Our perspective.

Two award-winning CIOs share their plans and strategies on Reopening at GDI Infotech’s Webinar Series “Thriving in a Post Pandemic World” ANN ARBOR, MI, (September 8, 2020) – GDI Infotech (GDI), a leading provider of Talent Matchmaking Solutions and Services is hosting “Thriving In A Post Pandemic World” a new webinar series that’s designed to […]

Detroit, MI (August 20, 2020) – Sixteen Kerr Russell members were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021. Notably, eleven of the named attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than five years. Kerr Russell also had three attorneys recognized as 2021 Best […]

As the newly named administrator of the Michigan Pre-Seed Fund III (MPSF III) by the Michigan Strategic Fund, Michigan State University Foundation (MSU Foundation) announced Michigan Rise. MSU Foundation was awarded the MPSF III on April 14, 2020 and will work closely with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative to support […]

Submitted by Victor Cardenas, Assistant City Manager, City of Novi. The City of Novi is a new 2020 MVCA member – welcome! We are going to do our very best to give “The Joe Rogan Experience” a run for its money with the City of Novi’s new podcast “Now You Novi.” Co-hosts City of Novi’s […]

(The following post is from one of MVCA’s new members in 2020, Kapor Capital.) Written by: Brian Dixon: @MrStartup / Kapor Capital: @kaporcapital I was one of the first Black investors to be promoted to Partner at a venture capital firm. At the time (2015), I was also one of the youngest, having just turned […]

By Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research – Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships The University of Michigan’s research enterprise is an engine for creativity, discovery and innovation.  U-M researchers have invented amazing technologies — new therapeutics that improve the lives of people around the world, the Intralase Lasik eye procedure that has given the […]

Arbor Bancorp, Inc. (Bank of Ann Arbor) is announcing that Arbor Bancorp. Inc. and FNBH Bancorp, Inc. (First National Bank in Howell) have mutually agreed to terminate their Agreement and Plan of Merger, previously announced on February 3, 2020. Deal Termination 6.25.20

State of Michigan supports a new $1.5 Million fund to help small businesses recover. The Michigan Entrepreneur Resilience Fund helps small businesses from geographically disadvantaged areas survive the outbreak through recovery efforts, administered by Michigan Women Forward with support from Michigan Economic Development Corporation and other organizations and corporations, applications are now available. Click on […]

ANN ARBOR, MI, (April 23, 2020) – GDI Infotech (GDI), a leading provider of Talent Matchmaking Solutions and Services has launched GDI TalentHub™ to connect IT Specialists to companies actively hiring during COVID-19 crisis. Millions of people have lost their jobs across the United States. Many industries and geographies have been hit hard. While there […]