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One Hand Clapping – Entrepreneurship In Ann Arbor, Michigan

Steve Blank

Incubators : toured the TechArb , the engineering student accelerator, and the Michigan Venture Center in the University’s Tech Transfer Office. Everyone I met in this program “gets” the principles of Agile, Lean and Customer Development big time. Bet Ann Arbor and the Detroit Metro area have a few startups in that space.

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Mission Creep: How Nonprofits Can Stay True to Their Missions

Board Effect

Nonprofit Quarterly points to an example of mission creep at a Detroit, Michigan nonprofit that recognized mission creep was occurring and eventually turned things around successfully. Focus started to lean too heavily on housing which was only a part of their original mission. Focus: Hope was founded in 1967 by Father William T.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

Looking to create their accelerator/incubator, Wayne and seven other founders rented a Silicon Valley house together one summer. …By creating the BUILDUP VC incubator and accelerator … we’re got into the business of providing education and access. You have to put yourself out there.