Traverse City

Grand Traverse By 2030: Planning A Decade Of Sustainable Economic Development

An effective economic growth strategy is akin to taking on a major construction project in that it needs to be erected on a solid foundation to endure and remain functional and relevant over time...

Bank On This: Tech, Finance Heavyweights Launch New Merchant Bank

Traverse City titans George Cochran, Casey Cowell and Lowell Gruman – all long-time leaders in their respective fields of finance, technology and investment banking – are launching a new bank...
Orbion Space Technology

Orbion Space Technology raises $9.2 million amid rising demand for plasma thrusters for small satellites

A company in Houghton that developed a new plasma thruster to propel satellites into space has raised $9.2 million in an early round of venture capital financing...
Data Scientist

Care For Data Accuracy? Go For Golden-Record-As-A-Service @Naveego

With the launch of next-generation data accuracy platform by Naveego, it has marked another landmark in the respective field...
Naveego

New Naveego Platform Release Emphasizes Self-Service MDM, Data Quality Capabilities

Naveego’s next-generation Data Accuracy Platform makes it possible to develop a “golden record” data set that becomes an organization’s single version of the truth for data analytics and other tasks...
Naveego

Naveego adds new capabilities for non-technical users to Data Accuracy Platform

Naveego also now uses machine learning to add the ability to profile data at the edge without having to transfer it...
Front Street Irregulars

Front Street Irregulars Meet (Quietly) To Aim For Intentional Growth Of Region

What do the formation of 20Fathoms, the passage of the 2018 Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) bond initiative, and the push for local high-speed fiber internet service have in common?...

Startup Ecosystem Long, Winding Road

Faurecia will be the first customer for Promethient, a Traverse City startup backed by the supplier, private equity and academia, and it has some advice for other traditional players looking to connect with up-and-coming innovators...
Traverse City

8 Dreamy Beach Towns for Entrepreneurs

If you can work from anywhere, why not work from paradise?...

Xenisis, Atlas & Laser Light Form First Space to Ground All Optical Global Data Distribution Joint V

Joining forces in a Service-Level Solution – Empower Space Alliance™. Empower Space™ will provide a turnkey direct optical data distribution service from spacecraft to customer locations, worldwide.

Faurecia-backed company develops energy-efficient seats

A local company, with backing by French interior modules supplier Faurecia, is working on an advanced energy-saving seat heating and cooling system that could be ready for production in 2021...
Startup

Computer Technology Legend Puts Expertise Behind Startups

Casey Cowell is a legend in the world of computer technology. Now he's putting his time and money toward making Traverse City a hotbed of entrepreneurship...