Great Lakes Angels invests in Ann Arbor’s Blaze Medical Devices
Blaze Medical Devices recently closed a $250,000 seed capital round that was led by a handful of investors from the Great Lakes Angels Group. The Ann Arbor-based startup is developing a product that focuses on quality control and optimization for the blood banking and transfusion industry. The technology analyzes stored blood to allow clinicians to predict the effectiveness of transfusions by assessing the levels and rates of quality loss during... [Read More...]
Great Lakes Angels invests in Ann Arbor’s Blaze Medical Devices
Blaze Medical Devices recently closed a $250,000 seed capital round that was led by a handful of investors from the Great Lakes Angels Group. The Ann Arbor-based startup is developing a product that focuses on quality control and optimization for the blood banking and transfusion industry. The technology analyzes stored blood to allow clinicians to predict the effectiveness of transfusions by assessing the levels and rates of quality loss during... [Read More...]
Walk This Way: The Challenge Of Pedestrian Malls
The idea of establishing a pedestrian mall in downtown Ann Arbor has long been discussed but never acted upon. Concentrate's Jon Zemke looks at how some communities have found great success with their people-only plazas, but most have encountered failure. Would Tree Town buck the odds or struggle like the rest? News from Concentrate Read More →
MI vs SF: The Art Of The Business Plan Competition
One excels at style. The other, substance. But when it comes to nurturing an entrepreneurial ecosystem, both matter. Jon Zemke attends Silicon Valley's quarterly Founder Showcase and our own annual business plan competition, Accelerate Michigan, and finds a clash of both cultures and community. News from Concentrate Read More →
The Passion Of Rich Sheridan
Richard Sheridan has seen it all. The burst of the tech bubble, downsizing, basement start-up anxieties, and, finally, success. Today his Menlo Innovations is a company that wins accolades for its work philosophy and clients for its bottom line. Jon Zemke talks to Ann Arbor’s go-to guy on entrepreneurship about what it takes to build a successful company. Hint: coffee may play a role. News from Concentrate Read More →
The Young & Entrepreneurial: David Merritt
Photo credit: Dave Lewinsky In an article published last week, Concentrate offers a great look at David Merritt, a young entrepreneur who founded I Miss You, or IMU. IMU is an apparel company that fulfills David’s dream of blending business savvy with community commitment and service. In the article, writer Jon Zemke offers that David is exactly the type of up and comer that is the foundation of our state’s best and brightest economy. ... [Read More...]
