Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 20, 2020
Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 14, 2012
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. It connects them to all the companies they've met, invested in, the bigger companies that could acquire their companies and hundreds if not thousands of employees that have worked within their portfolio.
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Brandanew
JULY 20, 2016
Today, the company has 54 employees and operates in 115 cities globally. ( I have a great example to share from a local Detroit watch brand, called Shinola. They’ve created a great narrative around the city of Detroit and its working class roots. ”- ” Jonathan Dien, Partner, Gravity Tank, AdWeek, 2015.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
The search giant is also hosting its first annual Google for Entrepreneurs Week, which will bring together more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and Google employees from around the world. Google is partnering to launch Founder Fridays in Detroit, New Orleans, Sao Paulo, and Moscow over the next year. What startup will Google buy next?
Board Effect
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Employees and staff members will likely become confused and wonder whether the nonprofit is worth investing their time in. When mission creep becomes palpable, employees and volunteers may lose faith in the nonprofit, and the management could face a sudden employee turnover problem. Cunningham and Eleanor M.
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. Additional resources to help you with hiring: Is It Time to Hire an Employee?
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 29, 2012
Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Hope you’re enjoying the show.
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