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How to Start a Bed and Breakfast

Up and Running

As the name would suggest, the nightly fee includes a hearty, home-cooked meal the next morning. 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.

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The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO

David Teten

Kappos: Over time we’re going to have to reoptimize to use the new Detroit office. People in Detroit are very excited about this. Some people are asking, ‘can we select Detroit to evaluate us?’ I just signed an S-152 to approve the hiring of some external lawyers who want to join us to become judges.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 23: Nina Tandon and Brandon McNaughton

Steve Blank

Fast Company named Nina one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. A tech entrepreneur and inventor, Brandon McNaughton was entrepreneur in residence for Detroit Innovate , an early-stage venture fund. We said, “Well, we’re going to hire our first employee, and you know what? Steve : What does that mean?

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How to Expand Your Cannabis Business Across State Lines

Up and Running

For the first time ever, you’ll order up an 1/8th of Gelato by Cookies, in Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, or even Detroit, and it’ll actually be the very same fire you fell in love with back in Cali. . Companies like Acreage, Cookies, Harvest, and CannaCraft are paving the way here.

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The Intellectual Social Network

Start Up Blog

Palantir – we’ll build arcane analytics software, put the company in California, hire a bunch of new college grad engineers, many of them immigrants, hire no sales reps, and close giant deals with D.C.-based To make you feel richer, we’ll make them green. based defense and intelligence agencies! It will be free.

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Jonathon Triest of Ludlow Ventures: “VC Done Right” (and in Detroit)

Hunter Walker

You meet interesting people backstage at conferences and in 2013 that included Jonathon Triest who started Detroit-based Ludlow Ventures. I could have gotten a nastygram, but instead got hired… client numero uno was in the books. HW: Sooooo Detroit VC scene. That’s not something I’ve seen outside of Detroit.

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SXSW Startups: My SideKick

Austin Startup

The name of your company, Every Two Minutes, reflects that every two minutes in the United States, a person is sexually assaulted. For about a year and a half, I worked in downtown Detroit and it was a 10-minute walk to and from my office. Founder CEO Erin Rose answered some questions about her company’s work. Don’t be in a rush.

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