Investor, venture capitalist, podcaster and internet historian Brian McCullough joins us on the Daily Detroit podcast to talk about how to build up startup and technology companies
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/dailydetroithappyhour/DD-16-Happy_hour_lawrence_mixdown.mp3″ download=”true” social_gplus=”false” social_linkedin=”true” twitter_username=”TheDailyDetroit” ] Could Detroit be a little better than Silicon Valley? Tom Lawrence thinks so. And after listening to this, you might agree. This week Sven Gustafson sat down with Tom Lawrence of Lawrence Technology Services at the Urban Bean Coffee Shop in downtown Detroit. In a wide-ranging conversati...
It’s no secret that Michigan has a problem retaining the people who are educated here. U.S. Senator Gary Peters sat down with us to discuss the talent exodus in the state and what’s being done in Washington to reverse that flow. When we visited Chicago last month, it seemed that about 1 out of every 5 or so people we met were from Detroit. It’s a great world class city with tons to do, but there’s also great jobs and a robust economy that make the draw to move there very strong. The question i...
Startup Weekend is this weekend! May 29-31, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. What is Startup Weekend? A weekend-long event for people interested in bringing an idea to life. You’ll meet developers, designers, and marketers who are interested in building businesses. The basic format includes an opportunity for attendees to get to know each other a bit more over pizza. So that everyone can get comfortable pitching ideas, there are some creative pitch exercises. Each attendee can pitch their own...
As much as we like bits and bytes, the Internet is, well, bits and bytes. Often, people long for the physical – something you can stick in a scrapbook, share with friends, or keep as a momento that you don’t have to plug in and charge up to enjoy. PixelPrint, a startup based in Detroit’s Grand Circus co-working space, is a deceptively simple proposition in that it’s basically the next generation of the photo booth. Founder Nev Muftari has been at it almost two years, and finding traction wit...
UPDATE: This is now confirmed. The service is called Rocket Fiber. More here. We’ve been hearing rumors from many, many sources for months on this one but were hesitant to post anything until we saw this job posting. After all, it seems at first blush a little pie-in-the-sky: Dan Gilbert getting into the fiber internet game. Now, the puzzle is coming together and it looks like Quicken may launch a fiber optic network in Detroit, and soon. This is a big deal because it is the kind of infrastr...
Startup Weekend is like no other event or competition. It compresses many of the key aspects of a startup into 2.5 days. You pitch an idea, lobby for that idea, recruit or join a team, validate your idea, talk to potential customers, build your technology, and at the end of it all, present what you’ve accomplished. Here’s an account of how Startup Weekend Detroit 2013 went for me: First Night, Friday: Pitching gives you the chance to express an idea in 60 seconds. Everyone should pitch an...
