Interview with Phillip Bertolini, chief information officer for Oakland County and the head of the Wireless Oakland project, provides details on the next steps for Wireless Oakland, which will over the next 18 months bring free, high-speed wireless Internet access to Michigan’s second biggest county - the first county in the nation to offer its residents free wireless Internet access.
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Barry Broome, former president of Southwest Michigan First, negotiated with Pfizer four years ago when the drug maker closed facilities and terminated thousands of people in Kalamazoo. Broome, now president of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, said state and local officials need to hold Pfizer’s feet to the fire and negotiate tough if they want to minimize the economic damage that will be done by the cut backs.
Art DeMonte, executive director of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest, discloses the four winners of Phase I of the contest. A first place and runner up were named in two categories, New Business Idea and Emerging Business. Winners received up to $5000. Phase II of the contest, with a grand prize of $25,000, starts February.
Interview with Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest Phase I winner, in the Emerging Business category, Oto Medicine. Vice President of Development Peter Boxer talks about winning $5,000 for his compound developed by a University of Michigan scientist that can help reduce hearing loss in noisy environments, like factories and battlefields.
Interview with a company that has created a GPS technlogy to provide auto travelers with educational and entertainment material to keep the kids from asking so often, “Are we there yet?” KAK Enterprises was the first place winner and received a $1000 check in the New Business Idea category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest contest.
Interview with B A Maze, a company that has developed the perfect opener for medicine pills that also doubles as an advertising billboard. B A Maze was the runner up in the Emerging Company category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest contest.
Interview with the runner up in the New Business Idea category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest contest. MVuz won $500 to help build its B2B software that helps everything from music companies to journalists syndicate their content and offer podcasts.
Interview with Reg Modlin, Director, Environmental Affairs, DaimlerChrysler Corp. What is a rational national energy policy? Modlin explains what the federal and government must do to help make America less dependent on unstable foreign oil sources.
Interview with Scott Schramm, Manager Regulatory and Technical Affairs with DaimlerChrysler, who talks about the automaker’s hybrid vehicles, including an electric car that can be recharged by plugging into the electric power system of an average American home.
Interview with Loren Beard, Senior Manager Environmental Affairs, at Daimiler Chrysler. Beard talks about the urban legend that used french fry oil and chicken fat can be used now to power diesel engines. He also talks about how refining such waste products may power cars and trucks in the future.
Interview with Nancy Gioia, the Director of Ford Motor Companies Hybrid Vehicle Program, who talks about Ford’s first two hybrid vehicles, and Ford’s future plans to become a “Green” automaker.
