DETROIT, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a study led by the Kauffman Foundation, the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan - the group of the region's four key business accelerators - Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Macomb-OU INCubator and TechTown have created more than 1,000 jobs and invested approximately $18 million in hundreds of start-up companies while securing more than $101.2 million in additional capital, a 6-to-1 investment ratio.

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Rave Computer, a leader in providing standard and customized computing solutions, was named Technology Company of the Year at the 10th Automation Alley Awards Gala.

DETROIT, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan (www.neweconomyinitiative.org ), an innovative philanthropic effort to accelerate the transition of metro Detroit to an innovation-based economy, today announces a $3 million grant over three years to support the newly formed Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan, a region-wide collaborative effort dedicated to attracting and retaining business in southeast Michigan.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- William ("Bill") Abbatt, shareholder at the Brooks Kushman patent boutique law firm, will deliver the keynote speech titled "Patent Counsel Can be Entrepreneurs Too" at Automation Alley's Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeastern Michigan event (EISEM).

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Top Five Battle-Ready Marketing Tools to Combat a Recession for Executives Seminar - Full house expected for this one of a kind seminar of what new strategies and marketing automation tools that Fortune 500 organizations are currently employing to combat the recession, "Automation Alley" Troy MI. This FREE executive-level seminar, "Top Five Battle-Ready Marketing Tools to Combat a Recession" is scheduled for one time only on June 22, 2009 at Automation Alley in Troy MI, with registration to begin at 8.30 am.