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06/23/10 | katowsley | comments 16One D on belalf of the HR Executives of Regional Detroit is managing an RFP process for Talent Attraction and Retention web site project. If your firm is interested in finding out more, contact Kat Owsley, One D at kat.owsley@oned.org
The FastTrac to the Future conferences will host about 1,000 attendees over the two-day event, bringing together displaced workers, the unemployed and people looking for alternative employment options.
05/17/10 | chad | comments 21Dates: May 25 and May 26
Times: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: McGregor Center, Wayne State
More Details below
From Randall Charlton, Executive Director, Techtown:
As a serial entrepreneur, I know these events are critical to creating the can-do culture that Detroit so desperately needs to return to. We're grateful for the support of partners and sponsors such as the New Economy Initiative, The Kauffman Foundation, Detroit Public Television and WRCJ 90.9 FM. Together we share an important charge: encouraging action on the part of Metro Detroiters who quite literally could be sitting on the next big idea. Our goal is to help 1,000 people come out and discover why entrepreneurship is the Detroit's best ticket to a more fruitful future. I hope to see you there.
FastTrac to the Future
General: The FastTrac to the Future conferences will host about 1,000 attendees over the two-day event, bringing together displaced workers, the unemployed and people looking for alternative employment options. FastTrac to the Future, which was funded in 2009 by the New Economy Initiative in partnership with the Kansas City-based Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation, aims to create 1,200 new startups over three years.
Dates: May 25 and May 26
Times: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Location: McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Wayne State University campus, 495 Reuther Mall, Detroit, MI 48202
Cost: Free
Registration: Online advanced registration is required. Register at http://wayne.edu/fasttrac/.
Who should attend: Individuals seriously exploring entrepreneurship and undaunted by the risks are welcome to attend.
Featured speaker: Pulitzer Prize nominee, vocal community advocate and successful entrepreneur Clifton Taulbert will kick off the conferences with a unique message of empowerment and hope for Detroit entrepreneurs. Taulbert, hailed by Time magazine as “one of the nation’s outstanding entrepreneurs,” received inspiration and encouragement from the elders he knew in the Mississippi Delta where he grew up.
In 1994, Taulbert founded the Building Community Institute, which leads sessions that seek to engage professional workplaces in the process of building community as an investment opportunity. The Building Communities Institute is a partner in a Kauffman Foundation project with the Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, LLC, an organization that provides interactive real-world entrepreneurship education programs for individuals and organizations worldwide. Taulbert is the author of a distinguished list of books including the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Last Train North and the best-selling Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored, which was made into a critically acclaimed movie. A video of Taulbert is available at http://wayne.edu/fasttrac/index.php.
Agenda: The program’s breakout sessions will give guidance and resources to people seriously exploring the promise of entrepreneurship and who are ready to learn strategies around some of the pitfalls. This includes displaced workers, the unemployed and people looking for alternative employment options.
Local and national experts will discuss the challenges of starting a new business in seven different session topics on entrepreneurship, including:
• Financing options for startups
• Franchising
• Intellectual property do’s and don’ts
• Service and lifestyle businesses
• Finding your role in a startup
Attendees will have the opportunity to talk individually with advisors about their business goals and explore suitable entrepreneurial training programs like the award-winning FastTrac, a premiere business development program that has been operating for 15 years. FastTrac® is comprised of quick, intensive 3-to-10-week training initiatives for unemployed or underemployed individuals seriously considering entrepreneurship instead of finding another job.
ABOUT FASTTRAC TO THE FUTURE
FastTrac to the Future events are managed by TechTown and are supported by Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Biotechnology Business Consultants, Bizdom U, Detroit Micro-Enterprise Fund, Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan, Great Lakes Angels, Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest, MichBio, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center, Microsoft BizSpark, Mid-States Capital, MIT Forum, the New Enterprise Forum, NextEnergy, Oakland County, Operation ABLE of Michigan, SCORE, ShoreBank Enterprise, TiE-Detroit, TechBA Michigan, TechOne Printing and Wayne State University.
The Kauffman Foundation is a key partner in FastTrac to the Future, providing resources and speakers for the event.
ABOUT THE NEW ECONOMY INITIATIVE FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
The New Economy Initiative is one of the nation’s most expansive philanthropic partnerships dedicated to economic transformation in the region hardest hit by manufacturing job loss and the global economic crisis. NEI includes $100 million in funding commitments from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Hudson-Webber Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg, the John S. and James L .Knight Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, the McGregor Fund, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and the Skillman Foundation. The 10 participating foundations are leading the implementation and governance of the Initiative. The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, which initiated the collaborative, is serving as its administrative home.
ABOUT TECHTOWN
TechTown is an urban community of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and corporate partners creating an internationally influential village in Detroit. TechTown brings the resources of Wayne State University to high-technology startup companies to diversify and strengthen Michigan’s economy in high-growth emerging industries. For more information, visit www.techtownwsu.org.
ABOUT THE KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human welfare. Through its research and other initiatives, the Kauffman Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathways for the commercialization of new knowledge and technologies. Founded by late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is based in Kansas City, Mo. and has approximately $2 billion in assets.
MyDetroitCable Channel 10
03/30/10 | mydetroitcable | comments 20The Detroit Cable Communications Commission is responsible for the daily programming of Government Access Channel 10 and Education Access Channel 22 for the City of Detroit. As the City of Detroit's access television provider, The Cable Commission works closely with the Mayors Office, City Council, City departments and community organizations to broadcast informative, educational and entertaining programming that is responsive to the diverse communication needs and interests of our citizens.
watch our videos on City of Detroit News
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Free Event - "The Michigan Economy: Will it Get Better, Can it get Worse?"
03/30/10 | chad | comments 16This week Wayne State University is holding a free forum/event on the Michigan economy. Alice Rivlin, Senior fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution will be the keynote speaker and will be presenting on "The Michigan Economy Up Close".
9 a.m.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Community Arts Auditorium
Wayne State University campus
Click here to register http://focis.wayne.edu/
Detroit based startups
09/14/09 | chad | comments 18According to cnnmoney.com a recent bright spot in Detroit has been local startup companies. These range from beauty salons, to wine stores, even consulting firms.
Do you have any friends who have recently started their own company? Have you ever been interested in starting your own?
Tapping the time, talent and energy of people who are currently unemployed
09/08/09 | katowsley | comments 12Another issue that was raised at the Voice of Macomb event last week by a student was how can we engage people who might have time and talent to give to the region while unemployed in this economic downturn. Any suggestions for folks? We have two thoughts here--contact Arise! Detroit or United Way for Southeast Michigan and ask about possible volunteer opportunities...
www.arisedetroit.org
or click the united box on this site to be connected to UWSEM
Beyond Basics - helping a great literacy program with proven reults
07/27/09 | ant1 | comments 12Check out www.beyondbasics.org to get details about the organization and get details on the study conducted recently that shows that we can eradicate illiteracy and that the cost per student is actually quite low. Here are details on Beyond Basicss
Our organization has its beginnings in the spring of 1999 as a coat donation project in one inner city Detroit Public School. For two years, we ran pilot programs with groups of students in one school, testing ideas to measure the interest level of the children. Motivated by the response of participating students, in February, 2002, we incorporated as a non-profit for the sole purpose of reaching more children.
Today, Beyond Basics has established itself as a strong, viable organization, with a solid structure, philosophy, and mission. The organization today:
•Has 1,000+ plus volunteers
•Has 20 staff members supporting our daily school programs and our office
•Runs programs within 5 public schools (4 in Detroit and 1 in Pontiac)
•Published 5,000 books written by the children we serve in the 2007-2008 school year.
Michigan to spend $15M retooling factories for alt energy
07/27/09 | ant1 | comments 7From metromode, 7/23/2009
Michigan wants to speed up the transition from an automotive to an alternative energy focus in some smaller manufacturing plants And its plans to pony up some dough to do it.
The state is offering $15 million in federal stimulus funds to manufacturers that plan to diversify their portfolio and create new jobs in the alternative energy sector. That could mean turning a plant that makes car doors into one that also makes wind turbine blades, thereby saving manufacturing jobs while diversifying the state's economy.
Michigan companies with fewer than 500 employees, as well as businesses that relocate to Michigan by the time of the award, will be eligible. Interested firms will go through a Request for Proposal grant process to obtain the funding. The Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth will oversee the application process.
The business must be willing to diversify into manufacturing renewable energy systems or their components. That could include everything from wind turbines or solar panels or even either of their components. The only catch is, they must contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Michigan has been aggressively courting the alternative energy industry in recent years and has provided more than $1 billion in tax incentives for advanced battery companies and solar firms. For information on applying for the $15 million in manufacturing grants, click here or call (517) 241-6228.
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