Dr. Ron Suarez is our guest blogger this week. Ron is a serial entrepreneur and Arbor City Councilmember and founder of Promovuz, a company offering digital music promotion, statistics and sales. Check back here each week day to read Ron's thoughts on media, technology and entrepreneurism.
Like American Idol, each year local startups strut their stuff at the Michigan Capital Growth Symposium, presenting in 'lightning round' pitch sessions for the attention of venture capital managers and angel investors. But support can mean more than just a quick infusion of cash, it can also spell success for Michigan's economy.
Auburn Hills-based Gongos Research has already added nine employees in 2007 and have immediate plans to hire three more.
V1 Pro Digital Coaching System, developed by Plymouth-based Interactive Frontiers Inc., has been selected by the BBC for use in on-air golf swing analysis.
The United States Department of Transportation recently awarded the Michigan Department of Transportation $70 million for its Metro Detroit VII initiative, wireless technology that will enable vehicles to communicate with each other and the road..
Auburn Hills-based Plexus Systems Inc. grew 50% in revenue and 35% in staffing, to 100 employees in 2006. The company expects the number of employees to increase again this year.
More tax breaks are leading to more high tech jobs and more multi-million dollar investment in Madison Heights.
RTT USA, a young and growing software simulation company based in Royal Oak plans to double its staff of 15 in the next three months.
Southfield-based nCode International announced this month the that Michael Singer is the company’s new CEO and a member of its Board of Directors.
Not just designers of killer applications, these Ann Arbor software designers are compassionate high-tech anthropologists committed to ending technologically-induced human suffering.
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