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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2018

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This year we will hit our 100,000th person on experiential tours of Detroit and launch a new program that shares lessons learned with other leaders. The DXF Institute will offer in-depth full-day and multi-day learning experiences in Detroit. These experiences will focus on innovation and inspiration by using Detroit as a classroom.

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Twitter Link Roundup #81 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Detroit show sucked – [link]. Related posts: Twitter Link Roundup #80 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More.

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Twitter Link Roundup #75 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The best free social media tracking tools you should know about – [link]. Half of Detroit’s public schools being shut down? – [link].

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Want to Know How to Better Partner With, Raise Money From or Be Acquired by a Big Media Company?

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In case you don’t know, they are one of the biggest media companies in the world. He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. Do you feel protected from new media? 27:45 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for their support of the show!

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10 College Business Incubators We’re Most Excited About

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With nearly 300 companies working under its roof, participants in the Tech Town program contribute to the growth and livelihood of Detroit and the Wayne State University community. Even established corporations can’t resist the attraction of Tech Town: the Henry Ford Health System relocated its genetics labs to Tech Town’s research space.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world. Well if you’re in Detroit you’re 100x more likely to get somebody who grew up in Flint coming by twice per year for ordinary reasons unrelated to work. Local press matters. Maker Studios.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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There was a computer training lab run by a company called Prosoft, but that's like having an Apex Tech and expecting to be the next Detroit. As much as a local community member might want to talk up a scene, the media always wants to follow the money. So why didn't it work?

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