TStream Technologies plans for expansion and new hires
Source: metromode, 4/24/2008
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
Source: metromode, 4/24/2008
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
Source: metromode, 4/24/2008
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
Source: metromode, 4/24/2008
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
Source: metromode, 4/24/2008
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.
VisionIT employs 1500, to add 30 more local jobs this year
Source: Model D, 4/24/2008
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
Source: Concentrate, 4/24/2008
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.
TechTeam lands big govt' contract, considers Michigan expansion
Source: metromode, 4/17/2008
TechTeam is making Michigan proud by wining more work and keeping hundreds of techies on its payroll in Southfield and Ann Arbor. But the technology firm could also create a few hundred more jobs in Metro Detroit in the not-too-distant future if it continues to capitalize on its business plan.
Green Space: Earth Day '08 takes over SE Michigan
Source: metromode, 4/17/2008
Earth Day may just be the one remnant of Environmentalism 1.0 that has continued year after year. The good part is that 2.0 has made it fun! Green Space points you to a few of the cooler Earth Day events around the area.
NextGen Sciences develops drugs, jobs in Ann Arbor
Source: Concentrate, 4/17/2008
Research is a hotbed for business in Ann Arbor and NextGen Sciences is taking advantage of it. The drug research firm has been growing between 10 to 15 percent each year since its founding in 2001.
U-M opens newer, bigger nanotechnology research lab
Source: Concentrate, 4/17/2008
The University of Michigan is
already considered essential to the state's economic future, but it's
upping the ante by opening a newly renovated and expanded
nanotechnology research center. That facility is expected to increase the
estimated $500 million the old facility already contributed to the
state's economy.