Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 20, 2018

As many of you know, my partner Jason is from Detroit. He’s going back home for a special event and I encourage anyone near Detroit to go hang with him. Early in his career, Jason was a software engineer at Accenture. The Motor City. Prior to this, Jason was an attorney with Cooley. Going further back, Jason holds a B.A.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

Recently there was a question which appealed to me and no doubt will you: What are some of the most ridiculous startup ideas that eventually became successful. They reminded me that anything can happen in the crazy world of startups and the worst thing we can do is try and predict the next winner. And the answers were total gold.

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techcocktail.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Cocktail Connecting, educating and amplifying the startup technology community and having fun doing it since 2006. So, today we’d like to highlight a few main points to consider when building your startup team. Startup’s can be stressful and there may be many times when people want to quit.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 3, 2013

About a year ago, Rachel Brooks was poised to bring her startup to the next level. In a perfect world, Brooks’ startup would be defined by its merit, not the demographic background of its founder. In other words, 20 tech startups that may have never existed if it weren’t for Digital Undivided’s network and resources.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a software engineer, you probably get this instinctively. Techstars Mobility (Detroit). These programs don’t run in isolation – rather they are part of a horizontal scaling strategy based on a premise that you can build startups, and a startup community, anywhere in the world.

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