Category Archives: Startups

TiE Detroit Chapter Invites Submissions for Business Plan Competition As Part of TiECon 2010

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Paddu

The Detroit Chapter of TiE will hold its annual Business Plan Competition (BPC) during the TiECon Midwest 2010 event on Oct. 28 and 29, 2010. In keeping with its mission of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the region, TiE offers … Continue reading →

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An Exclusive Opportunity To Showcase Michigan Businesses with Michigan Emerging Event

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Paddu

Michigan Emerging event, scheduled for November 17, 2010, organized by Troy based Arzika, in association with Jan and Marshall Rice will be a great event you Michigan business. Michigan Emerging intends to be the catalyst that brings all that is … Continue reading →

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Business Accelerator Network For Southeast Michigan Announces Largest Business Plan Competition

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Paddu

The newly created Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan has announced the world’s largest business plan competition. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition is an international business plan competition designed to highlight Michigan as a robust and vibrant venue for innovation … Continue reading →

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NextWave Business Accelerator Organizes First Pitch Session for Budding Entrepreneurs

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Paddu

Troy based NextWave Business Accelerator organized its First Pitch Festival last week for budding entrepreneurs in the Southeast Michigan. Eight organizations presented their cases to be part of the business accelerator program and get help in terms of office space, … Continue reading →

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Small Business CRM and Lead Management Software Companies in Michigan

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Paddu

Michigan seems to be playing a key role in supporting and growing technology companies providing cutting edge CRM and Lead Management software tools to small and medium businesses. Four software companies, namely AIMCRM (based in Traverse City), Keleidico (based in … Continue reading →

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Small Business Association of Michigan wants economic gardening tools for second-stage companies

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Paddu

The Small Business Association of Michigan wants Michigan to be more of a “gardener” than a “hunter” in economic development, and plans a campaign to alter the state’s strategy and a project to monitor legislators’ stances on small business. SBAM … Continue reading →

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Salute to Entrepreneurship from Crains Detroit Business

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Paddu

Crain’s Detroit Business has announced Salute to Entrepreneurship initiative. Crain’s will publish these awards in its November 15 issue. These awards will recognize problem-solving innovation and business acumen among entrepreneurs and second-stage companies. Entrepreneurs make up a growing portion of … Continue reading →

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New Business Accelerator NextWave based in Troy Will Target IT Companies

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Paddu

Entrepreneurs in Southeast Michigan has good news: Crain’s Detroit Business reports that NextWave, the new business accelerator based in Troy will open its doors in July 2010. NextWave will be headed by principal founder Amjad Hussain, who was the CIO … Continue reading →

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Guide To Evaluating Startup Ideas by Tony Wright

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Paddu

Tony Wright is a founder and front-end generalist at RescueTime, a venture-backed startup in Seattle. He blogs about conversion-centric design, SEO, PR, fundraising, viral marketing, and occasional other geeky topics. He has written a post about guiding principles for evaluating … Continue reading →

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Why Accountants Do Not Run Startups – Customer Development

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Paddu

Here is one of the videos from Startup Lessons Learned conference. This keynote presentation was delivered by Steve Blank. You may also checkout other case studies and presentations from other entrepreneurs while on this site. Better bookmark it or add … Continue reading →

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