Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2018

We’ll do this through a variety of ways like introducing new products and features to our website, and focusing on a variety of marketing strategies to grow and engage our community. 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.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 3, 2013

Amy Kaherl is the Director/Facilitator of Detroit Soup. I found it last night on NBC Nightly News, an inspirational story about Detroit Soup. . Here’s the concept: Detroit Soup is a monthly dinner to fund creative and entrepreneurial projects. It educates the community about possibilities, and about what might be done.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community. 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 18, 2018

While we’ve been collaborating on Startup Communities 2 (which we are now calling The Startup Community Way), which will come out at the “end-of-the-year-ish,” having dinner was a delight and reminded me how much I like him. There is an increasing number of “ binary star ” startup communities.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 11, 2017

I’m proud of our community. 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 ! The post I’m Proud of Our Community appeared first on Feld Thoughts. It blew me away. Y’all are awesome. THANK YOU.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

To help foster this innovation, many colleges and universities have opened business incubators, helping students and others in their community to help make their innovative dreams a reality. Offering a “holistic entrepreneurship program,” this residential community has entrepreneurship at every step of the college experience.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 22, 2012

Amy and I were in Missoula for the marathon on Sunday and I decided to do a Meetup talk about Startup Communities. 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.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

APRIL 1, 2013

It occurs to me, all at once, that moments like this — are how communities are formed. The lasting value is the community it created. The community that came together might be a new one for Northern Ireland. The time is now for this new community of creatives to lead the charge in reinventing Northern Ireland.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2015

So this weekend was about startup communities with a bonus book on the startup visa tossed in for good measure. I don’t like the title – it’s too intentionally provocative for my tastes because I’m not anti-Silicon Valley but rather pro-building startup communities everywhere – but the book is excellent.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2018

by Quint Studer, author of “ Building A Vibrant Community: How Citizen-Powered Change Is Reshaping America “ Cities across America have been vying for the privilege of hosting Amazon’s $5 billion second headquarters, which is expected to bring with it up to 50,000 high-paying jobs. Have a dashboard.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

You need to be HUMAN, not amateur, when building communities. Well thought out points on building a web design community – [link]. Detroit show sucked – [link]. Specialist agencies to help w/ Facebook ads, but not atrocious conversion rates – [link]. Good advice but wrong perspective – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2016

For many of the reasons that Baltimore is suggested, Detroit offers a lot to entrepreneurs and startups. With lots of tax credits in Detroit , intended to help attract new citizens and businesses, there are a lot of ways to make a new business more affordable to start here. Lots of entrepreneurs have recently moved to Baltimore.

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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. Here in the U.S.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Fortunately, it was around the same time that Brooks connected with Kathryn Finney of Digital Undivided , a community outreach program with the mission of getting black women started in tech. What Kathryn is bringing to the table is a community atmosphere for people who usually don’t quite fit the mold,” said Brooks. “It

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

It’s been a refreshing resource for a bunch of startup communities, including Boston (where it started) and Seattle. Come join us, sign up as a founding sponsor , and help get a great new resource covering the activity in our startup community. I’ve been a huge fan of Xconomy since its debut several years ago.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 19, 2012

On Sunday I’ll be running the Detroit Marathon with a bunch of friends including my partner Jason Mendelson who is running his first marathon. We’ll be matching $5,000 of contributions from this community with a gift from us of $5,000. Let’s show Jedi Max the power of the community and do it again.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

After a week at home I hit the road again around the release of Startup Communities and spent almost all of October on the road, reaching Boise, Oklahoma City, Chicago, Des Moines, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Lexington, and Louisville. But I’m totally and completely fried. And I did it to myself.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

I haven’t run a marathon since October 2012 when I ran the Detroit Marathon but after a year of struggling to get into a rhythm I’m once again motivated – and interested – in doing another marathon. Startup Communities amante Boulder cookie monster halloween marathon Random Day'

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Detroit has Technology in Motion (TIM). When Zappos approached Lean Startup Co. a little while back about hosting our conference in Downtown Las Vegas, we saw it as an opportunity to further expand our mission beyond Silicon Valley. South Bend, Indiana went from Rust Belt to Tech Belt with EdTech in the Bend. Austin has SXSW.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2019

But there is a downside to the global community that instant communication has brought about. A young startup company out of Detroit, Michigan, created a resolution to the problem of wayward employees and curious children. Finding a Solution. There is a solution to your problems.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

” “The engine for job creation and technology leadership begins and ends with investment in the entrepreneurial community,” adds Shaherose Charania, CEO and co-founder, Women 2.0. “Female founders are a driving force for the creation and usage of technologies that generate jobs. To date, Women 2.0 ”

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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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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

My fourth book, Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City comes out at the end of the month. George), Vermont (Burlington), and Michigan (Detroit) in October. George, Chicago, Des Moines, Burlington, Seattle, Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Lexington (KY), and Palm Desert.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2016

rex will rip through your most prominent residential community. By trading resources or funds between cities , a smaller town can grow to become a large city that helps its neighbors for the good of the community. Anyone who’s played SimCity knows that sooner or later, s**t will hit the fan. Otherwise your city is toast.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 6, 2018

Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota. Hopefully, we will continue to help develop and expand existing and new startup communities. The post Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 29, 2013

Boulder/Denver joins the other six regions – Boston, Detroit, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle – and is now part of the broad and expanding coverage that Xconomy is providing on business, life sciences, and technology news. This is another effort to that end.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The company says it will focus on three key areas: Partnerships with strong organizations that serve entrepreneurs in local communities. Google is partnering to launch Founder Fridays in Detroit, New Orleans, Sao Paulo, and Moscow over the next year. Google-led programs to bring our teams and our tools directly to entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2014

As the founder of Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, the leading not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs, it’s my mission to help the over eight million women business owners in the U.S. to substantially grow their businesses.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

Finally, I was impressed to find a robust local entrepreneurial community centered around A2Geeks and the Tech Brewery (after I met Dug Song I understood why.). (I A Lack of a Startup Culture in the Community. Bet Ann Arbor and the Detroit Metro area have a few startups in that space. Silver Lake Kraftwerk’s Fund just raised $1.3

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2013

My partners were all shaken also – Seth lived in Boston for many years, Ryan has done several marathons, and Jason just did his first marathon last year in Detroit. I just contributed to the Boston Tech Communities fundraiser for the Boston Marathon victims. I collected myself and called in to my Hangout. I’m in.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 20, 2015

Recently, in my book Startup Communities , I asserted that you can create a startup community in any city in the world. Venture Capital chris shipley fred wilson marc andreessen religion silicon valley startup communities tech industry' The Silicon Valley way is one of them, but not the only one.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 24, 2015

Earlier this year I was impressed by, and donated to, Detroit Water Project , which helps pay off water bills for people who need assistance. We have a big vision to turn tent slums into sustainable communities, and it’s encouraging to be surrounded by other companies with big visions that we can learn from and be inspired by.

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2013

The award recognizes outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

He penned a great piece on the LA tech community here in Forbes. 16:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for their support of the show. 1:07:00 Thank you to our sponsors, Detroit Venture Partners and Walker Corporate Law, and also thank you to Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon Venture Partners. Not bad, hey?

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Up and Running

MAY 30, 2016

It is crucially important that your B&B is located within a community that has a proven tourism track record and a local economy that can support it. The right local economy: Like any other part of the hospitality industry, staying at a bed and breakfast is really a luxury which is not available to everyone.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Outside of Detroit and a few other urban pockets in the state, it is hard to go anywhere that isn’t scenic. But it’s “only Flint” you might say, and I would say, if the state allows this to happen in Flint, it could also happen in Benton Harbor, Traverse City, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Niles, or Detroit.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

If Detroit car makers can collaborate on research, why couldn’t U.S. Artifact Software has a tool that allows developers to collaborate and create a code sharing community. Why were their in-house programming staffs writing the same sorts of custom programs written at thousands of other companies? technology users?”

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