ANN ARBOR - Jim Adox, Chairman of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, and Managing Director of Venture Investors LLC, said phasing out the Venture Michigan Fund ? as proposed by the Michigan House Commerce and Trade Committee this week - would have a tremendous negative impact on the state?s efforts to make Michigan more entrepreneur
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society works to be "all things engineering" for the Detroit area and the state of Michigan - preserving Michigan's status as the No. 1 state for engineers in the nation. Today?s ESD offers continuing education, leadership development and networking opportunities to today?s working engineers in all fields ? civil, environmental, mechanical,
ANN ARBOR ? We?re launching a new section in the MITechNews.Com eNewsletter focused on a growing business segment that also combines the state?s most creative entrepreneurs ? the Makers Movement. We?re calling it Makers Michigan. What we plan to do in the Makers Michigan section, soon to be added to a new and improved MITechNews.Com
SOUTHFIELD ? Robert Magee, who last week was named the permanent executive vice president of the Engineering Society of Detroit, said his first goal is to make the 120-year old group a relevant and strong value for engineers throughout the state. Magee, a veteran executive with 20 years of progressively greater responsibilities at AT&T Advertising
PLYMOUTH - When I first began integrating social media into my job responsibilities about seven years ago, I?a seasoned PR professional with nearly 20 years of experience under my belt?felt like a rookie. And in a way, I was a rookie. Learning how to effectively align public relations objectives with social media was a whole
DETROIT - Our next event will be a Pink Slip Party on Thursday, March 19th at The Majestic Theater. If you?re not familiar with our Pink Slip Party events?you should be. They?re on a whole different level from our casual networking social events like the one we have at Blackfinn. Our PSP events see as
ANN ARBOR ? Michigan League of Conservation Voters (Michigan LCV) Executive Director Lisa Wozniak released this statement following the introduction of a clean energy package Tuesday: ?We applaud the leadership of state legislators putting forth a clean energy plan that will build on our success so far. Michigan?s commitments to clean energy have driven $2.9
DETROIT - If you handle public relations within a sales organization, you?re likely considered overhead. While you can argue that an effective media relations strategy leads to sales, you cannot always prove that the customers who came into your store to buy your products or services did so because of what they read online or
DETROIT - To say that the state of business and economy in Metro Detroit is in peril is an understatement to say the least. Never have I seen such a mass of people without work in this town, notice traffic lately on I-75 and 696? That?s right, there hardly is any anymore. So in times
DETROIT - Congratulations, you?ve made it past the first hurdle. You?ve gotten past the gatekeepers, resume screeners, candidate tracking systems, and have gotten a call or email that someone would actually like to talk to you about hiring you for a job that they have open. Now, let?s not kid ourselves ? even though you?ve