GRAND RAPIDS - Jody Vanderwel, president of Grand Angels, talks about what her private equity finance group in West Michigan has invested in so far, and what they're looking at investing in now. Grand Angels is one of five angel groups in Michigan that fund promising Michigan entrepreneurs, particularly in life sciences and high technology.
ANN ARBOR - Michael Spink, an intellectual property attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, discusses how bankruptcy and affect the ownership of technology licensing. With the Michigan auto industry consolidating, forcing many auto parts makers into bankruptcy, the fate of technology licensing becomes an important issue. Listen to all the details in this special
ANN ARBOR - Jim Cleland, an intellectual property attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, talks about when to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement. One wrinkle he explores is you don?t have to own the technology to file a lawsuit. This is a special Newsmaker Interview sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione. To
GRAND RAPIDS - MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher Mike Brennan has taken the KVEST Technology challenge in an attempt to break 100 during his second year as a golfer. He interviews his instructor, Scott Seifferlein, a PGA golf teaching pro at The Mines golf course near downtown Grand Rapids. Seifferlein describes a new golf technology, called
LANSING - Brendon Ringlever of BL Government Affairs office in Lansing discusses the negotiations on the 2008 Michigan budget in this special edition of Newsmaker Interview. Some chips on the table include making Michigan a Right To Work state, meaning employees would have the option of joining, or not joining, a union that represents workers.
TRAVERSE CITY - Brendan Ringlever of BL Government Affairs' Lansing office provides an update of the top themes and stories from this year's National Governor's Conference in Traverse City. Universities providing innovation for entrepreneurs to commercialize and Internet predators were some of the top issues in this special edition of Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click
LANSING -Republican members of the Michigan House announced last week a statewide effort to seek ideas from tax payers, public policy experts and government officials to develop initiatives to get Michigan back on its feet. Assistant Republican leader Rep. Kevin Elsenheimer from Bellaire discusses the GOP Road Trip in this Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click
MANISTEE - Amy Garrison, communications and program coordinator for the Michigan Corn Marketing Program, talks about corn?s role in creating a new green fuel, Ethanol, and what will happen to corn demand in Michigan. Garrison, interviewed at the 2007 Michigan Energy Fair, also dispels some corn myths in the Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on
LANSING - Brendan Ringlever of BL Government Affair?s Lansing office discusses in this Newsmaker Interview what?s happening with the federal Real ID Act, which would create a federal identity card for all US citizens. Michigan could become a laboratory for testing the new ID since the state leads the nation in foreign trade, primarily with
DETROIT ? The Michigan Council of Women in Technology will host a Three-Day Webinar on Working Globally to Deliver IT Services and Products in January sponsored by Lighthouse Consulting Partners and CA. MCWT brings learning to technology leaders? desktops with its first webinar series on acquiring new tools for successful IT delivery and vendor management.