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Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup: November 2009
November 18, 2009 | Filed under Startups, events
In honor of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we were proud to have 4 University of Michigan student startups present (and the fifth, also a young entrepreneur) at this month’s Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup:
Adrian Fortino, Shepard Intelligent Systems - real-time transit information systems (e.g. MagicBus)
Alan Shreve, YouCompete - social competition platform
Royce Channey, VOI! [...]
New Enterprise Forum: Term Sheets
October 15, 2009 | Filed under Startups, Venture Capital
Skip Simms, managing director of SPARK’s business accelerator and pre-seed fund moderated a highly-compressed discussion of venture capital at tonight’s New Enterprise Forum. As Tim Damschroder (Bodman LLP) summarized, West Coast terms are generally easier, East Coast terms generally tougher, and most Midwest deals he’s seen are, predictably, somewhere in the middle. Chris Rizik (Renaissance [...]
Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup: September 2009
September 19, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups, events
Video of our September Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup, courtesy of Roger Rayle! #a2newtech
Current Motor Company - plug-in electric scooters
Mobiata - best-selling iPhone travel applications
TherapyCharts - small-office electronic medical records management
Audiallo - fabless semiconductor company making low-power acoustic processing chips
Ann Arbor Startup Community Report H1′09
July 23, 2009 | Filed under Blog
Here’s a brief review of the last 6 months of grassroots tech / startup community organizing in Ann Arbor, MI, originally intended for the July 2009 Ann Arbor New Tech Meetup (but foiled by a blown projector bulb)…
Michigan Programs for Startup Capital
July 14, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Michigan has a lot of interesting capital programs for local startup and early-stage growth companies. Many are tied to regional Smart Zones, organizational affiliations, and sometimes with a process that looks more like traditional banking than private investment (”send in your application”) with attendant delays - but often non-dilutive or otherwise entrepreneur-friendly.
Most folks know of [...]
Nouveau Angel Capital Corp, the first public angel fund?
July 2, 2009 | Filed under Politics, Startups, Venture Capital
Michigan’s Great Lakes Angels President Rick Galdi says his phone has been ringing off the hook this week after the Crain’s Detroit Business coverage of his new cross-border venture, the Nouveau Angel Capital Corp.
While we’ve seen other attempts to create marketplaces to trade traditionally illiquid assets, Nouveau is a bit of clever cross-border financial engineering [...]
May 19: Ann Arbor New Tech May Meetup, with Rick Snyder
May 18, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Politics, Startups, Venture Capital, events
We have a very special meetup this month - following our regular program, we’ll welcome Rick Snyder, CEO of Ann Arbor venture capital firm Ardesta and former COO of Gateway Computer, for a town hall session as he considers his gubernatorial bid in Michigan!
Leading into the town hall session, we’ll have 4 companies take the [...]
May 12-13: Michigan Growth Capital Symposium
May 9, 2009 | Filed under Startups, Venture Capital, events
David Brophy and the UM Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance are again hosting the most important venture capital event in the Midwest - the 28th annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium.
It was a rough Q1 across the board for VC firms, and Michigan has been particularly challenged with only a handful of operating [...]
May 4, 5: Social Entrepreneurship on Facebook, and Non-Dilutive Early-Stage Startup Finance
April 30, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups, Venture Capital, events
Two back-to-back events next week to kick off the month of May:
Monday, May 4: (Lil) Green Patch: Social Entrepreneurship and Virtual Economies on Facebook
Tuesday, May 5: Non-Dilutive Finance for Early Stage Startups
The former will be held in the conference center of the beautiful Michigan Information Technology Center (housing Merit and Internet2). We’ve also [...]
TechNow 09: Apr 23, Royal Oak Music Theater
April 22, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups, events
Join us tomorrow night at the Royal Oak Music Theater for what promises to be an amazing startup event / party in celebration of Michigan’s future - TechNow 09!
Jordan, Mason, and Zach have put together, for a single night, what looks like the best of the all the tech startup events we’ve done in Ann [...]
Ann Arbor Startup Drinks - Thurs Apr 16 at Grizzly Peak
April 16, 2009 | Filed under Startups, events
from Brandon Dimcheff and Matt Pizzimenti:
Startup Drinks is happening again tonight, this time at Grizzly Peak in downtown Ann Arbor between 8 and 10pm. If you haven’t heard of Startup Drinks before, this little blurb from our website (http://annarbor.startupdrinks.com/) explains it: ”A simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar [...]
CloudCamp Ann Arbor - April 9 at Google
April 6, 2009 | Filed under Blog, Startups, events
CloudCamp comes to Ann Arbor this Thursday, April 9, from 3 - 8 PM at Google:
CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions. At CloudCamp, you are encouraged [...]
Building an Entrepreneurial Community: Lessons from Boulder - April 1, 7pm
March 26, 2009 | Filed under Politics, Startups, Venture Capital, events
Provo, Boulder, Madison, Bridgeport-Stamford, Ann Arbor: the top 5 midsize metros in terms of quality of life, according to a recent study based on the latest U.S. Census Bureau data:
Almost 55 percent of Boulder’s adults have bachelor’s degrees, easily leading all midsize metros in that category. Boulder is also noteworthy for its healthy entrepreneurial spirit. [...]
Ann Arbor TECH Cocktail - Friday March 27, 6 PM at Live at PJ’s
March 24, 2009 | Filed under events
In the midst of the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Entreprelliance, and Detroit Startup Weekend, we’re getting together for our monthly Ann Arbor New Tech meetup in a different venue and format - a TECH Cocktail event at Live at PJ’s this Friday from 6 - 9 PM.
Join us for an evening of fun mingling [...]
University of Michigan Internship Scholarship Program - apply by Apr 3!
March 24, 2009 | Filed under Blog
The University of Michigan is offering to pay for up to 40% of an undergraduate summer intern for small companies in Michigan!
While this comes a bit late in the campus recruiting cycle for most students, you can still find them - there were a ton at yesterday’s networking fair at SI. You can also post [...]
Welcome to the Ann Arbor Startup blog
March 22, 2009 | Filed under Blog
Hello! I’m excited to highlight the exciting developments in Ann Arbor’s tech startup community through this blog, but I’m going to need your help - if you’re an Ann Arbor-area startup, please contact me (dugsong@a2geeks.org) and let me help tell your story!
In the meantime, sign up for our monthly Ann Arbor New Tech meetup, and [...]