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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. So you see long, drawn-out processes, non-commercial terms, investors who want to meddle too much and so on. Local press matters.

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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. How HelpKitchen began The idea for HelpKitchen began with a conversation between Eric Ries and Jeff (founder and CEO of Twilio) and Erica Lawson.

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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Business Goals for 2018

Hearpreneur

This year we will hit our 100,000th person on experiential tours of Detroit and launch a new program that shares lessons learned with other leaders. The DXF Institute will offer in-depth full-day and multi-day learning experiences in Detroit. These experiences will focus on innovation and inspiration by using Detroit as a classroom.

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Twitter Link Roundup #81 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

CPC & conversion rates are abysmal. Specialist agencies to help w/ Facebook ads, but not atrocious conversion rates – [link]. Detroit show sucked – [link]. How to Create Compeling Advertising – [link]. 100 Guerrilla Marketing Advertisements for your Inspiration – [link]. – [link].

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Two New Techstars Programs – Mobility/Detroit and Techstars++/Mayo Clinic

Feld Thoughts

I’m fascinated with Detroit. When I was there in October 2012 with my partners Ryan and Jason to run the Detroit Marathon we talked about the idea of getting more involved there in some way. Jason grew up in Detroit and has lots of stories there. The local Detroit startup community engaged very powerfully in the idea.

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

Digital Cameras. Game Consoles. GPS Navigation. Headphones. Laptops.

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Want to Know How to Better Partner With, Raise Money From or Be Acquired by a Big Media Company?

Both Sides of the Table

27:45 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for their support of the show! Are you seeing much real conversion from it? And thank you to Detroit Venture Partners and to Walker Corporate Law. 21:30 Why did Advance Publications buy Reddit? 24:15 Are there similarities between Twitter and Reddit? 30:30 Are you investing in email?

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