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'Be More of a Business and Less Like a Family' 20100201-NEWS--0001-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/29/2010 5:51 PM Page 1 ® www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 26, No. 5 FEBRUARY 1 – 7, 2010 $2 a copy; $59 a year ©Entire contents copyright 2010 by Crain Communications Inc. All rights reserved New iPad may Page 3 ‘Be more of a business fuel ‘gold rush’ and less like a family’ for app makers Taking charge: Powermat Buzz called akin exceeds sales expectations Fraud the penalty for youth sports groups’ trust to iPhone’s debut BY BILL SHEA Some film industry projects BY SHERRI WELCH CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS move in slow motion Consumer desire for Apple Inc.’s The former treasurer of the Ann new iPad multi-touch tablet com- Arbor Amateur Hockey Association, puter is expected to be driven in Inside who pleaded guilty last June to part by applications, potentially embezzling just under $1 million fueling new revenue streams for from the group, had a son in the metro Detroit’s Stage Two Strategies: New program years earlier. growing app de- Kimberly Knight likely attend- veloper commu- feature highlights problem- ed games with other parents, vol- nity. solving at second-stage unteered and helped raise funds “We definite- to support hockey scholarships ly are looking at companies, Page 4 for kids who could- it,” said Greg n’t otherwise afford Schwartz, BUDGETS to play. founder and Small Biz Solutions: Don’t How much That’s what made CEO of Moba- neglect company’s IT needs, money? A her crime hard to tech L.L.C., a vir- Schwartz look into grasp for other par- tual tenant in area youth ents — especially ANDREW POTTER the Ann Arbor Page 17 sports those on the associ- “You cut people slack, but you shouldn’t,” said Shirley Anderson, board Spark incubator VIDEO APP leagues’ president of the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey Association. The association lost books, ation’s board. since May 2008. nearly $1 million to embezzling by its then-treasurer. ClickCast: Crain’s List Page 21 “I think the thing The company Rochester ad that was so striking has apps already agency helps to all of us was that … it was such ASIC FINANCIAL CONTROLS in development link clients, Detroit’s largest employers, a violation of trust,” said Presi- B for Apple’s customers, dent Shirley Anderson, who’s Nonprofits should have financial controls in place to guard against iPhone and has Page 20 Page 14 been a board member for about 28 embezzlement of funds and other types of fraud. Controls include: some on the years, since her own son played Ⅲ Transparency in all financial transactions. market for mobile smart-phone This Just In in the league. Ⅲ Requiring the signature of more than one person on checks. maker Sony Ericsson; service “You cut people slack, but you Ⅲ Non-staff oversight of finances. providers T-Mobile, Sprint, Boost Mo- shouldn’t,” she said. “We needed bile, Orange, BlackBerry AppWorld Ⅲ Regular board reviews and audits of finances and tax filings. to be more of a business and less and independent mobile app stores R.L. Polk says it will move Ⅲ Independent reviews of financial procedures, controls and policies to like a family.” Handango, Movaya and MobiHand. provide strong financial safeguards. to Travelers Tower II The Ann Arbor Amateur “We think there will be a lot of Ⅲ Policies that encourage employees/board members to come forward Hockey Association — operating similarities with iPhone,” Automotive information as soon as possible with credible information on illegal practices or and marketing firm R.L. Polk this year on a budget of $546,000 violations of policies. Schwartz said, adding that he ex- pects some iPad apps to launch in & Co. has confirmed it will See Fraud, Page 21 move its headquarters to the as quickly as 90 days while others Travelers Tower complex in can take up to six months. Southfield. Mobatech is part of Apple’s app The 138,000-square-foot See App makers, Page 20 lease is the largest in South- field since 2006 and a boon Plan: DMC would sponsor residency programs for the 340,000-square-foot ABOUT THE IPAD Travelers Tower II building, BY JAY GREENE ployed by the DMC. contract negotiations. Ⅲ which has been vacant since Uses iPhone operating system. CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS If the residency program trans- Crain’s confirmed the plan for now-defunct auto supplier Ⅲ Uses a multi-touch screen with fer plan is approved by the parent DMC to take over the residency Collins & Aikman left. The landscape and portrait modes. Top officials of Detroit Medical boards of DMC and Wayne State, programs with three sources fa- building was home to EDS be- Ⅲ Has a virtual keyboard and Center and Wayne State University which is expected in the next sev- miliar with the talks but who fore that. physical keyboard dock. School of Medicine are negotiating eral weeks, DMC would submit asked to remain anonymous. Polk is moving out of Ⅲ 16 GB of memory, 32 or 64 GB a plan to transfer sponsorship of an application for sole sponsor- “This will foster more coopera- 170,000 square feet in the of storage. 50 graduate medical education ship of the programs to the Chica- tion between DMC and Wayne First Center building two Ⅲ Wi-Fi equipped, Bluetooth capable. residency programs to the DMC, go-based Accreditation Council on State and help to increase (the miles away owned by Ⅲ Comes with iTunes, App Store. Crain’s has learned. Graduate Medical Education. numbers of residents in the pro- Malvern, Pa.-based Liberty Ⅲ Includes the iWorks suite of The two Detroit health care in- The residency program sole grams and efficiency of the pro- Property Trust. While the new productivity apps. stitutions currently co-sponsor sponsorship approval process grams),” said a Wayne State fac- the programs staffed by about 614 Doesn’t have a camera, non- See This Just In, Page 2 with the council could take three ulty member. Internet telephone capability, resident physicians who are em- to six months for DMC to com- “Dual-sponsored programs removable battery or removable plete. The council’s residency re- don’t work as well in this kind of storage and can’t run Adobe Flash view committee meets only three (declining government and com- animation. times a year. mercial reimbursement) envi- Ⅲ Cost: $499 to $829. Monthly Through spokespersons, DMC ronment,” the faculty member data charges are $14.99 to $29.99. CEO Mike Duggan and Dr. Va- said. “This model we are going to Ⅲ AT&T wireless data plans. lerie Parisi, Wayne State’s inter- try works well elsewhere and will Will become available in March im dean, declined to comment on work here.” (3G-equipped models in April). the future of the residency pro- Over the past 20 years, teach- NEWSPAPER grams. However, they said progress is being made in the See DMC, Page 18 20100201-NEWS--0002-NAT-CCI-CD_-- 1/29/2010 5:31 PM Page 1 Page 2 CRAIN’S DETROIT BUSINESS February 1, 2010 Beaumont Hospital Troy It also garnered more grant profit economic development or- THIS JUST IN The way it was: 1995 dollars from area foundations ganization. pedestrian bridge opens and corporations, said Chief De- Fourteen Michigan biotechs ■ velopment Officer Russ Russell. From Page 1 Beaumont Hospital Troy has got a total of $102.2 million. Min- We’re always shipping — Sherri Welch opened its 600-foot pedestrian nesota was No. 1 with $199 mil- space is smaller, it is more effi- “ high-resolution graphic files bridge across Dequindre Road. lion invested in 23 companies, ciently designed to accommodate The bridge, which is part of a and Ohio was No. 2 with $105.4 the same number of employees, of 80-100MB. Care House to build new center $19.2 million expansion project, million invested in 40 companies. said Chairman, President and Care House of Oakland County We can send connects the hospital with Beau- Indiana companies got $76.3 mil- CEO Stephen Polk in a statement. plans to break ground on a $4 mil- mont’s new outpatient facility in lion, with Indiana at $38.9 mil- He also said the space has more a file that lion, 14,000-square-foot new home Sterling Heights. lion, Iowa at 36.8 million and Wis- convenient access for the firm’s in Pontiac this April. Construction costs for the consin at $16.2 million. OEM customers. size now in The organization, which serves bridge totaled approximately $9.5 Michigan was also No. 3 in 2008 Southfield-based Signature As- abused and neglected children, nine or 10 minutes. million. with $105 million, and sixth in sociates represented Polk, and the has raised just over $2 million of ” The 10-foot-wide climate-con- 2007 with $56.2 million. Southfield office of Grubb & Ellis the project’s estimated cost. trolled bridge is accessible from — Tom Henderson represented the landlord, Lehman Gary Wilson, It plans to build on land it re- the second level of the atriums in Brothers Holdings Inc., which is cently acquired on Woodward G.K. Wilson Associates Inc. the hospital and the outpatient currently being restructured in Avenue, just north of its current Jones Lang LaSalle’s Detroit head bankruptcy court. From a Jan. 16, 1995, article center. building, on the west side of about a new ISDN network for — Jay Greene Woodward on the former site of to lead Canadian expansion — Daniel Duggan telephone data transmission Ducky’s Bar. The head of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Care House said in a release Forgotten Harvest raises Detroit office has been promoted Web site runs contest that it has hired a joint venture of why someone should invest in it, to an expanded role heading up $3.1M in year-end campaign R.B.
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