Storing data is allowing Online Technologies to build up some jobs in Ann Arbor. The data-storage start-up has just hired three, has two jobs open and plans to bring on another two or three people by the end of the year.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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