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DETROIT—The Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan, a new regionwide network for building and retaining new business, announced today the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, the world’s largest business plan competition.
The competition aims to uncover the best and brightest new business concepts from local and global entrepreneurs, exposing those opportunities to potential investment capital and fostering their growth within Michigan with more than $1 million in cash awards, plus in-kind awards of services, staffing and software.
The
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Special Guests: Brandon Inge and Jim Price of the Detroit Tigers
Ann Arbor Businesses Find Unique Opportunity to Connect with Local Families
Ann Arbor, MI (August 21, 2010) – Recognizing a need for a forum where Ann Arbor area businesses can make a personal connection with local families, Children’s Orchard of Ann Arbor has partnered with March of Dimes to host the community’s first annual Family Expo. Dozens of local businesses have already signed up to exhibit
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – JUNE 9, 2010 – ANN ARBOR, MICH. – Four Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $122,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount invested through the Fund to over $1.2 million. Akervall Technologies, Blaze Medical Devices, Ellison Corp., and Waste Water Heat Transfers Systems received the funding to support commercialization of their core products.
Based in Ann Arbor, Akervall Technologies, founded by an otolaryngologist and a
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MAY 27, 2010 – ANN ARBOR, MICH. – Ann Arbor SPARK celebrated the conclusion of its 17th Entrepreneur Boot Camp program with participant investor pitches and a reception on Wednesday, May 26. At the Ann Arbor SPARK Entrepreneur Boot Camp Celebration, NextCAT was selected as the “Best of Boot Camp” winner, based on the quality of its investor pitch and business plan.
"The entire Entrepreneur Boot Camp was an
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – ANN ARBOR, MICH. – MAY 20, 2010 – At its annual meeting, Ann Arbor SPARK, the driving force of business expansion, attraction and retention in the region, recently elected its board of directors and executive committee for 2010-2011. The annual meeting also served as a celebration of Ann Arbor SPARK’s fifth year assisting in the creation of economic opportunities throughout the region and state.
“Over the last five years,
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Two highly successful University of Michigan spin-out companies are highlighted in a national report that shows how federal investment in basic research leads to innovation and job creation.
"Sparking Economic Growth: How federally funded university research creates innovation, new companies and jobs" was released today by The Science Coalition, a non-profit, nonpartisan organization of 50 of the leading public and private research universities in the U.S.
The report names Arbor Networks and Health Media, Inc.
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