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1 Million Cups: Free Coffee & Conversation

1 Million Cups: Free Coffee & Conversation

Last week, two teams presented at the 1 Million Cups event and received feedback from the community:  Chris Schmidt, a Geophysicist by education, started a graphic design and product company called Studio 13. Located in downtown Houghton (just above Remax). Studio 13...
SightLine To Student Success Case Study

SightLine To Student Success Case Study

Predictive analytics company SightLine Data has published their first case study on student retention rates at Michigan Tech. It outlines the University’s on-going challenge with bouncing retention rates and highlights SightLine’s solution. Check out the...
Lexul Graduates from Incubator

Lexul Graduates from Incubator

Eric Ollis, President of Lexul, and his team have graduated from our Incubator space at the Jutila Center. They didn’t move far, though. The Lexul team now occupies a bigger, brighter space on the 6th floor of the building which was made available to them by...
THERMOANALYTICS: SBIR SUCCESS STORY

THERMOANALYTICS: SBIR SUCCESS STORY

MTEC SmartZone’s Marketing and Communications team produced a success story video for ThermoAnaltyics which will be presented at the Growing Northwest Michigan Share Of Defense Contracts Workshop in Traverse City this month. Check out the video...
2019 SmartStart Class Begins

2019 SmartStart Class Begins

The first SmartStart class of 2019 has begun! With 7 teams participating, this makes for one of the largest groups yet. The teams will meet weekly for 6-7 weeks as they work through validating their idea and planning out their business idea. To complete the program,...