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E-Commerce Adoption Explodes, Eoxs Offers 1-Day Online Marketplace Solutions
Agile Methods, Leadership, Software

E-Commerce Adoption Explodes, Eoxs Offers 1-Day Online Marketplace Solutions

We’ve seen it repeatedly in recent months: companies are racing to adopt or update e-commerce platforms to keep up with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing buying online. Everything from groceries to steel buying to marketing and networking is now online, and that means demand for online user interfaces, conferencing, e-commerce platforms, and online marketing are at an all-time high. One startup we recently spoke with, Eoxs E-Commerce, was busy disrupting the steel buying industry with online buying platforms, but has since pivoted and expanded their offerings in response to this trend.

Why Women Leave STEM with Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna & Colleagues
Leadership

Why Women Leave STEM with Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Jennifer Doudna & Colleagues

2020 Tribeca Film Festival film Picture a Scientist, which examines harassment of women in STEM and the cultural issues that drive attrition in scientific fields, was the focus of today’s roundtable of scientists hosted by Ann Arbor’s ProQuest and Scientific American’s Editor-in-Chief Dr. Laura Helmuth. The main question? Why is women’s attrition from STEM fields still such a resistant issue in the year 2021?

How To Address Professional Burnout with Sensei Nicklaus Suino
Leadership

How To Address Professional Burnout with Sensei Nicklaus Suino

The tech industry is an energizing space to work, but even the most put-upon engineer needs to rest. Everyone is feeling pretty worn out at this stage of the pandemic, as we hit year milestones of shutdowns. How can busy professionals manage the fatigue that comes from longterm crisis? In Ann Arbor, we are profoundly lucky to have a whole host of highly professional martial arts and meditation instructors to call on for just such a question. We thought we’d check in with Sensei Nicklaus Suino for a continuation of a series we’ve run on self-care strategies for busy professionals.

2 Tech Companies’ Approaches To Creating New Diversity Programs
Leadership, Recruiting

2 Tech Companies’ Approaches To Creating New Diversity Programs

One of the risks of the racial justice movements resulting in calls for widespread change in 2020 was that companies jumping on board to promise change in American society would use the moment for PR and then lapse back into business as usual. But tech companies in particular, along with many in fashion and entrepreneurship, have embraced 2020 as a turning point after which the awareness and support of diversity in the workplace and representation in both media and business will not go back to a misguided sense that ignorance is bliss. Is it naive to think these changes will last without a community effort? Probably, but a large number of people often would like to make a change and only need some direction as to how to help. We checked in with a couple of tech companies to see how their diversity programs are changing, to give you some tips if you’re planning your own diversity and inclusion program.

The Defense Industry Adopts Lean Startup Strategies
Agile Methods, Leadership

The Defense Industry Adopts Lean Startup Strategies

Ann Arbor-based startup Nahsai creates extreme environment materials and sensors for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications. As such they are at the forefront of seeing the defense industry, among others, adopt lean startup strategies for invention, project management, and manufacturing. In the case of aerospace, the market for private companies going to space (e.g. SpaceX) is so new that companies have to invent and produce parts in-house for their rockets in many cases. But whether it’s a private or public contract, when companies like Nahsai are brought on board to contract out parts, the industry is recognizing that the product development cycle is shortening dramatically and large contracts can’t deliver on time and still be relevant. Enter lean startup strategies.

TechTalk 2020: Lessons From Entrepreneurship In Changing Times
Leadership, Mobility Tech, Networking, Software, Tech Events

TechTalk 2020: Lessons From Entrepreneurship In Changing Times

Susan Wagner of KLA Corporation spoke up front at this year’s TechTalk out of Ann Arbor on the importance of diversity and inclusion. Inclusion gives companies the diversity of thought and experience to be as creative and innovative as possible. “We should work together to life one another up. It does not mean that just because others succeed we will fail… all boats rise together,” she said. “KLA is a global company. COVID’s impact can vary,” Wagner said. “The semiconductor industry is playing a crucial role to enable work from home. Many things are changing, some for good,” she said. “Electronics are more important than ever to keep us connected.”

The Applied AI Conference in Ann Arbor Highlights Trends in Artificial Intelligence
Leadership, Software, Tech Events

The Applied AI Conference in Ann Arbor Highlights Trends in Artificial Intelligence

This week’s a2tech360 conference has continued the newer Applied AI conference, which highlights trends in artificial intelligence applied in a variety of ways to real-world needs. No longer is AI only a mysterious force powering conversational assistants. Speakers at this year’s A2.AI conference covered a whole host of applications for AI technology, from multitouch attribution to analyzing customer insights.

What Would It Take For Ann Arbor To Be The Next Biotech Hub?
Funding, Leadership, Medical Tech

What Would It Take For Ann Arbor To Be The Next Biotech Hub?

For all of its historic challenges and unwelcome public health impacts, 2020 has been a not-so-subtle reminder of the critical importance of biomedical innovation. The world is figuratively holding its breath, counting on the promise of life-changing breakthroughs in vaccines and therapeutic treatment options to help us begin to get back to a pre-COVID normal. The power and potential of new ideas and new medicines has perhaps never been more evident. But bringing them to life and to market is not easy: it requires not only big ideas and expertise, but the technical and economic resources needed to infuse promising possibilities with the entrepreneurial energy that translates to practical results.

Seraph: How A Pathogen-Identifying Startup Navigates a Pandemic
Leadership, Medical Tech

Seraph: How A Pathogen-Identifying Startup Navigates a Pandemic

Launching a biotech startup is one of the most complex processes in new business. So what happens when a startup working on technology to identify pathogens in real-time has to roll with the punches during a pandemic? Joe Shanley serves as a consulting attorney and business consultant at Seraph Biosciences, a Detroit-based medical device company that has navigated an evolving technology platform, iterative software development process, and a multifaceted R&D strategy all while working with multiple stakeholders. We wanted to highlight the issues Seraph is navigating, because it’s a great illustration of what so many startups are handling right now. We hope that you find some ideas or encouragement in the story of Seraph’s progress growing a company during challenging times.

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