MI has new Tax Credit for Angels

Posted by Skip Simms on December 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Heading to the Governor for signature is HB 5921 the Small Business Investment Tax Credit bill.  Finally there is a credit Michigan Angels can use.  A big SHOUT OUT to Representative Ellen Lipton for proposing this bill and pushing it all the way to the goal line.  This legislation may prove to be one of the most important programs that will release the millions of private capital in Michigan that is currently sitting on the sidelines.  It also... [Read More...]

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Mobile Sign Language Wins EIC Pitch Competion

Posted by Maricat Eggenberger on June 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Mobile Sign Language Systems CEO, Jason Gilbert took home the prize at the Eastside Innovation Campus Business Pitch Competition on June 4th.  Mobile Sign Language Systems has developed smartphone software that translates spoken English into a video of sign language in real time. The software is designed to help deaf people, who often struggle to communicate with their counterparts in the hearing world, most of whom do not know sign language.  Jason... [Read More...]

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