View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

In my experience founders usually fall into one of three types: mercenaries, missionaries, and crusaders. In fact we’ve backed founders I’d categorize as all three types here at NextView. But sometimes they’re the founders most motivated to build a successful company.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2014

by Jim Alampi, founder of Alampi & Associates. Alampi is the founder of Alampi & Associates, a Detroit-based executive advisory firm whose clients include several Fortune 500 companies. Everyone knows that Superman’s sole weakness is a mineral called Kryptonite.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious. Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld. Here are mine: 1. Local press matters.

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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. Related Articles on Bplans: What is an L3C?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Ann Arbor, Columbus, Detroit, and Minneapolis have continued their rich vein of form, spitting out Midwest startups and raising venture capital at insane rates. It’s drawn founders to start their businesses there, and it’s attracted firms from other regions who compete for talent for remote positions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

I understand that and actually think it’s ok because that partner gets experience with making investments, sitting on boards, finding co-investors, managing founder relationships, etc. They run a firm based in Detroit called Ludlow Ventures and do deals on a national level.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. View More in Detroit ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. Detroit Events ›. Business, life sciences, and technology news — covering Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Detroit, San Francisco, New York and beyond.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Money wasn’t an obstacle for the Chicago-based founder, but as a black woman in technology, networking in a new city might be. “We In a perfect world, Brooks’ startup would be defined by its merit, not the demographic background of its founder. Invisible Barriers. But in reality, Brooks is an anomaly.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

by Dishan Jayasinha, founder, CEO and creative head of DG Studio. It honors the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, cradle of many worldwide talents, including the multi platinum rapper and the multinational car brand. Like every art, discipline, or professional project, marketing also requires a set of systematic principles.

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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 needs to go house to house--founders and employees getting matched through individual e-mail intros, deals happening over handshakes, and startups getting recruited into your ecosystem one at a time.

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Brandanew

JULY 20, 2016

Within a year, Paint Nite became a full-time job for its founders. 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. Today, the company has 54 employees and operates in 115 cities globally. (

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

They are manufacturing low priced, upscale watches in a newly opened factory in the US – in Detroit to be more specific. The company currently has three stores in Detroit, Kansas City and Manhattan. The story invites us to support a social cause of sorts, to fight back against hard times, to support something hand made in Detroit.

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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. Founder of a non-profit I recently supported. Founder of a natural foods company I just invested in.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

to bring their Founder Friday events, which bring together current and aspiring female entrepreneurs on a monthly basis, to more cities. Google is partnering to launch Founder Fridays in Detroit, New Orleans, Sao Paulo, and Moscow over the next year. For example, this week, Google for Entrepreneurs is teaming up with Women 2.0

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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. They represent nearly 50% of privately held companies but only 2.6%

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. Now, the present. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 1, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me in SiriusXM’s studio in New York were: Nina Tandon , CEO and co-founder of EpiBone , the world’s first company growing bones for skeletal reconstruction.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders sharing their experiences of what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me this week at the Stanford University studio were: Wayne Sutton , co-founder of BUILDUP VC. Dave Kashen. We had this mission.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Robert Falck, CEO and founder of Einride The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Robert Falck, CEO and founder of Einride , answered some questions about the company.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 7, 2012

As a writer, a consultant, and a founder of KILN, this Gonzeaux Tour is a form of innovation for me (us), doing something different, and hopeful of a better result, and yet, have not done nearly enough to make this idea pay off. I mean the music, the record label, not the great city of Detroit. Want me to pop in?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate followed through on his views by investing in LA accelerator Science , run by the venerable Mike Jones , who is a former founder (UserPlane, sold to AOL), tech exec (at AOL and later at MySpace) and one of LA’s most prolific (and well liked) angels. 16:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for their support of the show.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 22, 2012

I got my first glimpse of the Jambox when Shahar Nechmad, the founder of Stagedom, pulled one out of his bag during #AnotherDetroit event in Detroit. The gadget at the top of our PRserve team’s collective holiday wish list is the Jawbone Jambox. It’s a tiny, sleek speaker with high-impact sound.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2015

By Robert Hake, Founder and CEO of MyLocker.net. Fast-forward a few years, and MyLocker.net now sells customized gear all over the nation out of our Detroit headquarters. MyLocker.net contracted local Detroit graffiti artist, Antonio “Shades” Agee , to paint custom murals for our headquarters’ walls.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

According to Lee, the Avalanche Project was started because the founders kept asking themselves the following questions: “Why were they writing such big checks to their software companies, but getting so little in return? If Detroit car makers can collaborate on research, why couldn’t U.S. technology users?

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 30, 2012

Marty, as the Founder and CEO of the BOSS family of businesses, has both built and acquired an impressive array of companies - ranging from telecommunications to security software, to web services and analytics, to digital media.

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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. Sometimes founders get accused of using SF as a playground, buzzing between hot bars in Ubers but ignoring the complexity of the city around them. We’re currently at 91 homes in 84 days.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2018

And, as the Wall Street Journal reported last week, cities that didn’t make the short list — among them Detroit, Cincinnati, and Sacramento — are rushing to make changes based on Amazon’s feedback on where they fell short. Back in January the online retailer selected 20 finalists from a list of more than 200 cites that applied.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 30, 2012

Marty, as the Founder and CEO of the Boss family of businesses, headquartered in St. It's not even the hundreds (if not low thousands) of jobs his companies have created over the years (and the families that those jobs have supported in the depressed Detroit metropolitan area).

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

You meet interesting people backstage at conferences and in 2013 that included Jonathon Triest who started Detroit-based Ludlow Ventures. HW: Sooooo Detroit VC scene. We moved our offices to Downtown Detroit nearly three years ago and the transformation has been spectacular. That’s not something I’ve seen outside of Detroit.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Single Founder Have you ever noticed how few successful startups were founded byjust one person? Even companies you think of as having one founder,like Oracle, usually turn out to have more. Whats wrong with having one founder? It probably means the founder couldnt talk anyof his friends into starting the company with him.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Founder CEO Erin Rose answered some questions about her company’s work. For about a year and a half, I worked in downtown Detroit and it was a 10-minute walk to and from my office. My friend Christina York, who is the founder of the technology start up Spellbound, made the introduction and I am forever grateful.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 18, 2011

But by 1901, Ransom Olds invented the basic concept of the assembly line and in the next decade was quickly followed by other innovators who opened large scale manufacturing plants in Detroit – Henry Packard, Henry Leland’s Cadillac, and Henry Ford with the Model A.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

I believe this is an important post for both founders and investors in the Bay Area and outside the Bay Area to read carefully. 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. A blog entry for another day.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. ” “I think the number one reason I love Microsoft is we have a living founder and chairman who’s dedicated his life to making the world better,” Sood said. 3 days ago. 4 days ago. From $1.5B Editor’s picks.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2018

For example, there’s a high school principal in my book who was leading a severely under-performing school in Detroit where 80% of students were on food stamps. I recently spoke with a founder of an online education marketplace. If you’re a founder or working in a startup or thinking about forming or joining one, think about this.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

This meant: Less capital to start a company thus the rise of “micro VCs” Younger, more technical founders (not as big of a leap to take a risk on a 24-year-old when it’s $250k and not $5 million. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. Welcome to the future.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

I’ll briefly note here the passing of Motown Records founder, Barry Gordy, and make four points about creativity along the way. I never met him, but I certainly experienced, and continue to experience, the results of his prolific creativity. In his amazing career he created songs, records, stars, companies, good will, and films.

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