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Shifting Gears Fall 2011 offers career transition training

August 22, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Space is still available for seasoned business professionals looking to shift their skills into new job opportunities through Michigan Shifting Gears Fall 2011, a career transition development program offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). “As Michigan transitions into the new economy, many highly skilled and experienced individuals across the state are struggling to [...]

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Tagged as: career change, career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, talent

Detroit nonprofit group offers program aimed at innovators of tomorrow

August 16, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Talent, Ideas, Enterprise (TiE), the Detroit chapter of the global nonprofit organization The Indus Entrepreneurs, has started an intensive mentoring program aimed at a very motivated population segment of high school students. The program, TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE), teaches selected high school students the basics of entrepreneurship though an intensive mentoring program. The nine month [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Mentor, students, talent

Shifting Gears program offers career transition training

August 10, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Seasoned business professionals who are looking to shift their skills into new job opportunities with small businesses are invited to take part in Michigan Shifting Gears, a career transition development program offered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). “As Michigan transitions into the new economy, many highly skilled and experienced individuals across the state [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Mentor, talent, training

Michigan-made electronic reader accessories are here to stay

August 9, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

At a time when the vast majority of consumer electronics and accessories are manufactured in foreign markets, one innovative product line, Scio Township-based Hand-e-holder Products Inc., is made exclusively in Ann Arbor, and the company owner has no intention of taking it anywhere else. The Hand-e-holder straps to the back of tablet computers and electronic [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan business rankings climb

August 8, 2011 Economic Development

As the markets reacted to the nation’s lowered credit rating, several Michigan business indicators continue to rise. Michigan’s general obligations bonds rating rose from “stable” to “positive,” while the state is a national leader for job growth and just placed No. 1 in a new lending ranking of Small Business Administration loans. Fitch Ratings said [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Jobs, small business resources

First-ever Small Business Outreach Tour offers free workshops for small business owners

August 3, 2011 Economic Development

Small business owners looking for tools to take their businesses to the next level can gain information, contacts and resources through the Small Business Outreach Tour taking place August 10 through September 30. The first-ever Small Business Outreach tour, sponsored by the Small Business Administration, will stop in 15 cities around the state. The free [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, small business resources

Designer Bikini Business: Makes a Splash in Michigan

August 3, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

MILFORD – Magdalena Trever decided to return to her hometown of Milford after living in California for six years to start her business, one of the only knitted bikini companies in America. Trever graduated from the Academy of Arts in San Francisco with a degree in fashion design/knitwear and partnered with her mom, Nancy Thompson, [...]

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MEDC creates $18.8 million program to bring technology to market

July 29, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The MEDC is dedicated to helping transform technology developed at Michigan’s universities into marketable enterprises. Just recently the Michigan Strategic Fund approved the University Technology Acceleration and Commercialization (UTAC) program, an $18.8 million initiative through the 21st Century Jobs Fund. Developed using input from 19 universities, university partnerships, and nonprofits, the program will help form partnerships [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, high tech jobs, technology transfer

Thinking of launching a retail business? New guide will help you get started

July 21, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Finding the right tools and resources can often be the toughest part for those with the entrepreneurial itch. But thanks to a new booklet by the Michigan Retailers Association, would-be retailers can get a wealth of information – free – on how to get started. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting a Retail Business brings together [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Resources, small business resources

En Garde! Young entrepreneur sharpens Detroit kids’ skills

July 14, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

A young businessman from Detroit is using his entrepreneurial skills to improve lives and strengthen communities by teaching inner city youth an unusual sport. Through his business En Garde Detroit, a social entrepreneurship company, 27-year-old Bobby C. Smith is exposing Detroit youth to the positive effects of fencing. Started in 2008, En Garde currently teaches [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Urban Economic Development

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