A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

After you’ve organized all the global ad agencies in the world, then you can go after Enterprise once you’ve got that market down. I would work full-time making software all day, and at night I would go home and give ski instructions here in Michigan. That’s where you can get some quick and early traction.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Michigan Cottage Cheese: Yoplait Yogurt. The remainder failed as a result of the phenomenon of investing in the best deals in their region which typically were not competitive on a national or global scale. JD Robinson Jewelers: The original “diamond man” (Tom Shane’s inspiration). National Demographics: Mailing Lists.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Forty years later when the Internet has made knowledge global, we’ve run into the second barrier – just knowing about things is not the great equalizer we expected. Somehow I figured out how to apply to school in Michigan. After the Air Force I found the right Michigan.). Lucky for me as I never would have been accepted.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Last night I gave the kickoff talk to the West Michigan Policy Forum. I did my riff on Startup Communities and followed it up with a short Q&A on issues specific to Michigan’s entrepreneurial scene.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

When I got out of the Air Force after Vietnam, I lived in Michigan and I installed process control systems in automobile assembly plants and steel mills across the industrial heart of the Midwest. And while we gave those policies polite names like globalization and outsourcing, the consequences have wreaked havoc on towns like Janesville.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Pure Michigan is a Damaged Brand. As a Michigan resident I’ve followed the developments in Flint with a mixture of horror, sadness, outrage, and confusion. The focus of this post is about the damage that has been done to the state of Michigan’s brand, Pure Michigan. Pure Michigan is (or was) a brilliant brand.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

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 Chrysler’s ATL (Above the Line), “Eminem commercial” — that cost around 12 million $— is a perfect example of a well-focused, mass marketing campaign.

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Arbor brewing company was set up in the summer of 1995 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the husband-wife duo of Matt and Rene Greff. It is the first brewpub set up in Ann Arbor and the fifth in Michigan. The Arbor Brewing company also has a microbrewery and has recently established global presence in India.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 19, 2016

Forty years later when the Internet has made knowledge global, we’ve run into the second barrier – just knowing about things is not the great equalizer we expected. Somehow I figured out how to apply to school in Michigan. After the Air Force I found the right Michigan.). Lucky for me as I never would have been accepted.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

JANUARY 29, 2013

Benton Harbor, Michigan, have you heard of it? It’s directly across Lake Michigan from Chicago. Locals call the area Michiana, a term to describe the cachement of small and medium sized towns along the Indiana-Michigan border (Gary, Michigan City, Niles, Elkhart, South Bend, Three Oaks, New Buffalo…).

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 19, 2016

The aim from the start was to shake up the industry – starting local and growing global. I followed this gut instinct and launched HourglassAngel.com during the summer of my junior year at the University of Michigan: a site created with just a $4,500 investment. 100% transparency was to be the main core value.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

My search led me to the Global Development Lab at USAID. In the heart of one of the largest and most established organizations working to end global poverty, the Lab nurtures groundbreaking social entrepreneurs and designs new ways of funding that can better support learning, risk-taking, and experimentation.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 1, 2012

Phil Duncan , Global Chief Design Officer with P&G is a featured speaker at FEI. I’m starting in Three Oaks, Michigan, so, the states I’ll be “covering” will include, at least, and on these approx dates: Michigan – leaving here May 7. Some of the speakers are from the heartland.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2019

But there is a downside to the global community that instant communication has brought about. A young startup company out of Detroit, Michigan, created a resolution to the problem of wayward employees and curious children. Finding a Solution. There is a solution to your problems.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MAY 11, 2012

We recently reported that the University of Michigan was offering a masters in entrepreneurship (joint program from business and engineering). Michigan is going deeper into the innovation and collaboration world with the announcement of microgrants to interdisciplinary teams to pursue new areas. via New Microgrants at U.

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View from Seed

JULY 21, 2022

EP: I went off to the University of Michigan for college and last year made my way back to Santa Monica after 4 years of working at Meta in Digital Marketing in Austin and San Francisco. EP: But our working partnership dates back to when we were both editors on our high school yearbook. IH: We even went to yearbook summer camp together!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the global economy. William Durant died managing a bowling alley in Flint Michigan in 1947. Known as the “Inventor of the Modern Corporation,” Sloan was president of General Motors from 1923 to 1956 when the U.S. If you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 6, 2013

And as they do, they are creating both good jobs and an inspiring culture that''s reflected in both the great longevity of their company (66 years young and counting!)

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Brandanew

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

We’ve had a little change at Brandanew , and have a new office now in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States. Besides that, our team in toto has real work and global experience of 94 years between us. I’m going to start with news that’s closest to my heart. Guess WHERE Brandanew Is Going Next?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020? We are proud to be a Baltimore-based company with global reach.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Mary Lemmer, University of Michigan, Iorio’s [Frozen Yogurt]. Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) to Find the Next Top “Dorm Room Entrepreneur&# in Chicago’s McCormick Place. Alex Goldstein, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Badger Trips LLC. Jim Gregory, Hanover College (IN), Grandma Gee’s Soap.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

But as I tried to find my own path in this, it became clear that there are MANY resources for small startups in Ann Arbor, and today throughout Michigan. There are many more, just in the state of Michigan. in projected revenues for 2015, owning her own plant, and with global partners like Reebok/CCM.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 22, 2013

Erik Gordon, who teaches entrepreneurship at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and University of Michigan Law School, told Inc. Campus as Market Campus Eco-System Global Higher Education Students' BTW, the BusinessWeek article by Erin Zlomek has some great information and anecdotes.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Later in the piece, Terry Thomas, a partner in the local arm of global audit firm Ernst and Young, is among those striking a note of caution. While the America Research University (such as Harvard, Stanford, University of Michigan, University of Texas, etc.)

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 18, 2012

Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Stanford will use Coursera’s technology to offer a mix of classes including computer science, business, and literature.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 4, 2012

The people who funded, planned, and built Universities like Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan are among the greatest innovators in American history. 25% of my time is spent researching university builders in the US.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Bicyclists of a Feather Flock Together. Are We Really Getting Smarter? Opinion: Noonan: The Romney Campaign Needs a New CEO. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Whats Inside the iPhone 5? Defending Japanese Waters From Chinas Navy. Got a Damaged iPhone? Connecticut.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

This panel discussion will outline the initiative announced earlier this year at Davos with participating companies explaining their roles and how, together, public-private partnerships are essential to changing health outcomes globally. FDA BLOCKCHAIN PILOT?—?WHAT Yet, many current Artificial Intelligence agents?—?despite

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2023

She is the founder and CEO of JAM a multi-million dollar global business that has connected millions of people through play since its inception as one of the largest adult recreational sports leagues in the world. The JAM team has produced and delivered over 3500 playful corporate events, in over 30 countries since the summer of 2020.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JUNE 6, 2014

Nuvar Incorporated , located in Holland, Michigan, develops and designs office furniture and healthcare products. Through a global network of manufacturing suppliers, Nuvar sources component part manufacturing. Parts are then shipped to their facilities in Michigan, where they are assembled, packaged and shipped to the final customer.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. I’ve spent my life in innovation, eight startups in 21 years, and the last 15 years in academia teaching it.

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Haystack

JUNE 10, 2018

What has surprised me, however, is the continuous, organic, poetic, global, and piercing outpouring of love, sadness, grief, joy, and Bourdainian defiance that has been oozing into Twitter over the last 36 hours. I am honestly surprised at how deep his impact is. At the time, I fully thought I would be a professional cook forever.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill. Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill. Faulted for Michigan Oil Spill. Global Support. GOP: Obama Stimulus Sent Jobs Abroad. Enbridge, U.S. Pentagon Weighs Honors Database. Mechanics, Car Makers at Odds. More Headlines. Editors Picks. Tattoo Checks Trip Up Visas. Subscriber Content Read Preview.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Easy question to answer, and free with Compete (remember, this is US visits only) or SimilarWeb (global traffic). Currently my tofu ads are in heavy rotation in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Michigan. The very first thing you are chomping at the bits to know is how much traffic your competitor gets! So let's start there.

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Brandanew

JULY 11, 2016

Look at HSBC’s global connections or the American Express open forum. P.S. For those of you in Ann Arbor, Michigan, do not forget to check out our blogging workshop on July 14! Brand journalism differs slightly form usual content marketing in a way. Examples of Brand Journalism (yes, it is Content Marketing).

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 6, 2018

The only people who get anywhere near the action are people who have a UN Grounds Pass or who can afford to go to the Clinton Global Initiative. University of Michigan turned Giving Tuesday into Giving Blueday, and they used it to raise $5.5 UN Week is typically the most old power week of the year. You couldn't get anywhere near it.

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