Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2014

In the early 1990s, my brother was working for a company that was going through the roof selling shareware software via catalog. Savorfull provides its Detroit, Michigan, business clients with a surprise mix of healthy, allergy-free (“free from”) snacks delivered straight to their offices for a small monthly fee.

Detroit 156

Detroit Technical Review Cofounder North America 156

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a software engineer, you probably get this instinctively. Scale Horizontally (or “scale out”): Add more nodes to a system, such as adding a new computer to a distributed software application. Techstars Mobility (Detroit). There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically.

South Africa 70

South Africa Vertical Los Angeles Minneapolis 70

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Backup Software. Blog Software. CRM Software. Help Desk Software. Monitoring Software. Project Management Software. More Software. Remote Desktop Software. Scheduling Software. SEO Software. Shopping Cart Software. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Some of the i-lab’s long-term residents include mobile app ActivePepper, baby gear rental company Baby Buggle, and software developer Rover. With nearly 300 companies working under its roof, participants in the Tech Town program contribute to the growth and livelihood of Detroit and the Wayne State University community.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

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 Mint - give us all of your bank, brokerage, and credit card information. We’ll give it back to you with nice fonts.

Social Network 108

Social Network Networking Detroit SMS 108

View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

Benioff has used his platform as founder/CEO of Salesforce in recent years for philanthropy and social activism, and early on he evangelized the software as a service model. I’d point to Marc Benioff or Meg Whitman as prototypical mercenary founders. The Crusader. But arguably this is most true about the crusader founder type.

Detroit 367

Detroit SEC Founder Affiliate 367

BeyondVC

APRIL 12, 2004

Lee Gomes from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting piece (sorry, not a free site) in his Portals Column about Project Avalanche which is essentially a software co-op for businesses to share their applications and code. If Detroit car makers can collaborate on research, why couldn’t U.S. technology users?”

Software Review 60

Software Review Software Open Source Detroit 60

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2019

A young startup company out of Detroit, Michigan, created a resolution to the problem of wayward employees and curious children. As a parent or employer, and if you own the device you are placing the software on in order to collect the data, then it is legal. Finding a Solution. There is a solution to your problems.

Detroit 113

Detroit Michigan Software Internet 113

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Are you a student & love hacking software? Detroit show sucked – [link]. Well thought out points on building a web design community – [link]. 30 Very Funny Print Ads – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

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.

Rhode Island 107

Rhode Island North Dakota Louisiana Vermont 107

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

View More in Detroit ›. Detroit Events ›. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. Subscribe for Free. Xconomy San Diego.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

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. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. Local press matters.

Community 378

Community San Diego Silicon Valley Los Angeles 378

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. Across the Midwest, regional champions have risen. Pittsburgh has Duololingo, Columbia, MO has Equipment share, Madison has fetch Rewards, and Kansas City has Backlot Cars.

Silicon Valley 175

Silicon Valley Kansas City Chicago Denver 175

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Half of Detroit’s public schools being shut down? Graphic Design Examples Worldwide: How Nationality Reflects In Artworks – [link]. All About BIG and BOLD Typography: Tips and Inspiration – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Digital Undivided does this by offering workshops and resources in cities with predominantly black populations: Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Oakland and the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. According to Finney, black women need to be given the same resources and networks their white male counterparts enjoy.

New York City 60

New York City Milwaukee Oakland New York 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2014

Events for enthusiasts, called Maker Faires, now stretch far outside California to places such as Detroit, New York and even Shenzhen, China. New products emerge, as diverse as networked-art installations, Internet-of-Things innovations, and many other hybrid software-hardware solutions.

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Entrepreneur Detroit California Cofounder 246

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

And oddly it took an investor in New York to highlight to me Cornerstone OnDemand – one of the most successful software company in my home town of Los Angeles! Thank you also to Detroit Venture Partners. 1:19:15 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law and Detroit Venture Partners. – and why it would become a powerhouse.

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Los Angeles Detroit Venture Capital Lean 303

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Over time they’ve added New York, Detroit, San Francisco, and San Diego and are now considering expanding to Boulder / Denver (I encouraged them to combine both as each city is on fire and there’s no reason not to link them together at this point.). I’ve been a huge fan of Xconomy since its debut several years ago.

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Denver San Diego San Francisco Detroit 133

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. A few months ago, I spoke to the CIO of a large company that is one of the largest paying customers of Slack software. I suspect that many startups also don’t do this.

Metrics 349

Metrics Startup Lean Detroit 349

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

Venture Capital ; met with the local hardware/software venture capital firm. The University of Michigan tech transfer office has an incubator but 1) mixes software, hardware, med devices and life sciences deals in the same program, and 2) takes no ownership of figuring out how to get a risk capital ecosystem in place. Not My Problem.

Michigan 307

Michigan Silicon Valley Venture Capital Incubator 307

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Silicon Valley, Herzliya in Israel, Zhongguancun for software and Shenzen for hardware in China are examples of technology clusters, but so was Detroit for cars, Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion.). (An Innovation Cluster is a concentration of interconnected companies that both compete and collaborate.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Incubator 120

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In townslike Houston and Chicago and Detroit its too small to measure. Who knows exactly how these factors combine to booststartups in Silicon Valley and squish them in Detroit, but itsclear they do from the number of startups per capita in each. Our startup made software for making online stores. Afterthat theres not much.

Startup 108

Startup Software Review Hiring Detroit 108

The Next Web

JANUARY 4, 2014

Techweek is in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and Detroit this year. Seeing the possibilities of new ways to use this software is always eye opening and idea generating. Innovation Uncensored consistently impresses me with the new tech info it brings to the conference. It always has the newest, hottest brands there.

Los Angeles 163

Los Angeles Detroit Chicago Miami 163

techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Software Engineer—PHP—Energy Software for the Smart Grid @ Agentis Energy (Elmhurst, IL) Sr. Software Engineer @ General Electric (Barrington, IL) Sr. Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006.

San Francisco 44

San Francisco Startup PHP San Diego 44

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. Dictation software. I’ve used software on my Mac for a few years to help me dictate articles, blog posts, and emails… but now I’m digging the mobile dictation.

Detroit 117

Detroit Entrepreneur Software Email 117

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To build applications we needed databases (Oracle), browsers (Netscape), servers (Sun Microsystems), storage (EMC), security (Semantic), application servers (Apache), caching software, load balancers, hosting facilities, programming languages and methods, CDNs, DSL equipment, Wifi routers and so forth. And then the world changed.

Silicon Valley 390

Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil. And learn from each other. It could be the little girl in Iraq who grows up to be a scientist that makes the discovery which will one day save an American life.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

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. Property management/reservation and accounting software. Fire Department inspection.

SBA 60

SBA United States Hiring Detroit 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 19, 2015

Sure, it’s only a $5 billion business today, while hundreds of billions more gets spent on datacenters and software licenses. Musk went further, and is winning big. This same principle helps to explain Apple’s and Amazon’s successes, too. In practice, however, Amazon Web Services is turning enterprise IT upside down.

Cloud 60

Cloud Detroit Open Source Web 60

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. Martin Tibbitts truly stands out.

Detroit 83

Detroit America Security Analytics 83

Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Silicon Valley is an innovation cluster that makes hardware, software, biotech and semiconductors. Detroit is an automotive cluster, Hollywood an entertainment cluster, New York City for media and financial services, etc. (A cluster is a concentration of interconnected businesses in a specific field in one city or region.

San Jose 173

San Jose Silicon Valley Michigan Miami 173

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 30, 2012

Claire Shores, Michigan, has both built and acquired an impressive array of companies - ranging from telecommunications to security software, to web services and analytics, to digital media. Marty, as the Founder and CEO of the Boss family of businesses, headquartered in St.

Detroit 48

Detroit Michigan America Security 48

Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Silicon Valley is an innovation cluster that makes hardware, software, biotech and semiconductors. Detroit is an automotive cluster, Hollywood an entertainment cluster, New York City for media and financial services, etc. (A cluster is a concentration of interconnected businesses in a specific field in one city or region.

San Jose 120

San Jose Silicon Valley Michigan Miami 120

BeyondVC

OCTOBER 27, 2004

As per the article, Instead of making a single ad, the agency can now create its 30 second stories as a sequence of swappable components using Visible World software. Comcast says it can direct ads to narrow zones of 1,000 to 20,000 homes in a growing number of cities, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Miami, and Phildelphia.

Advertising 60

Advertising Miami Detroit Dallas 60

conversionxl.com

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Ashampoo Software (that’s not a typo) gets downright insulting when you sink too low below “regular price.” Louis and Detroit. Neil Davidson writes this about price perceptions (in his book on software pricing called Don’t Just Roll the Dice ): “People base their perceived values on reference points.

St. Louis 111

St. Louis Portland San Diego Sales 111

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

There’s an uglier side to all this business that is making it hard for a lot of folks to get psyched by articles like this anymore, even though its right on the money… Joe Johnson Is software the only kind of startup that is interesting to anyone anymore? For software products, guess what execution entails. bystander 1.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84