Michigan-based FarmLogs, a 2012 Y Combinator alum that helps farmers digitally manage their farm to increase profitability, today announced that it has closed a $1 million seed funding round co-led by Huron River Ventures and Hyde Park Venture Partners. The funding allows FarmLogs to expand its team and to further develop its mobile applications in…
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Natural disasters and flight delays–partners in crime. From a airline customer perspective, we’re much more likely to fly an airline repeatedly if it has fewer delays AND superior customer service. Yes, natural disasters are out of our control, but how about bird disasters? With the help of Ornicept, airfield managers now have a viable solution…
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You may be an entrepreneur because you can’t stand being confined to a jacket and tie every day. But selling products to big corporations often means dealing with the same bureaucracy you desperately tried to avoid. This was certainly the case for HealPay, an Ann Arbor startup. HealPay sells software called Settlementapp to debt collectors,…
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A few weeks ago, I was approached by Alex Schiff, a young entrepreneur currently attending the University of Michigan. He gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse: an exclusive preview of Fetchnotes, a cloud-based note-taking application he was working on with co-founder Chase Lee. As a college junior, I was curious to see how a…
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I love cars, but I – like pretty much everyone else – hate the car buying experience. It’s not just that I feel like I’m being had – I do for sure! – but the process takes so long it’s painful. Who wants to spend a beautiful Saturday shuttling between the lot and the sales…
Read MoreIn April we hosted our first TECH cocktail Detroit mixer event which rallied together 225+ technology enthusiasts and showcased nine Michigan startups. We had so much fun in Michigan that we plan on head back to Detroit soon (tentatively October 20th or 21st) to find and showcase more local startups. The event also kicked off…
Read MoreWe hosted a TECH cocktail Detroit mixer event to kickoff the FutureMidwest Conference earlier in the month. The event showcased nine Michigan startups and was sponsored by Idea Foundry. Check out these testimonials about the TECH cocktail Detroit event: “The energy and networking at TECH cocktail was unreal.” – via sazbean.com “…my body is exhausted…
Read MoreWe are constantly hearing about great employment opportunities from companies that are part of the TECH cocktail community and we want to help them find great new team members. So we are going to call out some featured gigs that have been posted to the TECH cocktail Job Board. It is only $200 to post…
Read MoreWe are in the Great Lakes State this week scouting out local technology entrepreneurs and startups. Staying true to our mission we will be helping to amplify the local technology community by showcasing nine Michigan-based startup companies. TECH cocktail is Detroit, Michigan will showcase the local technology scene and nine Michigan-based startups to kick-off the…
Read MoreDo you like game shows? Do you like to support local businesses? Do you like to play matchmaker? And finally … Do you like squirrels ? I have no idea what that last one means, but if you simply answer any of the preceding questions with apparently any answer, then the folks at PickMIDate might…
Read MoreHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Sonnet 43 – by Elizabeth Barrett Browning You could just count them, or you could actually list them all in a book from LoveBook Online and show how you really feel. But don’t let the name deceive you. It’s actually a book you create online,…
Read MoreIf you are inspired to learn a new developer language or just sharpen your current development skills you might want to check out the handful of offerings provided by Holland, Michigan based Idea Foundry. Situated near the gorgeous Lake Michigan beach, Idea Foundry offers world class training in ExpressionEngine, MongoDB, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, iPhone…
Read MoreOnline learning is definitely a trend which will continue to rise as we continue to be connected to the Web – particularly corporate environments. Bloomfire, a Kalamazoo, Michigan based startup, offers a collaborative social learning platform where everyone becomes a teacher. Bloomfire enables organizations to create secure internal learning communities where employees teach each other….
Read MoreMyBandStock, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup, looks to revolutionize the music industry by collecting fan support and once it gets to a certain threshold of 1000 fans, reaching out the band to get them on the platform. MyBandStock might be described as “Myspace Music meets frequent flyer miles” for the music industry. By offering…
Read MoreBodega, an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup, offers a virtual goods marketplace enabling anyone to buy and sell their virtual goods in a fun environment. If virtual goods are new to you, they are defined by Wikipedia as: Virtual goods are non-physical objects that are purchased for use in online communities or online games. Virtual…
Read MoreFour years ago Frank Gruber and I founded TECH cocktail. We sought to bring the Chicago startup and technology community together in a meaningful way and have been fortunate enough to do that and much, much more. I am very proud of the organization we built and what we’ve accomplished since our first TECH cocktail…
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