Coverage of those starting up businesses and community resources to help them thrive.
Two years in the making, Ann Arbor-based Boomdash is preparing to launch their first product later this month. Big deal? You bet. The company expects to earn tens of millions of dollars and create up to 30 jobs.
HandLab is not only doing more with less, it's making it the central cog of its business. The Ann Arbor firm specializing in miniaturizing experiments has become so successful at it that it expects to hire another 10 people this year.
A couple of entrepreneurs are working to build a better tent in Ypsilanti, a tent that will generate electricity with solar panels. The startup ShadePlex is ready to spread it wings this year, start raising money and hire people.
Third time is definitely the charm for Ann Arbor's NanoBio. The UofM spin-off recently received its third installment of venture capital ($10 million) and it hopes to create more research jobs in the near future.
More work, more money and more jobs are in line for ForeSee Results. The Ann Arbor-based, Web site-information firm expects to add 45 people this year for a total of about 150 employees.
A little Ann Arbor new media start up is starting to really gear up for some success. Fluency Media recently helped make Michigan's travel Web site the most popular in the U.S. last year. Fluency also expects to grow its revenue by 50 percent this year.
The 21st Century Jobs Fund strikes again. This time it's investing $3.75 million into Ann Arbor-based venture capital firm RPM Ventures.
Michiganders don't take risks, reports the Ann Arbor Business Review, and thus are missing out on opportunities. The state's financial future, the AABR reports, relies at least partly on self-confidence.
An Arbor Networks expansion will bring 56 new jobs to the Ann Arbor area over the next five years.
Ann Arbor's Community Television Network is moving to a new home on the city's south side. The local-programing broadcaster plans to execute the move in mid March.
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