitutes 62 percent of the
SOUTHFIELD ? Oakland County will host its first tech248 networking event January 20 at Blue Water Technologies in Southfield, kicking off a new partnership with MITechNews.Com. Tech248, the brainchild of Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, will use MITechNews.Com, and its media partners, to tell the tech stories of thousands of tech entrepreneurs and companies
DETROIT - With the North American International Auto Show in full swing and a new year upon us, Inforum hosted its 13th annual AutomotiveNEXT Breakfast at the GM Renaissance Center. Professionals supporting the growth of female talent in the auto industry packed the room to hear keynote Werner Struth from Bosch as well as others