Posted by asignore on May 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Written by Britany Affolter-Caine
Talent is a critical key to economic prosperity. In an effort to provide Ann Arbor companies with greater access to talent, Ann Arbor SPARK is in Silicon Valley with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation as part of the MichAGAIN series – recruiting trips to regions that have top talent from software developers and marketing professionals to C-level executives and life scientists with Michigan roots and... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on May 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Ann Arbor SPARK will kick off a new entrepreneurial education series, the Selling Smart Workshop, on June 6, 9-11 a.m. at SPARK Central. This first event in the series, “A Practical Process for Selling Services,” will offer information on how to create a systematic approach for qualifying leads and closing opportunities.
“Sales is an aspect of business that so many entrepreneurs struggle with, yet it’s absolutely critical to a company’s... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on May 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Lakeside Software, a leader in business intelligence solutions for IT professionals, announced the release and general availability of SysTrack Resolve. SysTrack Resolve provides first level Help Desk technicians with unprecedented insight into application usage and resource utilization, enabling prompt resolution that gets users back to work and technicians to their next service call.
Resolve can eliminate many service calls and address problems... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on April 24, 2012 · 1 Comment
LANSING – The Michigan Economic Development Corporation today announced that the Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a $2.5 million Michigan Business Development Program incentive for Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) to expand its operations in Michigan by building a world class Hot/Cold Weather Dynamometer Test facility at its Superior Township location south of Ann Arbor.
“Hyundai is a world class company and its decision to expand... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on April 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Nine Michigan companies recently received investments from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, totaling more than $2 million. To date, the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, a collaborative effort of Michigan’s SmartZones, has awarded 72 Michigan companies with seed funding totaling more than $16 million.
“The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund is helping businesses across the state bring their innovative products to market,” said Skip Simms, Ann... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on April 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Twelve Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $444,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to more than $2.4 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products.
“The companies that received Michigan Microloan Fund Program awards represent the wide range of innovations taking root across the state,” said Skip Simms,... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on March 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) recently awarded $100,000 to Ann Arbor SPARK, a public-private partnership whose mission is to advance innovation-based economic development in the greater Ann Arbor region. Ann Arbor SPARK will use the funding to manage MichAGAIN trips to Boston, Chicago, Palo Alto, and Washington, D.C. this year.
“MichAGAIN is a platform for evangelizing the state in areas rich with talent and growing businesses,”... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on March 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Michigan Corporate Relations Network (MCRN) is soliciting proposals for its Small Company Innovation Program (SCIP). The SCIP will provide cost-sharing grants to foster collaboration between MCRN universities and small-to medium-size companies on research projects for new commercial products or services.
The six universities that make up MCRN are Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on March 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Ann Arbor SPARK’s Board of Directors Vice Chair, Timothy G. Marshall, has been approved by the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve Bank to serve as Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Community Depository Institution Advisory Council (CDIAC). Timothy G. Marshall is currently President and CEO of the Bank of Ann Arbor. Marshall was originally appointed to serve as one of the twelve council members representing the five state... [Read More...]
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Posted by asignore on March 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Ann Arbor SPARK, a public-private partnership whose mission is to advance innovation-based economic development in the greater Ann Arbor region, recently finalized the agreement to assume management of business attraction efforts for the Economic Development Council (EDC) of Livingston County. As part of those efforts, Ann Arbor SPARK hired economic development professional Jay Bahr, who will serve as a business development manager for Livingston... [Read More...]
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