Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Pure Michigan is a Damaged Brand. As a Michigan resident I’ve followed the developments in Flint with a mixture of horror, sadness, outrage, and confusion. The focus of this post is about the damage that has been done to the state of Michigan’s brand, Pure Michigan. Pure Michigan is (or was) a brilliant brand.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

With free coffee and Internet, workspaces, and built-in community, coworking spaces provide a great place to get things done without feeling the isolation of working at home, or trying to overcome the frenetic nature of working in a coffee shop. Seattleites can enjoy this community-oriented coworking and shared office space.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 21, 2022

Laura earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon University. She an MBA from the university of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon university. John Jantsch (02:42): In their community generally. Laura earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. The program expands to all of Startup Weekend’s 350 member communities in 2013 where it will be offered up to five times a year in each city.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Laura earned an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon University. Sharon, an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BFA at Carnegie Mellon University. John Jantsch (02:40): Um, in their community. She is currently VP of Marketing at Signpost, following roles with Broadly, Reputation.com, and Patch.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2016

Grand Rapids is also home to StartGarden, a startup accelerator with the goal of turning Michigan into a flourishing business ecosystem. Small Business Development Center Michigan. Community Development Resources Nebraska. StartGarden. Michipreneur: 5 Small Business Resources in Grand Rapids. Oklahoma City, OK.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2012

the University of Michigan, administrators are excited about using Google+ for better campus communication, especially collaboration. Google Plus Hangouts are a great place for alumni to connect with other student, faculty, and staff, building connections and facilitating opportunities within the university community.

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Brandanew

APRIL 23, 2018

The community was diverse with women entrepreneurs, working moms and senior professionals. The glimmer of hope though, also came from the community. Guest speaker Zsanett let the community write down pressing priorities for the week ahead as a task. You can simply attend any event and join the discussion with the community.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Our goal when creating MySideKick was to account for every single kind of user in a campus community?—?from Ann Arbor as a whole is a very forward thinking, supportive, entrepreneur-friendly community for startups and tech companies. MySideKick is geared for universities?—?how how does your program work?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2019

Deciding between the applicants, their lobbyists, the environmental community, the staff, the coastal act and the law. But why serve your community, state or country? On my first day of school in Michigan I met Michael Krzys, who one day would be the best man at my wedding. They remind me of what Michael might have become.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Last night I gave the kickoff talk to the West Michigan Policy Forum. I did my riff on Startup Communities and followed it up with a short Q&A on issues specific to Michigan’s entrepreneurial scene. The line I heard in the context of startup communities was “ the collision of the tucked and the untucked.”

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VC Cafe

JUNE 3, 2013

Unfortunately, a growing body of evidence suggests that garnering LIKES on a Facebook page does nothing to foster community or increase engagement. Your digital agency has been lying to you. The better approach for lowering customer. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Hearpreneur

MAY 4, 2022

But I also wanted the name to give a sense of community so that it could feel like a hub to which parents could go for advice, and that is where the pod comes in. Growing up, my friends shortened the sound of my name nash-a-nee-an to Nash, so when I opened my first business in Ypsilanti, Michigan, I decided to name it Nash Contracting.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Arbor brewing company was set up in the summer of 1995 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the husband-wife duo of Matt and Rene Greff. It is the first brewpub set up in Ann Arbor and the fifth in Michigan. But, there’s research to show that, for every $1 spent with local businesses, 73 cents come back to the community.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

it is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit, but because of its dedication to sustainability, it is now working with local communities to form separate stove manufacturing factories in their countries. Here in the U.S. InStove contributes both the technology for efficient stoves, and the means to create sustainable jobs. B corp, or Benefit Corporation.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 20, 2014

The location was Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks, Michigan. The second reason is about the role of community formation in creativity and innovation. Culture is where creativity lives — and a rich arts culture is the prepared ground for jobs, corporate innovation, and stable communities. Daniel Waterhouse, Storyteller.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

IvyDate is a highly private, matching based community which does not place member information in a browsable database. Approved members receive customized matches of Ivy League and other extraordinary professionals, academics, artists, and executives. It’s Pandora for style. Monday, June 13th.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

of Michigan football games and other local events. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and received his Masters in Educational Leadership from Eastern Michigan University. He is currently an assistant principal at Ypsilanti Community Middle School. Also Available On. Show Summary.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2019

But there is a downside to the global community that instant communication has brought about. A young startup company out of Detroit, Michigan, created a resolution to the problem of wayward employees and curious children. Finding a Solution. There is a solution to your problems.

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2013

Proos Manufacturing recently announced that Amy Proos won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award in Michigan & Northwest Ohio. In 2012, Proos was recognized by MiBiz as one of 50 Michigan Companies to Watch. and particularly in West Michigan. So how did Proos reach such heights of success?

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Brandanew

APRIL 27, 2016

Do not share your Michigan state football app with a bunch of UFM fans with no interest in your football ratings. People with strong social communities, bloggers, media personalities, or anyone that your community/ end consumer trusts has strong endorsement value. This enables you to start with an existing, functional community.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill. Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill. Journal Community. Journal Community. Journal Community. Answers allows you to tap the knowledge of Community members. Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2011

3/29 6-9pm - Discussion with Eric Ries, brought to you by the Columbia Venture Community The Columbia Venture Community and the Columbia Journalism School are pleased to bring Eric Ries to campus on Wednesday, March 30th at 6pm for an evening of frank conversation. Here's why: NYU, Tues. 3/30 6:30-9pm - sold out!

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. We moved our company from Michigan to Baltimore in 2015, and it was a great decision for us. My favorite thing about Baltimore is the community and the support. The majority of our $2.9M

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

I spent yesterday at University of Michigan with my partner Jason Mendelson (he’s a two time grad – economics undergrad and then law school.) This was my first trip to Ann Arbor and I had a great time. At the end of the day we met with all the members in TechArb.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 3, 2013

It develops the entrepreneurial/creative community and encourages young people to stay in Detroit. It educates the community about possibilities, and about what might be done. It’s an inspiration for others, and a springboard for further ideation re: creative projects. It fosters innovation.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

As much as I’d like Three Oaks, Michigan to be an innovation center, its got a long way to go. I’d personally like to see Silicon Valley open its doors to immigrants from distant lands like Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama — even Hoosiers from Indiana. 4,000 new minimum wage jobs created year over year.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 21, 2020

Importantly, ServiceMaster Restoration By Simons supports and engages in the communities they serve by giving back. In my background, I was Senior Project Manager for a 600 acre mixed use redevelopment project on the former USX steel mill in southeast Chicago along lake Michigan. TSM: Excellent. Good luck on your continued success.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When I got out of the Air Force after Vietnam, I lived in Michigan and I installed process control systems in automobile assembly plants and steel mills across the industrial heart of the Midwest. but that the supporting service jobs would also disappear in the community. Five stars for the reporting.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2016

As that life increases, as people build families and popular communities become larger, houses and business districts must expand outward. Consider, for evidence, Flint, Michigan. With them must come the city’s infrastructure. In Flint, the water went bad, and now everybody’s leaving.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

AUGUST 30, 2019

The Society of Innovators at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) aims to contribute to economic and community development throughout the region as the champion of innovation in Northwest Indiana. Based in Southwest Michigan, his clients include Sanofi, Accurate Castings, W.R. The Society of Innovators at Purdue University Northwest.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 7, 2018

In 2015, as a full-time mom, she took on the US government in her small town of Flint, Michigan. Walters helped expose the toxic water nightmare and fought for safe drinking water for her community. Speaker Lee-Anne Walters is an advocate for public health, using her voice to bring about change.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 27, 2012

DJ has spent nearly 8 years in the email, social, and community-building world, advising clients on how to optimize their email marketing campaigns. DJ is an alumnus of the University of Michigan and a lover of beer, coffee & people. DJ can be found on most social networks under the handle “djwaldow” or by searching “ DJ Waldow.”DJ

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 7, 2013

Based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Red Poppy Floral Design specializes in wedding and special event floral arrangements. I design wedding and special event flowers in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Awesomeness business community Small biz spotlight Small business floral design flowers Red Poppy Floral Design small business spotlight spring'

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Southwest Michigan has a lot of edible varieties but there is one particular delicacy I love. In the mushroom hunting community finding one is literally party time. Lessons a Forager Can Lend Business. Relax, Stay Hopeful, Keep Looking. I’m a mushroom hunter. I wander the woods foraging, especially in the fall season.

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Up and Running

JULY 4, 2016

every day, few companies retain their dedication to their community, including utilizing American resources and workers. In this article, you’ll find out how four such businesses have worked to fill a need in communities while remaining committed to both the nation and their local societies.

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