LANSING - Stephen Potter is the new chairman and president of the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium, a non-profit organization dedicated to driving the growth of the Homeland Security Industry in the State of Michigan. Potter’s day job is as president of PatriotServices in Walled Lake. To learn more about MIHSC and PatriotServices listen to this special Security channel edition of News Maker Interview.
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LANSING - Dan Lohrmann, Michigan’s Chief Information Security Officer, has won yet another national award - Governing Magazine’s 2008 Public Official of the Year. He was the only security official named. Lohrman talks about the award and about a group he works with to protect the public and private security infrastructure, called Michigan InfraGard, in this News Maker interview.
ANN ARBOR - David Cole, Chairman of the Center For Automotive Research, said a new clean-tech era will soon transform the auto industry with the advent of plug-in electric vehicles that do not use petroleum product for power. Cole, a keynote speaker at the TechKnow Forum 2008 in Ann Arbor, also said the economic turmoil that is helping drive down auto sales will eliminate about 20 million units of excess world manufacturing capacity, making the survivors very strong competitors in the year to come.
TROY - ConnecTech partnered this year with the Troy Chamber to recognize the best of the web, with new awards that replaces the former ICE Awards. Four categories were offered this year: Web Copywriting, Web Application Development, Graphic Design and Blogging. ConnecTech Network Manager Danielle DeLonge talks about the new awards and about the upcoming Job Fair with Microsoft.
DETROIT - TechTown, the Wayne State University incubator, has partnered with Automation Alley and the Detroit Regional Chamber to office a soup-to-nuts incubation, business service partnership. But with hundreds of thousands of square feet of prime space available in downtown Detroit, and millions of square feet of shuttered factory space in the region, TechTown now is actively recruiting Chinese, Indian and other foreign auto parts makers who want to work with GM and Ford. TechTown Director Randal Charlton provides the details in this News Maker Interview.
DETROIT - EcoV, a family of electric cars from EnVironmental Transportation Solutions, needs some investors to step up to take these cars into production. In this News Maker interview with CEO Richard Marks, we find out these electric cars, which retail from $10,000 to $15,000, get up to 100 miles on a charge.
DETROIT - Think you have what it takes to become an entrepreneur? Bryan Hirn, president of Gallagher/Rains benefit specialist, is a serial entrepreneur. He’s been in the trenches from startup to exit and knows what it takes to join this elite club. Hirn was the final speaker at E2Detroit, the day-long entrepreneurs conference held last week at Wayne State University.
ANN ARBOR - If you’re an entrepreneur and serious about attracting potential investors, you’ll want to enter the fall 2008 Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest Business Plan writing contest. Only a solid business plan will catch the eye of angel investors and venture capitalists. GLEQ Executive Director talks about what GLEQ contestants need to know, and how they can win thousands of dollars to pump into their Michigan-based companies in this special GLEQ edition of News Maker Interview.
TROY - Marshall Rice, co founder of MichiganMall.Com, talks about the success of the Celebrate Michigan Expo on Sept. 29, and what MichiganMall.Com’s plans are for another expo next year in this special Elevator Pitch edition of News Maker Interview.
DETROIT - The E2Detroit conference on Oct. 8 at Wayne State University promises to provide any aspiring entrepreneurs with the knowledge they’ll need - and the power networking they must have - to build their businesses. Marketing Director Kathleeen Norton Schock also provides more details on the admission discounts available to E2Detroit for partnering groups, including MITechNews.Com.
LANSING - Jim Epolito, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., discusses the final phases of the 2008 21st Century Jobs Fund, a program that will provide $30 million in financing to 15 or so promising technology companies in Michigan. About 50 are left after the final cut, but only two in alternative energy, a new business sector identified by Gov. Jennifer Granholm as vital to Michigan’s economic future. Epolito also talks about what tools the MEDC needs to win the economic development wars with much better financed competitors, like Texas.
