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New VC Firm Launches, Names First Investment
A new venture capital firm has launched in Ann Arbor with its first investment. Resonant Venture Partners was founded by Jason Townsend and Michael Goodwin – two Michigan natives who spent several...
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Ford To Open Silicon Valley Lab
DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) – Ford Motor Co. is the latest automaker to open a research lab in Silicon Valley, where it hopes to scout out new technology and keep ahead of trends. The company said Friday that it...
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Ford Motor To Open First Silicon Valley Research Lab
DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co. Friday announced plans to open a dedicated research laboratory in the Silicon Valley area of California early this year. The automaker said the new lab is not just about...
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Motown Becoming The New Silicon Valley?
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit has put up the “help wanted” sign in Silicon Valley and applications are pouring in. The story from WWJ’s Marie Osborne is about thinking big and fast in today’s tech industry....
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Ford On Mackinac: Michigan Can Be Silicon Valley Of High Tech Auto Future
MACKINAC ISLAND (WWJ) – The great-grandson of Henry Ford told the Mackinac Policy Conference Thursday morning that America has a newfound respect for manufacturing, a field that can and should be...
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Stik.com Moves From San Francisco To Downtown Detroit
DETROIT — Stik.com, a Web site that uses Facebook to bring the business referral process online, announced it is moving from San Francisco to downtown Detroit’s growing technology district to grow its...
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ACE13 Draws Huge Crowd; Michigan Entrepreneurship Growing Fast
LIVONIA — Michigan is learning the lessons of Silicon Valley and adapting them to its own unique entrepreneurial advantages, a veteran venture capitalist with experience in both locations told a huge...
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Matt’s Favorites: Lake Erie Under Attack From Algae, April Fool’s Online,...
What else is new and interesting in the ever-changing world of science and technology? Glad you asked, because I still have a mortgage. Here goes… * Lake Erie is under attack from noxious algae blooms,...
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Matt’s Favorites: Russian Meteorite Pulled From Lake, Spaceship Apple, And...
So what’s the greatest and latest in the ever-evolving worlds of science and technology on the day when I head toward Michigan’s Great North to start my tour of all the great technology at some of the...
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Dan Gilbert Pitches Detroit At TechCrunch
By Edward Cardenas SOUTHFIELD (CBS Detroit) – Dan Gilbert took a five-hour flight from Detroit to pitch Detroit to attendees of the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco in person. Gilbert had...
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High-Tech Cars Bring Detroit, Silicon Valley Face To Face
DETROIT (AP) – The office has all the trappings of a high-tech startup. There’s a giant beanbag in the foyer and erasable, white board walls for brainstorming. Someone’s pet dog lounges happily on the...
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Top Five Tech Tours In Silicon Valley
The HP Garage: The Birthplace of Silicon Valley (credit: Randy Yagi) If you’re hoping to take a tour of famous Silicon Valley companies like Apple, Google and Facebook, you might be in for a big...
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America’s Smartest People Are Reportedly Moving Out West
CBS Local — As the country moves into the digital age, America’s brightest minds are reportedly giving new meaning to the old saying “go west, young man.” According to a report from Bloomberg, the...
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