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MTEC SmartZone (MTEC) announces that three of their team members are now certified GrowthWheel® Business Advisors. GrowthWheel® is a visual toolbox and cloud-based platform used by business advisors to help client companies make decisions and act. The tools help...

"In 2012, the MTEC SmartZone was looking at a way to create more entrepreneurs that could serve the Keweenaw. What came out of that was SmartStart, a program where up-and-coming or existing businesses can look at how to build and grow their products." Read more from...

MTEC SmartZone (MTEC) announced today that they will be holding another series of SmartStart classes starting June 5, 2019. SmartStart is an MTEC program that is designed to educate and guide entrepreneurs through the process of validating and growing their business...

MTEC team members attended the Cybersecurity grand opening at Northern Michigan University today. Two MTEC clients - Arroyo Networks and Xeratec shared their expertise by participating in a panel with other industry leaders. For more details about the event, see the...

Ms. Goodreau, an Upper Peninsula native from L’Anse, Michigan, joins the SmartZone team as the new Director of Marketing and Communications. She comes in at an exciting time to continue the company’s success providing support to high-tech local businesses and working...

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...

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 full case...

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 Finlandia...

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...