MTAM Celebrates Three Member Firms Included Among the ‘Michigan 50 Companies to Watch’ in 2015

DETROIT - March 22, 2015 - PRLog -- The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM) is pleased to announce that three of its member firms are included among the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch for 2015. The award, sponsored by Michigan Celebrates Small Business, honors growth-oriented businesses based on market expansion, job creation, technological innovation, and community impact. Winning firms represent a wide variety of industries, though all of the MTAM winners are mobile software development firms.

The honored Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM) member firms include:

jacAPPS (Bingham Farms)
Marvel Apps, LLC (Royal Oak)
Spud Software (Grand Blanc Township)

To be considered for the award companies must be privately held and headquartered in Michigan, have between six and 99 employees and generate between $750,000 to $50 million in annual revenue, or have working capital from investors or received grants in 2014. The complete list of winners of the 2015 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch can be found at http://MichiganCelebrates.biz/the-event/2015-award-winners/.

The theme for this year’s awards event is ‘Unleashing Innovation and Growth’, and according to MTAM’s Executive Director, Linda Daichendt, innovation and growth are representative traits of all MTAM member firms. “We are extremely proud that three of our members have been selected among the state’s 50 Companies to Watch for 2015, but we’re not at all surprised. Firms working in all areas of the mobile/wireless technology space are driven by innovation and very focused on growth, and those who are part of MTAM are among the best of the best in the field. They not only represent themselves and our state well, but they also represent our industry well across the nation and around the globe,” says Daichendt.

Michigan Celebrates Small Business was launched in 2005 by the Michigan Small Business Development Center, U.S. Small Business Administration, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Edward Lowe Foundation, Small Business Association of Michigan, and Chris Holman – Small Business Advocate. MiQuest is the Managing Partner for Michigan Celebrates Small Business. The mission is to highlight the contributions small businesses make to the state’s economy. Nearly 1,000 are expected to attend this year’s awards event. For details and to purchase tickets, visit http://MichiganCelebrates.biz.

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About the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan

MTAM is a non-profit trade association for Michigan’s mobile/wireless technologies, firms who provide them and firms who use them – in every industry. The organization's mission is to facilitate conversation/collaboration between varied sectors of the mobile/wireless eco-system and serve as the bridge to enable diverse organizations to understand each other’s perspectives and needs in order to drive new innovation and opportunities involving these technologies; to increase the use of Michigan-based mobile/wireless technology products and services in-state, nationally and globally; to increase the productivity and profitability of every industry vertical in Michigan via the use of these technologies; to create sustainable jobs and increased entrepreneurial opportunities in the state based on the use of these technologies, thereby achieving substantial growth of Michigan’s economy, and to help the communities we serve via the use of these technologies. Information about MTAM can be found at www.GoMobileMichigan.org.

MTAM is also the statewide producer of Mobile Monday Michigan – a mobile / wireless industry networking and education organization which is a branch of the international Mobile Monday organization. Here in Michigan we currently have 4 chapters (Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing and Grand Rapids) with over 2800 members state-wide.