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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

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 program [...]

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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 are [...]

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

Detroit CEOs: Free small-business training program can help you stay connected

March 21, 2011 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Are you a Detroit small-business owner looking for the kind of in-depth training typically found in a college MBA program? What if we told you the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Michigan District Office is offering such a program … and it’s free?
The SBA is seeking small-business owners for its third round of the Emerging 200 [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Mentor, Resources, small business resources

Michigan Entrepreneur and Innovator: Henry Ford

December 8, 2009 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michigan’s most famous entrepreneur began his business ventures at an early age.  On his 11th birthday, Henry Ford was given a watch as a gift and a year later created and sold his own time pieces for $1.  Years later in 1896, Henry Ford developed the Quadricycle with four bicycle tires – the first horseless [...]

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Entrepreneur Mentorship Program with TiE Detroit

November 20, 2009 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

TiE Detroit provides entrepreneurs with dedicated Charter Member Mentors that dedicate time and effort to help their mentees succeed through the stages of starting their own business.  The TiE Detroit Mentoring Program process consists of the following stages:  Idea Stage, Planning Stage, Roll-out Stage and Management Stage.
TiE Detroit is a non-profit organization of entrepreneurs and [...]

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Give back while growing your network

November 11, 2009 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

TechTown is working hard to reshape the business culture in Detroit by offering a business mentoring program.  This program matches TechTown entrepreneurs enrolled in SmartStart and Arts IMPACT, with skilled business professionals who act as advisors, and help guide the companies to success.
Even the most successful entrepreneurs needed guidance when they started out, and the [...]

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Tagged as: Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Mentor