ROYAL OAK - Rob Fowler, CEO of the Small Business Association of Michigan, announces a new partnership with Consumers Energy and DTE to develop an energy office at SBAM that will position three people in the field to work with small businesses to develop better energy efficiency strategies. Fowler said the program is aimed not
ROYAL OAK - Candy Lab AR, an award-winning company that has developed location-based and augmented reality software since 2011, filed a lawsuit last week against Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, in a case that is expected to have far-reaching implications for the fast-growing augmented reality industry. Under Milwaukee County Resolution 16-663, companies publishing augmented reality games would
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday May 8, Tech248’s Irene Spanos interviews Tom Berman from Reverie, an Oakland County developer of High Tech Sleep Technology. Inforum’s Tember Shea interviews Grace Montero, Co-Founder, Social Sushi, a pop up networking event and catering company. ITInTheD’s David Phillips will discuss the IT Career Academy that will provide
ROYAL OAK - Paul McCown, the Chief Financial Officer for Dataspeed, is one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch winners this year. He will receive his award Thursday night at the gala in Lansing. Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center, interviews McCown - along with M2 TechCast Co-Hosts Mike
ROYAL OAK - Monica Wheat joins M2 TechCast Co-Hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to provide more details on Detroit Startup Week, scheduled for May 22-26, this year in partnership with Detroit Entrepreneur Week. Startup businesses of every type and stage are invited to more than 100 completely free events that are designed to support
ROYAL OAK - Five entrepreneurs. including Drone Law Pro Founder Enrico Schaefer, have partnered to create a group dedicated to expanding and promoting the drone industry in this northern Michigan resort town. The nonprofit is called SharedSky. Its mission statement reads: To connect individuals, businesses, local government, and organizations interested in the safe and ethical
ROYAL OAK - Social media expert Melih Oztalay from Birmingham-based SmartFinds Marketing talks about the latest Social Media Marketing Trends, including Facebook Improvements, LinkedIn, Twitter Replies, and the hottest trend of them all, Video Marketing. Facebook Improvements Melih Oztalay discussed the changes taking place at Facebook which businesses need to consider in their digital social
ROYAL OAK - On M2 MechCast Monday May 1 (yes May already), SBAM CEO Rob Fowler will outline a new partnership with Consumers Energy and DTE Energy to provide enhanced energy services. Tony Matthews CEO of the Michigan Science Center will updates the latest happenings. Brian Wassom, partner at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP, argues
ROYAL OAK - Selin Arslan, an Assistant Professor at Lawrence Technological University, updates what’s happening with the LTU Blue Devil Motorsports teams, actually five teams that compete in SAE International competitions. These competitions are an integral part of Lawrence Tech’s engineering curriculum, which has always stressed the importance of enriching “theory” with “practice.” Nearly 30
ROYAL OAK - Online Tech CEO Yan Ness announces his company’s acquisition of Echo Cloud, a Kansas City, Mo., enterprise cloud company. The acquisition is set to boost Online Tech’s reach in the Midwest market and provide further geographical diversity to its growing cloud infrastructure. Ness said the acquisition provides several benefits for his company,
