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Jason Returns to the 313 for Startup Grind Detroit on April 5th

Feld Thoughts

As many of you know, my partner Jason is from Detroit. In case you don’t know about Jason, prior to co-founding Foundry Group, Jason was a co-founder of SRS Acquiom and a Managing Director and General Counsel for Mobius Venture Capital. from the University of Michigan. The Motor City. in Economics and a J.D.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

“I realized in the early 1990s that there was no appropriate yoga for fitness professionals,” says YogaFit® founder, Beth Shaw. says HourlyNerd co-founder and co-CEO, Rob Biederman. “So the country in various sectors and from various business sizes and types,” says company co-founder, Adi Bittan.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Sam earned a BA in Communications Arts and Sciences from Michigan State University. and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. Prior to joining Google, Sam worked at CNET, The Wall Street Journal Interactive and Ziff Davis and has over 15 years of experience selling media.

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Founders Interview: ServiceMaster by Simons Franchise Owners Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa

The Startup Magazine

As part of The Startup Magazine founders interviews series , we sat down with entrepreneurs Sam Simon and Nasutsa Mabwa, the co-founders and owners of ServiceMaster By Simons. This philosophy is deeply ingrained in their company culture and helps set this husband and wife co-founder team apart as leaders and entrepreneurs.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. This will require new partners, new skill sets, and new business model innovation.

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Lying on your resume

Steve Blank

I really didn’t have much of a resume – four years in the Air Force , building a scram system for a nuclear reactor , a startup in Ann Arbor Michigan but not much else. Ben ended up as my mentor at Convergent (and for the rest of my career), my peer at Ardent and my partner and co-founder at Epiphany.