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The newly launched #mi2020 Scholarship Competition will be a $10,000 blessing for one student -- and perfect promotional tactic for the Senate Democrats' Michigan 2020 Plan. Participants must...
Initially, crowdfunding website Superior Ideas is featuring nine Michigan Tech research projects, including a sleep apnea study by Jason Carter, chair of kinesiology and integrative physiology and...
As Managing Editor Michelle Rogers explained in her blog post about the coverage: As a group of weekly publications in print, it has been an ongoing challenge to get our audience to realize we’re...
The measure drew praise from notable West Michigan entrepreneur Rick DeVos, whose projects include Pomegranate Studios, 5x5 Night, Momentum, TheCommon.org, Spout.com, Boxed Water Is Better Water...
"There is a generation of Americans that has witnessed the power of the Internet to connect and empower people, yet seen little of this applied to capital formation," said Jeff Lambert,...
Jeff Lambert sees crowd-funding as the next major catalyst in spurring economic growth. That is why his Grand Rapids-based public relations firm Lambert Edwards & Associates is part of a...
The billboard began as an Art Prize entry "Hands. Heart. Hope." that played up the theme of helping hands by crowdsourcing handprints on an enormous white canvas to form a Grand Rapids...
The billboard began as an Art Prize entry "Hands. Heart. Hope." that played up the theme of helping hands by crowdsourcing handprints on an enormous white canvas to form a Grand...
MI News 26 is aiming to raise $5,000 by July 6 using Kickstarter, a site that allows ordinary people to raise funds for new projects, products and ideas. Users can support MI News 26 with as...
"Crowd funding could be a great way to fill a gap in the space where family and friends or the entrepreneur may have used home equity to put up the early-stage cash of $50,000 to $200,000 in...
Superior Ideas mission is to increase external support for research, innovation, and creative work that promotes sustainable economic and social development. Superior Ideas is an entity of...
GIG Spark demonstrates the power of small acts and using technology to crowdsource ideas, capture it on video, spread the word online, and inspire immediate action. In this GIG Spark video,...
Nathan Cahill, the first to make a pitch at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, has started a Kickstarter-like platform to let family, friends, acquaintances or other benefactors donate money toward...
A Web site where researchers can post and browse project ideas will launch this summer. As part of future phases of the program, the university is considering letting alumni or members of the...
Michigan is certainly not alone in pursuing these innovative collaborations. Multistate collaborations are also being organized, especially for payment systems and Web hosting. As the need for...
This year, Steelcase plans to illustrate its research with some prototypes that show where Steelcase is in developing new products to support video-conferencing. While some companies might fear...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last week awarded a $9.8 million contract to Ricardo, a Michigan-based engineering consultancy, to assist with its Fast, Adaptable, Next-Generation Ground Vehicle (FANG) program. DARPA plans to host three FANG design challenges, which will utilize the (not yet live) vehicleforge.mil site as a venue for design teams to collaborate and share files.
Superior Ideas is a crowdfunding web site, where anyone can contribute any amount to help support research projects, David Reed, vice president for research, told the Board. Crowdfunding is a...
The latest addition to the crowdfunding world is one that's unique to the U.P. It's called Superior Ideas and was launched by Michigan Technological University to help fund worthy...
Superior Ideas' Natasha Chopp writes in to discuss how crowdfunding can benefit university research and offers some tips for those looking to crowdfund their next project.
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