Bay Area CEO’s Experience Pure Michigan
It was a chilly but eventful Monday in the Valley for our MichAGAIN team. After visiting many coffee shops, some owned by Michiganders (shout out to Good Karma Cafe), speaking with students in the Society of Computer Engineering at San Jose State University, and learning about the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View (stay tuned for tomorrow’s update) it was time for our CEO to CEO dinner. No, there is no free parking in San Jose either! It was highly attended... [Read More...]
Michigan Venture Capital Association puts $3.1 million into new programs
Michigan's emerging venture capital community has taken some significant steps forward in the last few years, welcoming a handful of new VC firms and watching one of its star players cross the $100 million mark. These are among the first fruits harvested from continued work to build up the state's investment community. The Michigan Venture Capital Association looks to continue that with a few new programs focused on growing the state's... [Read More...]
Get Face Time with a big Michigan VC
Many entrepreneurs want to get in front of a VC. Well here’s your chance. The folks at Beringea, Michigan’s largest Venture Capital firm, will hold ‘Office Hours’ in 2011 in several communities around the state. Similar to the office hours format used by university professors, these sessions will provide the Michigan entrepreneurial community open access to Beringea venture capitalists for their perspective, feedback... [Read More...]
Entrepreneur awards and VC program features SPARK’s Amy Cell
From Crain’s Detroit Business Nov. 11, 2009; “The seven winners joined about 140 attendees this morning at a networking breakfast followed by peer-to-peer strategy sessions. Chris Rizik, president and CEO of the Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, presented a session on pitching to venture capitalists and angel investors with Amy Cell, vice president of Ann Arbor Spark. It’s important to understand the role of venture capital, Rizik... [Read More...]
