Michigan Business Network

Jeffrey Mosher talks with Kenya "Kay" Thomas, Owner and CEO of one of PTAC Best Small Business Honoree for 2018, Precision Control, Inc of Commerce Charter Twp , MI

Jeffrey Mosher talks with David Bolt, President of one of Michigan 50 Companies to Watch in 2018, GMB Architecture & Engineering of Holland, MI

Jeffrey Mosher talks with Tim Dutmers, President and Owner of one of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch in 2018, Venturi of Traverse City, MI.

Maureen Miller Brosnan, Executive Director, MVCA - Michigan Venture Capital Association joins MBN's Jeffrey Mosher on this segment of Michigan Business Network.

Topics include:

•The release of the 2018 MVCA Research Report. The study collects data

from all 29 Michigan venture capital firms and provides an in-depth analysis of investment activity and economic trends occurring in the state’s entrepreneurial and investment community.

•The appointment of Tom Shehab of Arboretum Ventures as the new

chairman of the MVCA Board of Directors. He has over a decade of

experience working in a number of healthcare-related ventures and has

extensive clinical, healthcare administration and operational expertise

that he applies to investing in medical device and IT-enabled healthcare

companies.

On this segment of Michigan Business Beat, Jeffrey Mosher talks with Jean Schtokal, Shareholder, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC Attorneys, six locations across Michigan. They talk about a training that will help businesses understand legal guidelines to exporting.

Export Control Compliance Overview Training - Lansing

Lansing - 313 S. Washington Square

EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE OVERVIEW TRAINING

• Export control regulations and how they might affect doing business internationally. Processes and procedures that can help ensure compliance with applicable regulations

• Trade embargoes, sanctions and restricted party screening

• Resources available to help comply with export regulations and export control reform

• Enforcement: what happens when there is a violation

On this segment of Michigan Business Beat is Fitness Manager Russell Zalkin and Amber Stefanski Aquatic Supervisor Sparrow Michigan Athletic Club, East Lansing, MI.

The Sparrow Michigan Athletic Club has created a great, new athletic

challenge to benefit Making the Turn Against Parkinson’s, a golf-based charity that works to educate the public about Parkinson’s.

The MAC Attack will consist of 12 different extreme obstacles designed to test your physical and mental strength. It will be held Saturday, May 12, from 10 am to 2 pm, at the MAC, 2900 Hannah Boulevard.

Register at the concierge desk or by calling 517.364.8888.

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Jeffrey Mosher talks with Steven Bush, Owner of one of SBDC MI Awardee in 2018, Kiss Me Specialty Coffee Shoppe of Prudenville, MI

Be Investable welcomes Errol Arkilic program director for the National Science Foundation I-Corps to the show. The National Science Foundation I-Corps uses Steve Blank Lean Launchpad curriculum to teach scientists and engineers how to make their technology out of the lab and into the marketplace. He is also the founder of M34 Capital, a seed capital fund that focuses on early-stage project being spun out of academic and corporate research labs.

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MBN's Jeffrey Mosher welcomes Charlie Tyson, PlanetM Project Manager of PMBC Pure Michigan Business Connect, MEDC

PMBC is working with PlanetM and Ward’s Auto to facilitate qualified matches as part of their upcoming Interiors Conference in May 2018. This is their second collaboration with the Ward’s Auto team, and the first was VERY successful.

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MBN's Jeffrey Mosher had the opportunity to attend the Michigan Biosciences Day at the Capital on April 25th, 2018. This important event is to advance Michigan's biosciences industry through legislative outreach efforts in Lansing.

Here is his interview with Stephen Goldner, Founder & CEO of Pure Green, along with excerpts on the day.

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