December 6, 2007
PCF and Michigan State University co-sponsored a Mid-Michigan Entrepreneurship Day on Tuesday, December 11th on the MSU campus. The event, which was designed to facilitate the collaboration between MSU technologies and non-profit companies, featured eight entrepreneur presenters with topics ranging from biosensor technology to internet and technology insurance. The event was well attended.
November 2, 2007
The PCF has received a $250,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The grant will further efforts to improve the mid-Michigan economy. Specifically, it will support comprehensive benchmarking and best-practices identification among Michigan higher educational institutions’ commercialization and entrepreneurship programs. This work will culminate in a regional convening of businesses, economic and workforce developers, policymakers, higher education institutions and others to set priorities and an action plan to embrace promising practices that support mid-Michigan’s emergence as a national center of excellence for business start-ups, licensing, and patents.
