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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. After all, in order for this all to work it would require the generous donations of philanthropists and (ideally) the support of government programs down the line.
There was a computer training lab run by a company called Prosoft, but that's like having an Apex Tech and expecting to be the next Detroit. Government and academic professionals also seek them out to get connected to the startup ecosystem. It's not quite the same when you're putting government money to work supporting new companies.
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I had this discussion with Steve with the camera rolling and we talked about “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” as place that largely grew out of defense and government spending plus research labs around the Stanford campus. 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show.
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It honors the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit, cradle of many worldwide talents, including the multi platinum rapper and the multinational car brand. The clients, competitors, providers, intermediaries — distributors — and other public (such as the government or the press), are known as the company’s micro-moments.
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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. 10 ]Yes, actually: dealing with the government. Afterthat theres not much.
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