Category Archives: Business

Water and Michigan’s Future

June 6, 2011 – 9:19 am

Golden Sunset on Lake Superior by unifiedphoto The Detroit Free Press has launched a summer-long feature on the Great Lakes, water and Michigan. It starts with an interesting read by John Gallagher entitled Water shaped Michigan’s past: Now it’s a key to state’s future that looks at the economic impact of the lakes and their potential [...]

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Driving Michigan: Jeremy Kosmicki of Founders Brewing Company

May 16, 2011 – 7:26 am

In our latest Driving Michigan episode, we visited Founders Brewing Company in Grand Rapids and got a tour from head brewer Jeremy Kosmicki. Click the 320p at the bottom right and choose 720p HD for the best quality or watch on YouTube. Driving Michigan is Absolute Michigan’s new show that explores the state of Michigan [...]

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Future Midwest Conference this week in Detroit

April 26, 2011 – 10:11 am

Painting A Picture Of Optimism by DetroitDerek Photography Later this week (April 27-29) the 3rd annual  Future Midwest Conference kicks off in Detroit. It’s the largest digital business conference in the Midwest and  seeks to accelerate business and cultural transformation by uniting community passions with emerging technologies. In 2011, they’ve selected Eastern Market in Detroit [...]

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TEDx Traverse City – May 17, 2011

April 5, 2011 – 9:38 am

via Leelanau.com… FIM Group and Northwestern Michigan College have collaborated to present the inaugural TEDx TraverseCity on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College. Tickets go on sale TODAY (Tuesday, April 5) at 10 AM through the website at www.tedxtraversecity.com. They will probably go [...]

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Jeff Daniels to star in Chrysler Emigrated from Escanaba commercials

April 1, 2011 – 8:31 am

Fresh on the heels of the runaway success of their “Imported from Detroit” campaign starring rapper Eminem, Michigan-based Chrysler announced their new U-series heavy trucks will be promoted by Michigan actor Jeff Daniels in the “Emigrated from Escanaba” campaign. Chrysler spokeswoman Anita Thawte explained “Mr.  Daniels has starred in numerous Hollywood films and is well [...]

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Time to Reboot Your Business?

March 30, 2011 – 11:19 am

reboot by TerryJohnston Full Disclosure: I saw these folks in action on the behalf of Absolute Michigan Community sponsor The Center for Michigan and was quite impressed with their work! Birmingham-based agency Brogan & Partners is offering one small business in Michigan the tools and support to reinvent and refresh its brand through the Michigan [...]

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Michigan Radio finds out What’s Working in Michigan

March 29, 2011 – 10:13 am

Vineyard by ramjetgr Michigan Radio Morning Edition host Christina Shockley is asking those in the know What’s Working in Michigan? There’s no better time to take a look at things that are already happening to improve our state’s economy and our lives. Here’s a snapshot of a few of the voices: Linda Jones, the Executive [...]

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Detroit 20/20: Mayor Dave Bing & Governor Rick Snyder

March 23, 2011 – 1:23 pm

Detroit 20/20 from WXYZ TV seeks to address the challenges facing Detroit and the region with the goal of making Detroit a better place to live, work and raise families. In this four-part interview, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing discuss a wide range of the daunting challenges facing and the often [...]

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GRid70 Design Hub in Grand Rapids

March 22, 2011 – 10:13 am

Fading to Sky by Jeff Casemier The Grand Rapids Press reports that four of West Michigan’s leading companies are launching a design hub this summer in Grand Rapids that is modeled after other successful programs in other cities: Dubbed GRid70, the concept will bring together creative professionals from Amway, Meijer Inc., Steelcase Inc. and Wolverine [...]

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Pure Michigan Facebook: Leading the Nation

March 21, 2011 – 8:31 am

“Winds of Change” Point Betsie Lighthouse by Michigan Nut The Pure Michigan Facebook fan page topped 200,000 fans over the weekend. According to the Street, this makes Pure Michigan one of only four state tourism Facebook pages with more than 100,000 fans and the first state tourism Facebook page with over 200,000 fans: “We could [...]

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