Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. appeared first on Bplans Blog.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 10, 2016

We ended up fully funding all the DonorChoose projects in Alaska, Boulder, Longmont, Brighton, Breckenridge, Richardson, and Detroit. My partner Jason grew up in Detroit. We enthusiastically helped expand Techstars to Detroit and bought a house there for Techstars teams to live in during the program if they wanted to.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

Remember that other car entrepreneur , the one who boldly championed safer and more innovative car designs, who took on the stodgy Detroit automakers, who also got tripped up with the SEC? But arguably this is most true about the crusader founder type.

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deal architect

JANUARY 31, 2010

On the New Florence blog The “squat” effect Tesla and Panasonic batteries The best from the 2010 Detroit auto show Comparing Big Screen readers.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 11, 2017

I then poked around to see how we got there and saw Fred Wilson’s blog post on the wrap up of the #GiveWater campaign. So, if you want to help people in Detroit and Baltimore who are having trouble affording their water bill get water, jump into the #GiveWater fundraiser ! It blew me away. I’m proud of our community.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Detroit show sucked – [link]. Groupon is Hastening the Demise of the Newspaper Industry – [link]. 10 photographs of children from around the world and their bedrooms – [link]. Puzzled about Dish Network’s purchase of Bluckbuster bankruptcy assets – [link]. Not a good start to the Charlie Sheen tour.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Half of Detroit’s public schools being shut down? Good points by @dhh about the end of the IT department – [link]. The iPad smackdown — 80 to 100 new tablets are coming from competitors – [link]. – [link]. BlockBuster puts itself up for sale – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

It honors the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, cradle of many worldwide talents, including the multi platinum rapper and the multinational car brand. You could also affiliate with contributors for online publicity or to create shared content, and write blogs about your tasty recipe.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

write a blog post, go for a run, and then have a completely jam packed day full of working with amazing people. George), Vermont (Burlington), and Michigan (Detroit) in October. George, Chicago, Des Moines, Burlington, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Lexington (KY), and Palm Desert. I love this time of year.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

How to Anchor Your Brand With a Great Story written by John Jantsch read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Shinola is a hot brand. They are manufacturing low priced, upscale watches in a newly opened factory in the US – in Detroit to be more specific. So, why all the buzz?

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2012

The Meetup was excellent and there’s a great write up on the Start Bozeman blog titled Brad Feld on Building Startup Communities. George (UT), Burlington (VT), and Detroit. Rob Irizarry and the Montana Programmers Meetup made everything happen – all I had to do was show up and talk.

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Board Effect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Nonprofit Quarterly points to an example of mission creep at a Detroit, Michigan nonprofit that recognized mission creep was occurring and eventually turned things around successfully. A couple of examples will make clear how a nonprofit can stray from its mission even when a board has good intentions. Cunningham and Eleanor M.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

APRIL 1, 2013

If you want to get a feel for the speakers and content read Chris Kilpatrick’s Belfast Telegraph piece , or Barry Corrigan’s “Nlbcorrigan, Innovating For All” blog.) Barry is @MrMalcontent and Chris is @C_Kilpatrick1. Suffice to say there was not a lemon in the fruit bowl.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 21, 2012

The only thing in front of me for the next seven hours is the Detroit Marathon which I’m going to go suit up for after I finish writing this blog post. I’m normally super responsive to everything and have zero backlog. That is not the case right now.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

If Silicon Valley wasn’t a temporary phenomenon, then Detroit would still be the dominant economy of the USA. If Silicon Valley wasn’t a temporary phenomenon, then steam would still be the primary from propulsion of our machines. Everything has to start somewhere. Sometimes we confuse the start with the long term reality.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I got my first glimpse of the Jambox when Shahar Nechmad, the founder of Stagedom, pulled one out of his bag during #AnotherDetroit event in Detroit. I’ve used software on my Mac for a few years to help me dictate articles, blog posts, and emails… but now I’m digging the mobile dictation. Dictation software.

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2016

There may have been a time when opening a B&B in the greater Detroit area may have been successful; however, given the economic hardships that area has been facing in the last 10-15 years, it hardly seems like a solid business venture now. This site also contains recipes, resources, and articles.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 10, 2014

The move boosted employee morale and productivity and caused thousands of potential new workers to move to Detroit. In fact, back in 1913, Henry Ford doubled employee wages from $2.50 Your employees can and should be a source of your competitive advantage. Recruit them slowly and wisely. Train them well.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 30, 2012

It's not even the hundreds (if not low thousands) of jobs his companies have created over the years - and the families that those jobs have supported in the depressed Detroit metropolitan area where his businesses are headquartered.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 30, 2012

It's not even the hundreds (if not low thousands) of jobs his companies have created over the years (and the families that those jobs have supported in the depressed Detroit metropolitan area). It is not the fact that he's probably paid 100X, 500X, 1,000X of the local, state and federal taxes of the average American.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

I have been reading Fred’s blog AVC for about a decade now. I sort of feel mentored by Fred via his blog, which is pretty remarkable for just writing words on the web and sharing them. Of course, over the last decade, the rest of the world doesn’t need to read these blogs to see what’s going on. (I A blog entry for another day.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

Anyway, here’s one great answer from that question above that just had to get a run right here on startup blog. Tesla – instead of just building batteries and selling them to Detroit, we are going to build our own cars from scratch plus own the distribution network. During a recession and a cleantech backlash.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

blog comments powered by Disqus. Blog Software. =undefined){ OutbrainStart(); } else { var OB_demoMode = false; var OBITm = "1241825937"; var OB_Script = true; var OB_langJS = "[link] document.write (""); } //OBEND:do_NOT_remove_this_comment // -->. Topics: accelerators , Bing , Bing Fund , incubators. People: Rahul Sood. most popular.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

After several rejections, a friend told me that you could actually just start a blog. I did more research and then started making blogs with creative ideas to change family court and help parents. The company has also grown from one Atlanta-based office to four offices in Dallas, Houston, Raleigh, and Detroit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. TrueCar, an LA-based company, sells more cars now than any physical dealer in the country and recently went public and has a $1 billion market cap.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

But I’m bringing in some parts that are relevant to branding , Startups and marketing over to the Brandanew blog. Maybe once it grows I’ll take it to Detroit or Ohio even and be present in multiple cities! The whole conversation is a part of our #newinthecity Ann Arbor diaries. It’s more than that.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Many top venture capitalists (VCs) have blogs. These VC blog posts vary quite a bit. These latter blog posts get me the most excited. So, that being said, I recently read an interesting blog post by Josh Linkner. Josh is the CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. I mentioned to Mike that I was going to kick this series off over on the Meebo Blog , but he suggested I start it here.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

She’s in Detroit, and I’m in Buffalo: two cities known for being in America’s Rust Belt. I used the last two words of the book title for the name of my business, built a website and blog to market the business and brand, and registered and secured the trademark for Cyber-Dating Expert. 13- America’s rust belt.

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conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Louis and Detroit. Latest Tweets @ashmaurya mentioned you in a blog post today [link] # 48 mins ago Thanks for the mention RT @_Scott_Dinsmore : Another awesome site for quickly monetizing a passion. Extra Lucrative Conversion Advice. About & Contact. Guest Post Guidelines. Oct 31, 2011. How much to charge? I love these tools!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute. It seems obvious enough – have a centralized place for ideas which can drive more viewership than only blogging on each startups own website. Thank you also to Detroit Venture Partners. Put offer proper accounting at your peril.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 5, 2018

Welcome to the new year. What will it bring? Hopefully a lot less hatred, greed, stupidity, and angst than 2017. But we’re not holding our breath. We emerged from the winter break pondering several of the year’s burning biopharma questions, including the volatility of the U.S.

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Brandanew

AUGUST 14, 2016

I mean, what we really hope for this Podcast to do is to reach more of you while you listen to Detroit 105 or whatever your true north is. This whole Podcast with the references and links is available on the Brandanew Blog. Our social trends show may in fact get a ton of followers and become this national sensation. Okay, I’m kidding.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

” This is not a blog post about politics – the op-ed is a Republican leader writing about the Republican party. It’s about a 6:15am flight to a customer in Detroit in Winter for a $200k deal to hit your budget for the quarter. ” The title is a misnomer as it isn’t THAT kind of blog post.

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