Detroit Operations Technical Review 
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 9, 2011
Let’s review all of our existing investments. Mostly we got to see the team operate in stressful times and that changed my perspective on the deal. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. I’ll bet many of them did a review of their “investment pace&# as in – how quickly should we be investing.
Up and Running
APRIL 18, 2014
Don’t get focused on the tech or how to dominate the market, just identify a problem and set about solving it. The company operates on six continents and boasts more than 250,000 graduates worldwide. Along the way, the group brought on another classmate, Joe Miller, to handle the technology end. reviews, reputation, Yelp!,
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Startup Lessons Learned
AUGUST 20, 2020
Some food banks saw demand 3-4x normal, just as their volunteer base shrunk due to worries about COVID-19 infection. 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. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cars line up at a drive-thru food pantry.
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 19, 2018
This means constantly looking for improvements to our automation technology, using that automation more, and diligently pursuing excellence for each client’s dream website. 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.
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. According to the Harvard Business Review, in most U.S.
Haystack
JULY 20, 2018
Fred and his partners Albert, John, Andy, before Brad, now Rebecca have operated headquartered out of New York City, and have invested successfully near home (Esty, MongoDB, Kickstarter), in the Bay Area (Twitter, Coinbase) and in Europe (SoundCloud). On question #1, we see good indicators that folks are leaving.
Up and Running
JULY 25, 2014
In April of 2014, ESPN released its latest entry in the “30 for 30″ series, telling the story of the Detroit Pistons during their infamous “Bad Boys” era. But there, sandwiched between dynasties and legacies, the Detroit Pistons had built a championship team on the back of Isaiah Thomas. I run over and…I panicked.”.
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