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Josh Linkner, CEO & Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners (part of the Quicken Loans family of companies) and Founder & Chairman of ePrize, was recognized as a “Champion of Change.” The Champions of Change program is a weekly series that is part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative, which honors entrepreneurs that have started […]

Josh Linkner, CEO & Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners (part of the Quicken Loans family of companies) and Founder & Chairman of ePrize, was recognized as a “Champion of Change.” The Champions of Change program is a weekly series that is part of President Obama’s “Winning the Future” initiative, which honors entrepreneurs that have started […]

Merrill Guerra of Ypsilanti is a familiar name to many in the venture capital community, but the former RealKidz entrepreneur is donning a new hat—executive director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association. Guerra takes the reins of the organization from LeAnn Auer, who leaves the MVCA to join Ford’s Treasury group in Dearborn, and she’s […]

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/$25-million-to-support-michigan-entrepreneurs LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) – The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced Wednesday that $25 million will be awarded to several organizations. The state will give the money to eight organizations that will support entrepreneurs. The money will not only help the launch of new businesses throughout the state, but it will also continue to […]

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/$25-million-to-support-michigan-entrepreneurs LANSING, Mich. (WXYZ) – The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced Wednesday that $25 million will be awarded to several organizations. The state will give the money to eight organizations that will support entrepreneurs. The money will not only help the launch of new businesses throughout the state, but it will also continue to […]

Thomas Lee 7/25/11 http://www.xconomy.com/detroit/2011/07/25/my-farewell-present-six-observations-about-michigans-innovation-economy/

Thomas Lee 7/19/11 http://www.xconomy.com/detroit/2011/07/19/facing-an-early-death-michigans-angel-credit-program-finds-few-takers-so-far/

Xconomy: “Serial Entrepreneur Jeff Williams To Lead Life Magnetics” Thomas Lee 4/25/11 If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Arboretum Ventures in Ann Arbor, MI, is once again teaming up with serial CEO Jeff Williams to try to spin a University of Michigan-bred company into investor gold. This time Williams will lead Life Magnetics, a […]

Michigan venture capital-backed companies like Accuri Cytometers looking to emulate the exit of a local peer couldn’t choose much better than HandyLab, whose 2009 sale to global technology firm Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) netted investors $275 million.  But then, Accuri Cytometers CEO, Jeff Williams, is more familiar than most with that deal—he was […]

Franklin Lakes, NJ (February 7, 2011) – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Accuri Cytometers, Inc., an Ann Arbor,  Michigan-based company that develops and manufactures personal flow cytometers for researchers. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and […]