TROY ? Michigan-based Livio has cut a deal to create the NPR Radio that lets customers tune to thousands of radio stations from around the globe and easily find NPR stations and programming, anywhere in the home, away from a computer. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown has had a cafe serving its tenants for years. Now the cafe is under new management, with a new look, new menu and new catering capabilities ? a service the campus community could really use. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's TechTown is now leasing space in its its new Tech 2 building, the former Dalgleish Cadillac building. If you want more information, Real Estate and Facilities Director Henry Argasinski provides the details this special Newsmaker Interview. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
DETROIT ? Wayne State University's FastTrac entrepreneur training program is still looking for a few participants for its class beginning Feb. 15. But Rene Kelly, the program manager, said you have to act fast to join this free class. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest New Business Idea Second Place Award ? $1,000. Nalu Solar Software. Represented by president, Jennifer McLaughlin, Ypsilanti-based Nalu Solar Software provides web-based software offering operational support to photovoltaic contractors. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest Emerging Company Second Place Award ? $2,500. RealKidz, Inc. Represented by president, Merrill Guerra, Ypsilanti-based RealKidz addresses the issue of childhood obesity by offering plus-size clothing to young teens and a social network of support and information for parents. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest New Business Category winner was Global Energy Innovations, a Flint-based Kettering University spin-out that commercializes technology to accelerate the transition to the hydrogen and fuel-cell economy. GEI won $2000. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Current Motor Company, an Ann Arbor-based company that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles and scooters, won the top prize in the fall 2009 Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan competition and a cash prize of $5000 in the Emerging Business category. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
ANN ARBOR ? Diane Durance, executive director of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, said she has a new business competition that will award a cash prize of $100,000 in June. The GLEQ awards competition is open to all Michigan entrepreneurs that register to participate by March 5, but selection to compete for the new SmartZone
ANN ARBOR ? The Great Lakes Entrepreneur Quest Spirit of Entrepreneurship Award was presented to Loretta Cipkus Dubray, president and CEO of Kalamazoo-based Global Clinical Connections, for her tenacity in building her business and in recognition of her commitment to "have a plan and work the plan. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>