Ann Arbor SPARK Launches CEO Podcast Series

Posted by asignore on January 18, 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, is launching Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Podcasts: Conversations on Economic Opportunity, featuring Paul Krutko, its president and CEO, speaking with regional business leaders. “Since joining Ann Arbor SPARK, I’ve met with more than 80 business owners who are advancing our region’s economy; there’s an incredible... [Read More...]

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Sun shines worldwide on Ypsi’s solar projects

Posted by admin on November 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Dave Strenski, founder and volunteer coordinator of Solar Ypsi, the network of solar installations around Ypsilanti that's becoming a worldwide household name, will bring solar to the students and other concerned alternative energy enthusiasts at a seminar at Eastern Michigan University. As a guest speaker contributing to EMU's Creative Scientific Inquiry Experience program, Strenski will explain the economics of solar power and how it... [Read More...]

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Its a small world after all

Posted by asignore on November 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Paul Krutko speaking at the VC breakfast. Our team is up bright and early this Tuesday morning to spread the word of cool technologies, high returns, and the growing venture capital scene in Michigan to a group of around 30 Silicon Valley VC’s and high net worth individuals. The group was very interested in hearing more about our upcoming CEO Podcast between Paul Krutko, President and CEO of Ann Arbor SPARK, and Jan Garfinkle, Founder and Managing... [Read More...]

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U-M and city of Ann Arbor team up to pursue gigabit broadband networks

Posted by admin on August 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Blink and it’s gone. Or maybe it’s still coming. In a push to reach eye-opening speeds for broadband internet service, the University of Michigan and the city of Ann Arbor have joined Gig.U, a nationwide consortium of 29 universities pressing for the deployment of ultra high-speed networks to research universities and their home communities. We’re talking networks with speeds in gigabits per second – 1,000 times faster than the... [Read More...]

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Final California Blog

Posted by admin on August 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I want to go back to “Google land” where the toilet seats are heated and you are never more than 150 feet from food. My California journey is done and I am now back on eastern standard time. The last day of the trip was a perfect ending to a marvelous journey. Read more. Read More →

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Bay Area is Full of Wolverines

Posted by admin on July 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Read about some of the Bay Area companies that met over dinner and shared experiences about Ann Arbor in Jennifer Owens’ second blog post in GLITR. VP Business Development, Jennifer Owens is in California meeting with companies that have ties to Ann Arbor. Read More →

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Staying Safe on Social Media Sites

Posted by Maricat Eggenberger on June 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

We attended LA2M (Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing) today to hear the presentation titled, Threats & Social Media / Networking Sites. Dave Linabury & Scott Vowels in an entertaining manner provided valuable information about the threats that are on social media websites. The two men have their own site, Social Threat, which contains links and blogs about criminals and hackers on the these sites to be aware of. They not only talked about being... [Read More...]

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Ann Arbor Green Fair Continues A2Fiber Momentum

Posted by Maricat Eggenberger on June 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The tenth annual Ann Arbor Green Fair took place on Friday, June 11th along Main Street. SPARK attended the event in hopes to maintain and increase community support, interest and awareness of the A2Fiber campaign. The A2Fiber campaign is the community organized initiative created when applying to be chosen by Google to place high speed fiber cables around the city for faster internet. SPARK teamed up with the University of Michigan and the... [Read More...]

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Top 5 reasons the University of Michigan’s student entrepreneurial movement matters

Posted by admin on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

As featured on annarbor.com December 7, 2009 by Nathan Bomey Here’s AnnArbor.com’s Top 5 reasons why the University of Michigan’s student entrepreneurial movement matters to the Ann Arbor region. 1. U-M is putting dollars behind it. The Center for Entrepreneurship recently collaborated with various partners to establish TechArb, a permanent student business incubator in the McKinley Towne Centre next to Google and Ann Arbor SPARK. 2.... [Read More...]

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