GLEQ awards top plans from emerging businesses

The Great Lakes Entrepreneur Quest awarded $25,000 to B.A. Maze, a Canton Township-based provider of tools and devices for the elderly and physically-disabled, Emerging Companies Business Plan competition.

Ann Arbor's promoVUZ nabbed second. (Be sure to check out promoVUZ president's metromode guest blog this week.)

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GLEQ Executive Director Art DeMonte said the impact these emerging companies have on the Michigan economy is profound.

"One third of all the awards from the 21st Century Jobs Fund for private companies have been awarded to GLEQ alumni," DeMonte said, adding that these companies are the good news stories in the Michigan economy for which everyone is looking.

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