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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. He’s going back home for a special event and I encourage anyone near Detroit to go hang with him. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture. The Motor City. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley. Going further back, Jason holds a B.A.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Well if you’re in Detroit you’re 100x more likely to get somebody who grew up in Flint coming by twice per year for ordinary reasons unrelated to work. Second-Time Entrepreneurs – The other byproduct of “wins” is you have second-time entrepreneurs who want to be founders of their next company.

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How to Build a Startup Team

techcocktail.com

When we see entrepreneurs come up with great ideas (and we see many), we hope that they also remember that while an idea is key, it won’t go anywhere without the right team in place. As entrepreneurs we need to recognize the importance of having a solid support system. Software Engineer @ General Electric (Barrington, IL) Sr.

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The Intellectual Social Network

Start Up Blog

Google – we are building the world’s 20th search engine at a time when most of the others have been abandoned as being commoditized money losers. Github – software engineers will pay monthly fees for the rest of their lives in order to create free software out of other free software!