metromode - Job News

Circle Builder paces its growth, looks to add 15-20 jobs in two years

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Circle Builder is a little bit closer to coming full circle with its business plan. The website plans to make itself available to the public this summer, raise even more seed money and create 15-20 new jobs in the next 18 months.

Farmington Hills' Forest Post expands into new media advertising

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Forest Post Productions is diversifying its client base and the services it provides. A simple lesson that is paying dividends for the Farmington Hills-based firm that is looking into expanding its payroll as it grows its business.

CTS rescues computer networks, creates jobs

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CTS Companies is looking to make lots of money by turning the misery of computer crashes into the joy of rescued systems. The firm has watched its revenue double every six month and hopes to hire a few new people soon.

Profits up 43 percent for Southfield's TechTeam Global

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

TechTeam is making Metro Detroit proud again. This time the technology-based firm profits for this quarter are up almost $1 million from last year.

Feds recognize Michigan as smart car and road technology leader

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

If it seems like our cars are getting smarter than some of us, it just might be true. That a good thing for Michigan which has just been recognized as a leader in developing systems that enables communication between cars and roadside devices.

Milagro Post expands into video world, creates six jobs

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Milagro Post is growing fast and looks to continue that pace by adding to its workforce of 30 people.

GREEN SPACE: MOCAD exhibit spotlights architectural design and sustainability

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

No need to head for the hills -- or Chicago or New York City -- to find architecture that uses the latest green building techniques and technologies and pair that with cutting-edge design. That's the message a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit aims to get out into the public's consciousness.

Ypsilanti's ISSYS plans to add six jobs in coming year

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The new economy is growing in Ypsilanti, too. Issys has worked its way up to 30 employees in the last dozen years and hopes to add six more by the end of this year.

Ann Arbor's Solidica adds 15 positions in two years, looks to create more

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In a time of war is it any wonder a firm like Ann Arbor's Solidica is going after more military contracts. The wireless sensor development firm has created 15 jobs in the last two years and hopes to do so again in the next two.

Refuel Media looks to add clients and jobs this year

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Refuel Media has come a long way in its six years, growing to a four-person firm with plans to continue growing slowly but surely for the foreseeable future.

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.