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Volunteer with Shifting Gears and Help Michigan Retain Talent

September 21, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan Shifting Gears, an MEDC program designed to help highly-educated and experienced business professionals transition to new opportunities, needs your help.  Volunteer mentors and resume reviewers are needed at events this week, next week, and beyond.  For more information on becoming a volunteer with the program, send e-mail to Maria Nevai at ShiftingGears@Michigan.org. 
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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, Mentor, talent, training

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 events [...]

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

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 information [...]

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

Class can help small businesses win lucrative defense contracts

April 8, 2011 Events

Each year, the federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on everything from ready-to-eat meals to socks to tanks. Michigan businesses now have a great opportunity to win the contracts that supply these goods to our armed services.
“The country’s going to stay in the national security business,” Dr. Ashton Carter, Undersecretary of Defense for [...]

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Tagged as: economic diversification, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, homeland security and defense, Resources

Snyder: Statewide job portal up soon

April 4, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Entrepreneurs and jobseekers alike will find interesting reading in an interview with Governor Rick Snyder by the University Research Corridor business incubator that was published over the weekend. Among the insights he offers is his vision for a refocused, reinvigorated Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
To help Michigan businesses of all sizes, he outlined plans to launch [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Development, Jobs

Stuck in neutral with your career? Shift gears!

March 24, 2011 Resources

Ever thought about steering your talents in a new direction?
Stop thinking and start doing! Shifting Gears is a career-transition program created by Tech Town and Ann Arbor SPARK for seasoned corporate professionals who want to pursue opportunities in business growth sectors, where they can leverage their business knowledge and experience in new ways.
The program’s results [...]

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Tagged as: small business resources

Entrepreneurs: Here’s your chance to meet with Michigan’s largest venture capital firm

March 21, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Need help raising capital to accelerate the growth of your business? West Michigan entrepreneurs now have a chance to make an “elevator pitch” to investors from Beringea, Michigan’s largest venture capital firm, at Grand Valley State University’s (GVSU) Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, located at GVSU’s Grand Rapids campus.
From 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, small business resources, venture capital

Women entrepreneurs share tales from the front lines at March 15 event

March 4, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Learn from a panel of Michigan women who have been there about struggles, sacrifices and rewards involved with launching your own business at “Stories from the Front Lines: A Conversation with Michigan Women Entrepreneurs.” The event will be held Tuesday, March 15, from 11:30 a.m. to [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events

Strong, dynamic cities are key to reinventing Michigan

March 1, 2011 Access to Capital

Donald Snider, vice president of urban development for the MEDC, has only been on the job a short time, but he’s already completed a guest stint on Detroit Public Television. Snider sat down with the host of “American Black Journal” recently to outline how the MEDC is working to bolster businesses in Michigan’s major urban [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships, Economic Growth, Urban Economic Development, Urban initiatives

Time running out for entrepreneurs to win $100,000

February 28, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan-based entrepreneurs who want a shot at winning $100,000 are encouraged to register by the 5 p.m. Friday, March 4 deadline for the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business-plan competition.
“This competition is a great resource for Michigan innovators to tap,” Michigan Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Michael A. Finney said.  “Our future Fords, Dows and [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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