ANN ARBOR – Did Dick Beedon, CEO of Mac Beedon Group, use a performance enhancer to win the New Enterprise Forum’s May Battle of the Elevator Pitches. Some participants contend the serial entrepreneur did. MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan interviews all the players in this spoof of the popular Newsmaker Interview podcast.
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LANSING - The Travel Industry Association of America honored Travel Michigan with two Mercury Awards - one for the Best State Tourism Advertising Campaign for its Pure Michigan campaign, and the other for Best State Tourism TV Spots. In this Newsmaker Interview, George Zimmermann, a Michigan Economic Development Corp. vice president and director of the Travel Michigan office, talks about what these awards mean, and how they appear to be driving more tourists to Michigan.
GRAND RAPIDS - Jody Vanderwel, president of Grand Angels, talks about what her private equity finance group in West Michigan has invested in so far, and what they’re looking at investing in now. Grand Angels is one of five angel groups in Michigan that fund promising Michigan entrepreneurs, particularly in life sciences and high technology. If you’re a Michigan entrepreneur searching for funding, you need to listen to this special BL Government Affairs edition of Newsmaker Interview.
ANN ARBOR - Michael Spink, an intellectual property attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, discusses how bankruptcy and affect the ownership of technology licensing. With the Michigan auto industry consolidating, forcing many auto parts makers into bankruptcy, the fate of technology licensing becomes an important issue. Listen to all the details in this special Newsmaker Interview sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione.
ANN ARBOR - Jim Cleland, an intellectual property attorney with Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, talks about when to bring a lawsuit for patent infringement. One wrinkle he explores is you don’t have to own the technology to file a lawsuit. This is a special Newsmaker Interview sponsored by Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione.
GRAND RAPIDS - MITechNews.Com Editor & Publisher Mike Brennan has taken the KVEST Technology challenge in an attempt to break 100 during his second year as a golfer. He interviews his instructor, Scott Seifferlein, a PGA golf teaching pro at The Mines golf course near downtown Grand Rapids. Seifferlein describes a new golf technology, called KVEST, which helps all golfers improve their posture, swing and overall game. Hear all about KVEST in this special Newsmaker Interview.
