Entrepreneur's Corner

Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing Opens Fall Program Sept. 8 With Facebook Ads ANN ARBOR - Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing (LA2M) has released its official Fall speaker lineup, and with a wide range of topics relating to digital and interactive marketing, it's gearing up to be a dynamic season.

E2 Detroit Conference For Entrepreneurs Oct. 13 DETROIT – Wayne State University and TechTown, its business incubator, are hosting for the sixth year the E2 Detroit networking event. This year’s theme is The Lean Launch: Creating a Business in a Down Economy.

Renaissance Venture Fund Becomes Largest Private Fund Of Funds In Nation DETROIT - The Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, Michigan’s venture capital fund-of-funds, has closed its first fund, nearly $50 million in investments, making it the largest privately funded regional VC fund of funds in the country.

Pair Programming Focus Of Women In Computing Sept. 14 Event ANN ARBOR - The Association for Women in Computing-Ann Arbor on Sept. 14 will take a look at pair programming, an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one work station.

aimWest Hosts Mobile Phone Overview Sept. 15 GRAND RAPIDS - iPhone, Android, iPad oh my. As we approach the next evolution in computing your clients and customers are becoming more and more mobile. Come interact and learn from some of West Michigan's mobile superstars who are helping their clients take advantage of these new platforms and connect with customers.

Michigan Emerging Conference Set For Nov. 17 In Dearborn TROY - Join hundreds of Michigan business leaders, entrepreneurs, organizations and top growth companies from Michigan's emerging sectors Nov. 17 as they gather for a day of peer-to-peer networking, keynote presentations, informative break-out sessions at the Michigan Emerging 2010 Conference.

StartUp West Michigan Meetup Sept. 16 GRAND RAPIDS - Starting a new venture? Have an idea for an innovative technology? Come and share it with the Startup West Michigan Community.

Ann Arbor Entrepreneur Boot Camp Application Deadline Oct. 1 ANN ARBOR - Entrepreneur Boot Camp is an intensive and instructive way to gain critical feedback and advice about your business model, management team, competitive positioning, market strategy and other key elements that determine if a start-up will succeed or fail. The application deadline is October 1.

Entrepreneur Education 1.0: Entrepreneur And Startup Ventures ANN ARBOR - Defining yourself as an entrepreneur and understanding what lies before you will give you a realistic frame of reference for your new venture.

FastTrac Business Development Program Offers Classes In Oakland County OAKLAND COUNTY – A series of business development classes, featuring the nationally acclaimed FastTrac curriculum will be hosted by the Oakland County Business Center this August and September.

Business Networking Dinner Cruise Sept. 14 DETROIT - Who doesn't want a captive audience? And you know what? You'll get one if you join the Michigan International Chamber of Commerce for its second annual dinner networking cruise.

Wayne State Offers Certificate In Engineering Entrepreneurship DETROIT - Beginning this fall, undergraduate students at Wayne State University have the opportunity to study ventures engineering thanks to the approval August 4 by the WSU Board of Governors of a certificate in Engineering Entrepreneurship.

SBA, BOA Join Forces To Support Inner City Capital Connections Program WASHINGTON - The U.S. Small Business Administration, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and Bank of America announced Monday they will work together to advance inner city small business growth by supporting the Inner City Capital Connections program.

Women's Exchange Offers September Program On Business Mentors ANN ARBOR - The Women's Exchange of Washtenaw is offering an exciting exchange session – Mentors, The Business Makers – on Sept. 16 at the Eagle Crest Conference Center in Ypsilanti. The event is geared for both mentors and mentees.

Mehta SBA Region 10 Minority Business Person Of Year WASHINGTON – Perry Mehta, President of FutureNet Group of Detroit, was named the Region V Minority Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. He and the other nine regional winners will be honored during National Minority Enterprise Development Week conference Aug. 25-27 in Washington.

Procurement Matchmaking Event Sept. 1 At Schoocraft College In Livonia DETROIT - The U.S. Small Business Administration, Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center, Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Huntington Bank and other cosponsors are teaming up to provide a procurement matchmaking event for small business owners who are seeking to expand their business with government agencies.

Michigan SBTDC, Precept Partners Helping Small Businesses Improve Internet Presence, Profits GRAND RAPIDS - The pace has quickened with the collaboration between the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center and Precept Partners to help Michigan small businesses optimize the design, infrastructure and technology that support a process for building and marketing high performance websites.

Lawrence Tech, Oakland University Host Engineering Career Day Sept. 30 SOUTHFIELD - Employers seeking college students majoring in engineering, computer science and technology disciplines will have the opportunity to meet a wide variety of undergraduates and recent graduates from two Oakland County colleges that attract top students in these fields from around the region.

Michigan Makes Some Progress In Key Measures Of Entrepreneurship LANSING - Despite the tough economy, Michigan has made discernable progress over the past several years in some key measures of entrepreneurship, according to the fifth annual Entrepreneurship Score Card, released for 2008-2009.

aimWest 5:01Aug. 18 At the Grand Woods Lounge GRAND RAPIDS – aimWest, a technology networking group for West Michigan, will kick off its 2010-2011 season Aug. 18 at the Grand Woods Lounge in downtown Grand Rapids. The events starts at 5:01 pm.