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Initiative challenges tomorrow’s leaders to participate in Detroit’s revitalization

January 27, 2012 Events

The Collaborative Group, a Michigan-based nonprofit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, has launched and is accepting applications for Challenge Detroit, an urban revitalization project for one of the most significant cities in the world.
Challenge Detroit is a national initiative focused on revitalizing Detroit by attracting innovative leaders to bring their intellectual capital and talents to the [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Events, Jobs, talent

Michigan planning 1st virtual career fair for IT, tech talent

January 24, 2012 Events

Michigan, one of the first states in the nation to make attracting and developing talent for existing job needs a major priority, will host the first state-sponsored virtual career fair Feb. 15 to connect talented IT and high tech professionals with employers.

MiVirtualCareerFair: IT and High Tech will provide a platform for Michigan businesses to interact [...]

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Tagged as: Events, high tech jobs, Job Fair, Jobs, talent, tech jobs

Michigan companies participate in White House forum

January 12, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan business leaders who have brought jobs back or decided to make significant investments in the United States participated in a forum hosted by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. on January 11.
 The forum, called “Insourcing American Jobs,” brought together business owners who shifted work back to the United States [...]

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Tagged as: career opportunities, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, talent, tech jobs

Pure Michigan Business Connect swells; Fifth Third Bank adds $5 billion

November 18, 2011 Great Companies

The state’s Pure Michigan Business Connect program has more than doubled in less than six months with an additional $5 billion in loan access for Michigan-based companies offered through Fifth Third Bank, Gov. Rick Snyder has announced.
The governor also welcomed several new partners to the initiative.
The bank’s commitment more than doubles the original $3 billion [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships, Events, Pure Michigan Business Connect, Resources

Michigan Business Tax Seminar to be presented in Mandarin

November 15, 2011 Events

Chinese companies located in Michigan or those with Chinese ownership are invited to attend a Michigan Business Tax Planning Seminar, to be presented in Mandarin, taking place on December 1 in Southfield.
The free seminar will explain how Michigan’s new business tax structure will affect foreign parent companies and how to use the new tax law [...]

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Tagged as: Chinese, Events, Mandarin, michigan business tax, seminar

MEDC offers export assistance workshops in Grand Rapids, Novi

November 15, 2011 Access to Capital

Michigan small businesses – companies with fewer than 500 employees – are invited to explore export opportunities at two Global Access Exporter Forums taking place in Grand Rapids and Novi on November 17 and 18.
Governor Rick Snyder will give remarks at the Novi forum and Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President of Export-Import Bank of [...]

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Tagged as: Events, export assistance

Michigan Emerging Conference Opens Doors for Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders and Innovators to Connect and Collaborate

November 10, 2011 Events

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is sponsoring the second annual Michigan Emerging, the conference designed to help entrepreneurs connect with each other and learn about resources available to them in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder, who before his election was one of Michigan’s most successful entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, will deliver the keynote speech at [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, Resources

With video: Finding jobs, fighting brain drain at Pure Michigan Talent events

October 27, 2011 Events

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is driving an intense end-of-the-year push to attract and retain top talent for jobs with Michigan employers.
Three MEDC talent career networking initiatives — LiveWorkDetroit, Pure Michigan Opportunity, and MichAGAIN – will host events in Detroit, Holland, and San Jose California through the end of November.  And Michigan Shifting Gears, an [...]

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Tagged as: Events, Job Fair, Jobs, talent

Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition

October 27, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Registration is open for the second annual Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, November 15-17, 2011. Event highlights include two and a half days of experiencing innovative company pitches, exciting student ideas, keynotes from leading entrepreneurs and investors as well as multiple receptions and networking opportunities.
Fifty-three mid- to late-stage start-up businesses have been chosen as semifinalists for the $1 [...]

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U-M event celebrates invention, offers networking opportunities

October 19, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

The University of Michigan is holding its annual Celebrate Invention showcase on Wednesday, October 19 to celebrate some of the cool start-ups and inventions that have come out of labs this year. 
 A record 430+ people have RSVPd for the annual event. The reception is also intended to encourage networking among the inventor community and with other community partners.
Here are some of the [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, invention, University of Michigan

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