Coverage of those starting up businesses and community resources to help them thrive.
There is no two ways of spinning it, Ann Arbor-based Spin Advertising is growing. The marketing firm is posting triple-digit revenue growth and looks to add two full-time positions within the next year or two.
Venture capital strikes again in Ann Arbor. This time Tissue Regeneration Systems is the recepient, getting a $2 million infusion from Venture Investors.
As more and more new businesses are opening in Ypsilanti, local entrepreneur has a few choice words of advice for them.
As more and more start-ups look to make names and profits for themselves in the life sciences game, it's firms like Biotechnology Business Consultants that help them take flight. The 18-year-old firm has grown to five people and expects to add another person as it helps more and more businesses grow.
The number of people who work for Ann Arbor's Translume is nearly double the number of years the company has been around, and the glass micro-machining firm hopes to add a few more jobs to that total in the near future.
DesignHub is making a name for itself in Saline and helping the small town make a name in the new economy. The website development and marketing firm has grown to four people and hopes to add another job or two sooner rather than later.
Once upon a time, Detroit's auto industry was founded on the visions of its leaders and the risks investors made supporting them. While start-ups drive innovation, venture capital is the fuel that feeds their engine. So, where do promising new companies go to raise the funds they need to succeed and stay local? For 27 years the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium has helped provide an answer. The annual two-day event starts today in Ypsilanti. Could it provide the missing link to Michigan's economic evolution?
Spirit Shop is taking one of the older business models (T-shirt making) and putting a modern touch on it by developing a way to print fewer of them for less money. It's a formula that's helping it make more money and create more jobs.
While company after company is trying to teach its industry a thing or two to make money, Ann Arbor's Procuit is trying to make it's dough by making sure the lesson is learned. The training-retention firm hopes to double its growth and triple its staff within the next year.
SpamStopsHere is moving full speed ahead. The Ann Arbor buisiness' revenues have steadily grown and it hopes to hire another 10 to 12 people this year.
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