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  • May 15, 2013 – Mountain View, CA. Google Throws it’s Hat in the Messaging Ring at I/O 13 with New Google Hangouts Google announced that it will be competing with iMessage and Facebook Messanger directly when it unvieled a new integrated messaging strategy at Google I/O 13. The new application comes with a new standalone iOS and Android applications, a Chrome application, as well as deeper integration into the Google+ ecosystem. Many startups utilizing Google Apps for Business will need to first enable the new hangouts functionality in order to test the new features. Without enabling the features Google Apps for Business...

    How to Enable the New Hangouts Feature for Google Apps Administrators

    Posted on May 16, 2013 | No Comments
    May 15, 2013 – Mountain View, CA. Google Throws it’s Hat in the Messaging Ring at I/O 13 with New Google Hangouts Google announced that it will be competing with iMessage and Facebook Messanger directly when it unvieled a new integrated messaging strategy at Google I/O 13. The new application comes with a new standalone iOS and Android applications, a Chrome application, as well as deeper integration into the Google+ ecosystem. Many startups utilizing Google Apps for Business will need to first enable the new hangouts functionality in order to test the new features. Without enabling the features Google Apps for Business...

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  •   Automation Alley will host the Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan (EISEM) Entrepreneur’s Forum May 7 from 8-11:30 a.m. at Automation Alley Headquarters in Troy. Watch up-and-coming entrepreneurs present their business plans, and then join in the discussion.EISEM works to highlight regional entrepreneurs and their businesses and further develops their message to reach customers and investors. The Entrepreneur’s Forum features business plan presentations by emerging technology-driven companies. The short presentations are critiqued by attendees, including venture capitalists, angel investors and business professionals, who provide constructive criticism and guidance. “This event offers startup business owners the opportunity to network with experienced entrepreneurs,...

    Automation Alley to host EISEM forum, where entrepreneurs perfect their business pitch

    Posted on May 2, 2013 | No Comments
      Automation Alley will host the Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan (EISEM) Entrepreneur’s Forum May 7 from 8-11:30 a.m. at Automation Alley Headquarters in Troy. Watch up-and-coming entrepreneurs present their business plans, and then join in the discussion.EISEM works to highlight regional entrepreneurs and their businesses and further develops their message to reach customers and investors. The Entrepreneur’s Forum features business plan presentations by emerging technology-driven companies. The short presentations are critiqued by attendees, including venture capitalists, angel investors and business professionals, who provide constructive criticism and guidance. “This event offers startup business owners the opportunity to network with experienced entrepreneurs,...

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  • Marketing Associates (MA) and IDInteract, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership that will integrate MA’s expertise in technology-enabled marketing solutions with IDInteract’s Demand based predictive analytics capabilities. The partnership will allow MA to implement the Seattle-based company’s powerful demand identification and marketing lead acquisition platform for Michigan companies, providing access to valuable consumer purchasing behavior through demand-based analytics. The Platform will enable companies to identify real-time interest in specific brands, products and services, empowering hyper-targeted, in-the-most customer engagement. “At Marketing Associates, we are committed to seamlessly integrating emerging technologies into our traditional marketing services,” said Sameer Desai, Executive Vice President of...

    Marketing Associates Partners with Seattle Startup IDInteract

    Posted on April 15, 2013 | No Comments
    Marketing Associates (MA) and IDInteract, Inc. today announced a strategic partnership that will integrate MA’s expertise in technology-enabled marketing solutions with IDInteract’s Demand based predictive analytics capabilities. The partnership will allow MA to implement the Seattle-based company’s powerful demand identification and marketing lead acquisition platform for Michigan companies, providing access to valuable consumer purchasing behavior through demand-based analytics. The Platform will enable companies to identify real-time interest in specific brands, products and services, empowering hyper-targeted, in-the-most customer engagement. “At Marketing Associates, we are committed to seamlessly integrating emerging technologies into our traditional marketing services,” said Sameer Desai, Executive Vice President of...

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  • [Racial map of Detroit and surrounding suburbs; red is Caucasian, blue is African-American, orange is Latino, credit ATI and US Census] If you work or live in Detroit you would have to spend a lot of time looking the other way to avoid noticing the rampant racial and class disparities surrounding you. It’s not just that there are a lot of impoverished people of color in Detroit (though that fact is also undeniable), it’s that impoverished people in Detroit experience greater immiseration than in many other parts of the country due to lack of public investments, from education to public...

    Michigan Entrepreneurs Need to Confront White Supremacy

    Posted on March 26, 2013 | 11 Comments
    [Racial map of Detroit and surrounding suburbs; red is Caucasian, blue is African-American, orange is Latino, credit ATI and US Census] If you work or live in Detroit you would have to spend a lot of time looking the other way to avoid noticing the rampant racial and class disparities surrounding you. It’s not just that there are a lot of impoverished people of color in Detroit (though that fact is also undeniable), it’s that impoverished people in Detroit experience greater immiseration than in many other parts of the country due to lack of public investments, from education to public...

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  • Nation’s Oldest University-based Venture Fair Continues to Evolve after More Than Three Decades Even with the distinction of being the longest-running university-based venture capital fair in the nation, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) continually refine the format and program in order to attract the best and brightest startups and investors from across country. To that end, event organizers today announced that they have tapped Ann Arbor-based event tech firm CrowdJuice to maximize networking opportunities among attendees and extend the life of MGCS beyond the two-day symposium for the respected roster of investors already registered to attend. “We’re going to see some...

    Technology and Top-Tier Investors to Transform 2013 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium

    Posted on March 22, 2013 | No Comments
    Nation’s Oldest University-based Venture Fair Continues to Evolve after More Than Three Decades Even with the distinction of being the longest-running university-based venture capital fair in the nation, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) continually refine the format and program in order to attract the best and brightest startups and investors from across country. To that end, event organizers today announced that they have tapped Ann Arbor-based event tech firm CrowdJuice to maximize networking opportunities among attendees and extend the life of MGCS beyond the two-day symposium for the respected roster of investors already registered to attend. “We’re going to see some...

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