You have a great idea for a product or service. Now what? Finding the right information on your market can be frustrating and time consuming if you don’t know where to look. In this workshop, business expert and TechTown mentor Wendy Richardson will reveal free resources to help you research your industry, competitors and customers without killing a lot of time.

In this message, TechTown President and CEO Leslie Smith addresses Randal Charlton's retirement from the organization and her commitment to expanding his work in a variety of ways, including added resources, regional leadership and expansion into Detroit's neighborhoods.

On October 31, 2011, Randal Charlton will transition from his role as executive director of TechTown to devote his time to an initiative supporting baby boomer entrepreneurs; General Manager Leslie Smith will assume leadership of TechTown then. In his four years directing TechTown, Charlton succeeded in transforming a near-empty auto building into a thriving entrepreneurial community that has touched the lives of thousands of people in Southeast Michigan.