From the time he was a kid, Keith Brophy had an interest running his own business.
In April, Global Energy Innovations, housed in Kettering University’s TechWorks Incubator, became the first Flint business named one of Michigan’s 50 Companies to Watch. In January, the three-year-old Kettering spinoff bested more than 200 entrants to win first place in the new business category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest annual business plan competition and a $5,000 prize.
(Reported by the Detroit News Washington Bureau, May 26, 2010): Holland business owner Charles Reid, named the U.S. SBA (Small Business Administration) Michigan Small Business Person of 2010, was invited to hear President Obama speak to 53 honorees in the White House rose garden as part of National Small Business Week.
The winning idea in a new statewide competition for ideas to get Michigan’s economy moving is “Thunder Down Under – Underwater Turbines,” a proposal to harness the power of Michigan’s rivers and lakes, was submitted by two University of Michigan students.
