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Harper Woods' TStream to turn software development into 18 new jobs

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Things are looking up for TStream, which creates interactive video for websites. The Harper Woods-based firm plans to add 17-18 new jobs this year as its business grows.

EWI plans to expand worldwide, add up to a dozen jobs

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

EWI Worldwide maybe looking over there for future growth possibilities but it's looking right here for the people that will help the company capitalize on those opportunities. The marketing-and-communications company plans to hire about a dozen people within the next year or two to its staff of 300 some people.

Berkley's Zen Design Group sees success with innovative toys

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

You know a trend has really gone mainstream when it starts to leak into the toy world. One Berkley company is leading that effort as Zen Design Group invents battery-less toys that rely on kids turning cranks to keep them going.

Midwest Mezzanine to open Michigan office, make VC investments

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Michigan 21st Century Fund strikes again. This time the $109 million investment fund has made a commitment to the Midwest Mezzanine Fund.

Birmingham's LocalBizNOW teams with Google to sell AdWords and create 50 jobs

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Google is one of the words that just about everyone wants to associate with their business. Birmingham's LocalBizNOW can do just that and is creating the jobs to prove it.

ITC partners with Michigan Tech to create engineering jobs

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Businesses are starting to work more and more with Michigan's universities and ITC Holdings is no stranger to such collaboration. The electricity transmission company has formed a partnership with Michigan Tech that has resulted in nine of the college's students being hired by the Novi-based firm in the last three years.

Procuit improves employee learning, plans to triple staff

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While company after company is trying to teach its industry a thing or two to make money, Ann Arbor's Procuit is trying to make it's dough by making sure the lesson is learned. The training-retention firm hopes to double its growth and triple its staff within the next year.

GREEN SPACE: If there must be big box, this is how to do it

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

While big box developments are typically sprawling odes to commerce and not much else, the Fairlane Green complex in Allen Park goes above and beyond in the realm of sustainability -- and recently received a national award for its efforts.

Co-founder buys back Esperion Therapeutics from Pfizer, lines up $22.75 million in VC

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Esperion Therapeutics lives again in Ann Arbor now that one of its co-founders and a gaggle of venture capital companies have spent $22.75 million to buy it back from Pfizer.

Ash Stevens turns cancer fight into job creator, hires ex-Pfizer scientists

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tech transfer works, and Detroit's WSU has proven that the concept has staying power with spin-off Ash Stevens. The firm that helps create cancer-fighting drugs has grown to about 50 people and looks to hire more soon.

Brighton's AutoWatch broadcasts auto repairs over Internet, creates jobs

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Watching your car while its fixed is now a business called AutoWatch that is making money and jobs in Brighton.

Bloomfield Hills' CJPS helps small businesses grow bigger, faster

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CJPS is a consulting business that focuses on helping small business grow and larger business increase efficiency. Their formula seems to be working as revenues for the company continue to double.

WAN Solutions builds websites, web applications and web jobs in Redford

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Solving IT problems. That's what Redford's Web And Network Solutions specializes in and is using as the basis for creating another handful of jobs this year.

Beaumont's Invention Creation Center to stir innovation, create jobs

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Beaumont Hospitals is looking to pair innovators with everyday users in an effort to forward the progress of medical device and service development in southeast Michigan and create some jobs at the same time.

Automation Alley sprawls into Macomb County, opens Mt. Clemens office

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Automation Alley is setting up shop in Macomb County, opening an office in Mt. Clemens to help bring some its job-making magic to Metro Detroit's east side.

Lawrence Tech professor wins $400,000 grant for research on concrete and fire

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How concrete crumbles under the pressure of extreme-temperature fires isn't something a lot of people give thought to, but it's an area a Lawrence Tech professor is receiving a $400,000 federal grant to research.

Green Space: Bravo Bravo goes 'verde,' UM-Dearborn to host national sustainability experts

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

This edition of Green Space is all about events. One, a fund-raiser that is finding ways to go green and another that brings national experts in sustainability to Dearborn.

GTS turns frustration with phones into expanding business, expects to add jobs

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Strange things drive people to start businesses, but a hatred for dealing with phone companies provided the inspiration for Mark Stackpoole and Ryan Hathaway to start GTS. The Detroit firm provides a one-stop shop, pricing quotes and service setup for phone companies.

$1 million in venture capital heads to Accord Biomaterials

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

More venture capital money is landing in Ann Arbor. A trio of local VC firms are investing $1 million into Tree Town-based Accord Biomaterials latest innovation.

KISS to revolutionize Internet auto auctions for dealerships

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Buying a car is never easy, but the folks behind KISS Auto Auction hope to at least streamline that process with its new auto-auction website for dealerships. The founders expect the idea to catch on nationwide while creating jobs locally.

BAE Systems expands in Sterling Heights, creates 1,019 jobs

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Mark down another big hit for the MEDC now that BAE Systems announced it would expand it facilities in Sterling Heights and create 460 jobs directly and another 559 indirectly.

TStream Technologies plans for expansion and new hires

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Building a business one piece at a time. That's what Tony Hernandez is doing with his IT start-up TStream Technologies, which has already doubled its number of employees in three years and hopes to add a couple more soon.

Lawrence Tech makes better bridges

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Lawrence Tech is pushing the envelope of bridge development forward, winning recognition for building stronger, longer-lasting bridges for roads and highways.

Pixelcrew bands together to take on web-based work

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The economy is looking up to Stephen Couchman and the rest of his happy band of web problem solvers called the Pixelcrew. The group of contractors expects large amounts of business to break through later this year and next.

Entrepreneurship program coming to U-M Dearborn

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Every major institution in Michigan wants to help transform the state's economy from a brawn-based one to a brain-based one. The University of Michigan-Dearborn is getting in on the act by launching a program specifically geared toward entrepreneurship and innovation.

World Robofest Championship comes to Lawrence Tech this weekend

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Robots will take it to the mat this Saturday when the World Robofest 2008 Championship at Lawrence Tech. Hundreds of students and the robots they designed and built will compete for thousands of dollars of scholarship money.

Green Space: Ann Arbor launches website to assess state of city's environment

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Leading the charge in information-providing when it comes to municipal environmental transparency is Ann Arbor. The city just launched a website that details its progress in multiple categories of environmental goals it has set for itself.

VisionIT employs 1500, to add 30 more local jobs this year

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Detroit may be known as the world capital in auto jobs, but VisionIT is working to change that perception. The New Center-based IT firm has grown to 1,500 employees and expects to create 30 new jobs this year.

Digital Edge to help MI start-ups network, expand

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Online Technologies looks to become data storage bank to the world

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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.