GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan entrepreneurs have yet another resource they can use to make their dream companies become reality - the Accelerating Michigan Entrepreneurs project developed by the Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center. Harry Blecker, director of the new entrepreneurial resource, talks about how entrepreneurs can get thousands of dollars worth of services each month for just $100.
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DETROIT - On June 4 at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Detroit, you’ll be able to meet and greet some of the area’s prominent technology and community leaders at the cocktail reception while contributing to two great Foundations - SIM (Society of Information Managers) and the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. On June 5, a day-long event for Directors of IT and CIOs, with guest speakers including Tony Scott, CIO of Microsoft, John Crary, CIO of Lear, Timothy Cox, CIO of OnStar and Tom Peck CIO of MGM Mirage, Las Vegas. Midwest Technology Leaders Founder Tracy-Ann Palmer discussed both in this News Maker Interview.
YPSILANTI - Rick Galdi, long time investor and entrepreneur, is the new President of Great Lakes Angels, replacing David Weaver who moves up to Chairman. Galdi, in this News Maker Interview, talks about the changes he wants to make to one of the state’s largest angel investing groups and how he hopes his investor-members will serve as mentors to the companies in which they invest. Galdi also wants to steal a page from Ohio angel groups and get the state of Michigan to match investments in Michigan companies.
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.
