Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

With my third business, I didn’t even try to be original—I purchased a custom framing franchise and piggybacked to success on someone else’s name. We were up against a tight deadline where we actually had to invent a business and present to our classmates at school!” Write it down on a napkin.

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Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

Names like Sun and Cornell (ironically, given the new tech campus) were brought in to try and tech-ify NYC's downtown area. 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. I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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Community Detroit Chicago Government 124

Up and Running

MAY 30, 2016

As the name would suggest, the nightly fee includes a hearty, home-cooked meal the next morning. 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.

SBA 60

SBA United States Hiring Detroit 60

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. I didn’t listen as I didn’t want to work with anyone that was intimidated by a NAME of all of things. And learn from each other.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

Up and Running

JULY 15, 2019

For the first time ever, you’ll order up an 1/8th of Gelato by Cookies, in Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, or even Detroit, and it’ll actually be the very same fire you fell in love with back in Cali. . Make sure to think outside the box about your business plan. . Don’t start a business planning on best-case scenarios.

North America 68

North America Nevada Detroit Phoenix 68