Ann Arbor Spark presents first annual a2Tech360
ANN ARBOR — At its annual meeting, Ann Arbor Spark unveiled a2Tech360, an extension of its popular Tech Trek event, to be held this year on June 15, that includes …
MSU Innovation Center recognizes faculty and student inventors
EAST LANSING — Michigan State Univesrity’s Innovation Center held its annual Innovation Cenebration Thursday, highlighting ground-breaking technology from MSU labs and startup companies from across Michigan State University’s campus. Advanced …
Healthy Pasta Firm Takes Top Prize At Accelerate Michigan
DETROIT — A company making healthier pasta from chickpeas took the $500,000 grand prize this week at the sixth annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. Fifty innovative MIchigan companies competed for …
Ford Innovation Boss Meets With VC’s, Startups At U-M Event
YPSILANTI — The door is open for tech startups to talk to Ford Motor Co. about advances in mobility. That’s the word from Ford Motor Co.’s innovation guru, delivered at …
Great Ideas Galore At MSU, WMU Design Events
SOUTHFIELD — If you ever worry about the future of American technological leadership, I have a suggestion for you — go visit a Design Day event at any engineering school …
Invent@NMU To Boost U.P. Startups
MARQUETTE — Veteran Upper Peninsula entrepreneur David Ollila has a new gig, and it doesn’t involve creating new products. Instead, Ollila has signed on as founding director of Invent@NMU, a new …
Drone Safety Firm Wins 5th ‘Accelerate Michigan’ Business Plan Competition
DETROIT — After two days of presentations at the Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit, the winners of the 5th annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition have been announced. At stake …
‘Mini Maker Space’ Wins Lansing’s Hatching Award
LANSING — The Lansing area’s Hatching business pitch competition packed the house at Beggar’s Banquet in East Lansing as usual — and the winner this month was “Mini Maker Space,” …
Michigan Business Challenge Starts 2015 Competition, Adds Social Impact Track
ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan’s Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies has kicked off its annual business plan competition, the Michigan Business Challenge. Now in its …
Detroit 'Hacker Fellows' Matches Computer Science Grads With Start-Ups
DETROIT — Graduating college seniors with degrees in computer science and related majors from an accredited 4-year college or university need to look no further than Hacker Fellows, a new …