Sarah Schmid
Sarah is the editor of Xconomy Detroit. She joins Xconomy after working in Communications for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the state's business development office, and the Michigan House of Representatives. She's an award-winning journalist who cut her teeth at the small but fiercely muckraking Missoula Independent, where she carved out a beat covering issues critical to Native American people living in the state of Montana. Her reporting resulted in institutional changes that forced local school districts to better serve Native students. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Montana and proudly calls Detroit "the most fascinating city I've ever lived in."
Recent posts
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Don’t you hate it when you read an article about a promising new company and then you never hear anything about it again? We do too, which is why we’ve checked in... Read more »
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According to Monster.com, there are currently 841 open software and IT development jobs in Michigan. Compare that to 319 jobs in manufacturing, 487 in healthcare, and a dismal 46 in creative and... Read more »
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Paul Angott is an idea man. He holds 40 patents on products such as a clock thermostat, a wireless doorbell, and a laser-guided, unmanned mower for football fields and golf courses. Throughout his career,... Read more »
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Yesterday, we published an article about why VC guru Jason Mendelson is feeling bullish about Michigan as a hub for entrepreneurship. He pointed out that the state’s tendency toward collaboration is an... Read more »
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If the turnout at yesterday’s Michigan Growth Capital Symposium is any indication, our fair state is on the upswing. The conference, in its 31st year, had roughly 450 venture capitalists, entrepreneurs,... Read more »
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JumpStart Inc., a Cleveland-based nonprofit focused on entrepreneurship and economic development, will team with the New Economy Initiative (NEI) to open a new high-tech accelerator in Detroit, says NEI executive director David... Read more »
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Ferndale, MI-based Livio Radio announced this week that it has won the Frost & Sullivan 2012 New Product Innovation Award for its Livio Connect API. The technology connects mobile apps on... Read more »
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My mom keeps my college diploma in a frame on the wall of her home office, but the last time I saw my college transcripts, two apartments ago, they were sitting in a moving... Read more »
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In late March, the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) announced that it had decided to cancel its 2012 Business of Plugging In (BPI) conference, one of the biggest annual confabs dedicated... Read more »
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As TechShop Detroit celebrated its grand opening last weekend, Ford announced a new employee incentive program at the makerspace designed to encourage the next generation of Henry Fords by unleashing their inner... Read more »
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Detroit Works, the agency charged with planning what the Detroit of tomorrow will look like, is about to unveil a new online game and accompanying social network designed to allow Detroiters to... Read more »
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The annual awards for the Edward Lowe Foundation‘s Michigan 50 Companies to Watch contest will be announced tonight at a gala celebration in Lansing. The awards go to growth-stage companies that... Read more »
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ArdentCause, the Ferndale, MI-based startup that has developed software to help nonprofits manage resources and track the progress of grantees, recently received funding from the Southfield, MI-based Mission Throttle,... Read more »
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Michigan State University is stepping up its efforts to turn research into viable startups with the newly formed subsidiary Spartan Innovations, which will help the university’s faculty and students form spin-off... Read more »
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The Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund, which supports high-tech startups, recently announced it has awarded more than $444,000 in microloans to 12 companies through the Michigan Microloan Program. To qualify... Read more »
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Clark Covert and Jason Beale, co-founders of Detroit-based startup RegainGo, are looking to technology to try to recapture the nostalgic feeling of knowing and trusting the people who work on... Read more »
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There is a lot of talk these days in post-industrial American cities like Detroit about transforming the “brawn economy” into the brain economy. Detroit Xconomist Mahendra Ramsinghani, who runs Invest Detroit’s... Read more »
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[Updated 4/18/12, 8:51 p.m. See below.] When the Mt. Elliott Makerspace, the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition, and Detroit Future hosted a DiscoTech event at the Museum of Contemporary Art... Read more »
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The University of Michigan’s student-run Social Venture Fund recently announced it has made its first investment in an education-tech startup called LearnZillion. The fund, which makes early-stage investments of up... Read more »
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After collecting a few thousand users through a private beta launch and garnering press from the likes of the Wall Street Journal and All Things Digital, Ann Arbor, MI-based Fetchnotes opened the... Read more »
