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Swedish Immigrant Helps Reinvent the Mouthguard Industry

Hearpreneur

But as I tried to find my own path in this, it became clear that there are MANY resources for small startups in Ann Arbor, and today throughout Michigan. Sometimes a great advisory board can be just as useful. There are many more, just in the state of Michigan. The answer isn’t always VC’s or angels.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part X: Stanford Crosses the.

Steve Blank

Other universities doing classified ELINT and Electronic Warfare work attended including University of Michigan, Georgia Institute of Technology and Cornell. By early 1950’s Stanford started holding a two day meeting for contractors and the military. Over a hundred government contractors reviewed Stanford’s work on tubes and systems.

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The Return of University Building in the US | VC Firm Backs New University | Minerva Project

Campus Entrepreneurship

The people who funded, planned, and built Universities like Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan are among the greatest innovators in American history. 25% of my time is spent researching university builders in the US.