Coverage of those starting up businesses and community resources to help them thrive.
It seems like everyone knows that southeast Michigan should be turning itself into brain-based economic center. Detroit Renaissance chief Doug Rothwell lays out what we can do to make that happen sooner rather than later.
Putting the right local entrepreneur in the right place in the right time. That's what Digital Edge is trying to do in Michigan by creating the equivalent of Facebook for local new economy start-ups.
Someone must be smiling down on the Ann Arbor area because the region is blessed with a multitude of start-ups. Take Lumen Christi Church Design, specializing in old-school, cathedral-style church interiors. The two-person accidental start-up's work is taking off across the nation and hopes to hire a person or two in the not-too-distant future.
Dynamic Edge maybe opening up new offices across the U.S., but the Ann Arbor-based IT firm plans to stay put and hire another six people this year.
If the venture capital industry has a home in Michigan that address probably has an Ann Arbor stamp on it, according to the Detroit Free Press. However, that stamp needs more investor cash to compete with other high-powered states and to continue to grow new economy businesses.
Developing the north coast of venture capital took another step forward recently when the Venture Michigan Fund invested an undisclosed sum in the North Coast Technology Investors venture capital firm. North Coast becomes the latest Ann Arbor-based firm to receive money from the fund.
As much of the economy goes global, James Marks of Ypsilanti's VGKids finds that there's plenty of success to be found locally. Paradoxically, this success has given him both a national reputation and the opportunity to expand his business to the west coast.
One is the loneliest number no more. Ann Arborites are discovering the joys of coworking --all the benefits of office life without the boss.
It's down to two locations in downtown Ypsilanti in the bottom of the 9th inning of Ann Arbor Spark's decision process. The business incubator is set to make a decision within a month on where it will set up its Ypsilanti satellite incubator.
Ann Arbor is racking up the rankings for best places. The college town has been named one of the greenest and most walkable cities in America. Now it can add one of the best places to live and launch a new business to its resume, according to CNN.
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