Midland center becoming long-distance incubator

After the first of the year, a startup in Ludington or Traverse City will be able to tap into services from a business incubator two hours away in Midland -- part of a program that one observer of incubators says is the first of its kind in Michigan. The Mid Michigan Innovation Center in Midland houses 14 early-stage companies in a 112,000-square-foot building on the edge of the city. Since opening six years ago, MMIC -- like many business incubators -- has focused primarily on helping entrepreneurs around Midland. In the past few years, MMIC also has offered services to a few "virtual" tenants -- that is, entrepreneurs who access MMIC's programs and mentoring services from afar, said Ken Kousky, CEO of the business incubator. But MMIC's reach is about to extend far beyond Midland.

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