Motivate Michigan Contest Challenges Students to Submit Ideas for Transforming Michigan’s Economy

Monday, March 01, 2010
Entrepreneurship and innovation are at the heart of the competition for scholarships of up to $40,000. The MEDC is a sponsor of the competition. Entries for Phase I are due March 12.

THREE MICHIGAN COMPANIES NAMED TO FORTUNE MAGAZINE’S “100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR” LIST FOR 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Congratulations to Quicken Loans (Livonia), Plante & Moran (Southfield) and Herman Miller (Zeeland) for being named to Fortune Magazine's 2010 "100 Best Companies to Work For" list!

Local Entrepreneurs Looks to Open Skunkworks Prototype Incubator

Tuesday, September 15, 2009
It’s been less than a year since the Technology Innovation Center (TIC) opened in East Lansing and its already full—bursting at the seams, as some would say—and local entrepreneur Bunmi ...

Alternative energy investors with Michigan connections could prove vital

Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Alternative energy looks to be the latest avenue to bring Silicon Valley-style talent and resources to Ann Arbor. Excerpt: The role of risk takers in boosting Michigan’s entrepreneurial economy ...

MSU Scientists Using $1.7 Million Grant to Study Impacts of Cellulosic Biofuel

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) received a $1.7 million grant from the federal government to work with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center to study the environmental ...

General Electric's Wind Energy Center Could Fuel Michigan's Alternative Energy-based Revival

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Michigan’s alternative energy future, and the jobs that accompany it, are coming soon to a place near you.

Dowding Industries Pushing Wind Energy Industry

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Eaton Rapids-based Dowding Industries is encouraging area manufacturers to retool their business models to accommodate the growing wind energy industry in the state. According to excerpts from the ...

Holland firm targets aerospace, defense contracts for manufacturers, company's growth spurs six jobs

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Ron Alvesteffer, president of Service Express, Inc. (SEI) wrote and published a new e-book in conjunction with Nashville, Tennessee-based Tanner Corporate Services, The SEI Way, Values and ...

CG Radio: Water and Workers

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Every state has its gem. Michigan’s includes the Great Lakes and rivers and streams that make up 22% of the world’s fresh water. According to two leading Michigan economists, these gems, ...

Interest in Organic Agriculture Education Increasing at MSU

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
The number of students at Michigan State University (MSU) that are taking up agricultural educational pursuits such as organic farming, is increasing. According to excerpts from the article: Growing ...