TechTown Channel

DETROIT " TechTown has received a $25,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Senior Engagement Programs, money that will be used to fund start up businesses for senior Americans as well as to hire mentors to help them make their dreams come true. TechTown Executive Director Randal Charlton disc...

DETROIT - TechTown Executive Director Randal Charlton said last month's two-day FastTrac To Success event was very successful, bringing hundreds of entrepreneur's to the downtown Detroit business incubator...

DETROIT - Tanya Allen, a Wayne State Tech Town SmartStart client, has come up with a new product that will help both men and women remain Forever Fresh. To hear all about it, listen to the Newsmaker Interview on the TechTown Channel...

DETROIT - Wayne State University is offering a FastTrac to the Future for Entrepreneurs, a two-day introduction to various training available, on May 25-26. Randal Charlton, TechTown Executive Director, outlines what training is available in this Newsmaker Interview...

DETROIT - The Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center, an SBA-backed groups that provides training and support to start ups and small business, has set up an office in Wayne State University's TechTown to reach out to entrepreneurs based in the incubator...

DETROIT - Vita Merlotti is leading the efforts at Wayne State University's TechTown to get Google to land its high-speed fiber research project in Detroit...

DETROIT - The Detroit Micro Enterprise Fund, based at Wayne State University's TechTown, is flush with cash. Entrepreneurs and small businesses in greater Detroit can now borrow from a fund pool worth some $1.2 million...

DETROIT - If you want to apply for the next TechTown SmartStart entrepreneur education class, you'd better hurry. The deadline is March 12, for a class starting 10 days later...

DETROIT - TechTown will work more closely with the creative class in two news programs called ArtsImpact and the Creative Business Forum, which kick off March 23...

DETROIT - FusionGamez, a tenant at Wayne State University's TechTown, is developing a new twist for online video games - they'll pay you to play. This new wrinkle in gaming was developed by Kwabena Johnson, who developed his business skills as a SmartStart client...