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What is a Social Enterprise?

Up and Running

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. Social enterprise: Building a better future.

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

venturebeat.com

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. ” “Our intent is to roll up our sleeves and help entrepreneurs take their early-stage prototypes to scalable products,” said Rahul Sood, the general manager of the Bing Fund, in an interview with VentureBeat yesterday. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Infographics.

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The Intellectual Social Network

Start Up Blog

To make you feel richer, we’ll make them green. Tesla – instead of just building batteries and selling them to Detroit, we are going to build our own cars from scratch plus own the distribution network. — entrepreneurship entrepreneurs intellect quora social networks startups technology'

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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. 2) Warm intro’s from entrepreneurs we’ve previously funded. HW: Sooooo Detroit VC scene. That’s not something I’ve seen outside of Detroit. I was smitten. No turning back.

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Book: The Business of Venture Capital

Feld Thoughts

He was investing in Detroit and eager to write a book about the art and science of venture capital. I immediately introduced Mahendra to a bunch of Foundry Group LPs, partners, and entrepreneurs. He made progress quickly, and I fondly remember the first edition with the green cover. Mahendra and I kept in touch.

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University of Michigan Joins the Global EIR Network

Feld Thoughts

Applications are now open to become a Global Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Michigan’s Economic Growth Institution (EGI). Interested applicants can learn more about the program , fill out an application form , and reach out to Millie Chu at Global Detroit.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

So you want to be an entrepreneur, huh? So you wanted to be an entrepreneur, huh? At the time it was called the green movement. And so one would be, we'll create more entrepreneurs in the world. 500,000 to Detroit. 6:06) Resilience and adaptability in people and companies. (8:22) 37:30) Compassion in layoffs. (39:37)