The mission to create profit and the mission to do good are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Students at U-M's Ross School of Business see the recently created Center for Social Impact as a pathway to doing both. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
From bike to brick and mortar. Go! Ice Cream is set to open a shop in downtown Ypsi. Just in time to beat the summer heat! News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Ann Arbor-based Strata Oncology recently landed $12 million in venture capital to push forward with the development of its state-of-the-art tumor sequencing operation. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
School's out for summer. Out till fall. And some might not go back at all. Concentrate's armchair historian Patti Smith looks at how old timey Ann Arbor once celebrated high school graduation. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Work on the Davis Row townhouse development has begun. The four units are expected to be completed in early 2017. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Within just one year ContentOro has gone from a single client and employee to a roster of customers, more than $1 million in seed capital, and plans to close a multi-million-dollar Series A investment. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Ann Arbor-based Locavorious made its name selling subscriptions to frozen, locally sourced produce. Now, it's moving into the blueberry business. …Well, providing local blueberries to U-M cafeterias. It's recently wrapped pilot program delivered over 7000 pounds. News from Concentrate Source: SPARK
Tech Companies and Incubators to Host Downtown A2 Tech Trek Innovation Open House June 17 Leading technology companies will be hosting the second annual A2 Tech Trek on June 17, from 3 to 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend A2 Tech Trek. At the free event, Ann Arbor’s technology companies and organizations will host …
Ann Arbor Business Monthly Magazine Published by: Duane Ramsey To see the original article click here. Ann Arbor SPARK, a nonprofit, economic development organization, leads the way in expanding the Ann Arbor region’s economy by encouraging and supporting business acceleration, attraction and retention in Washtenaw and Livingston counties. In 2015, the economic development organization celebrated …
James Fallows made a 54,000-mile journey around America in a single-engine plane. After visiting many cities, he had developed an informal checklist of the traits that distinguished a place where things seemed to work. These items are obviously different in nature, most of them are subjective, and some of them overlap. But if you tell him how a …
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