A popular networking series for female tech entrepreneurs that began in the Bay Area has now launched in Detroit. Called Founder Friday, it’s the product of the San Francisco-based Women 2.0, a media company offering “content and community” for current and aspiring women in tech, and Google for Entrepreneurs. Detroit is the only Midwestern city … Continue reading “Women 2.0, Google Partner to Launch Detroit Founder Friday”
Tag: Bizdom
Detroit Startup Chalkfly Helps Customers Give Back to Schools
As a new school year starts today for Detroit kids, a new Bizdom startup has launched that allows customers to help make lives of local students and teachers a little bit easier. It’s called Chalkfly, an office and school supplies website that donates 5 percent from each purchase back to the schools or teachers of the … Continue reading “Detroit Startup Chalkfly Helps Customers Give Back to Schools”
Detroit’s Savorfull Applies Birchbox Model to “Free-From” Food
Who doesn’t love getting a box of surprises shipped to them? Birchbox, the subscription service that sends members a box of beauty samples each month based on their preferences, pioneered the model. Now, Detroit-based startup Savorfull is taking that model and applying it to “free-from food” (as in dairy-free, gluten-free, etc.) as a way to … Continue reading “Detroit’s Savorfull Applies Birchbox Model to “Free-From” Food”
Steve Blank on Detroit’s Renaissance and Why Startups Aren’t Cool
Xconomist and startup guru Steve Blank swept into Detroit last night for a sold-out, wide-ranging discussion at the Madison Building. (Kudos to Bizdom, Detroit Venture Partners, Startup Michigan, and Grow Detroit for packing the auditorium with over 100 people on less than 24 hours notice of Blank’s appearance.) Prone to tangents that are no less insightful … Continue reading “Steve Blank on Detroit’s Renaissance and Why Startups Aren’t Cool”
Calling All Entrepreneurs: Apply Now for Bizdom’s Summer Session
Bizdom, the business accelerator backed by Quicken Loans’ Dan Gilbert with locations in Detroit and Cleveland, is now accepting applications for its summer 2012 session. The three-month program mentors and funds entrepreneurs who want to launch tech-based startups in Detroit or Cleveland. Successful applicants will receive up to $25,000 in seed funding in exchange for … Continue reading “Calling All Entrepreneurs: Apply Now for Bizdom’s Summer Session”
JumpStart, NEI Plan New High Tech Accelerator in Detroit
JumpStart Inc., a Cleveland-based nonprofit focused on entrepreneurship and economic development, will team with the New Economy Initiative (NEI) to open a new high-tech accelerator in Detroit, says NEI executive director David Egner. Egner (an Xconomist) says a variety of state and regional investors will fund the accelerator and he expects it to have an … Continue reading “JumpStart, NEI Plan New High Tech Accelerator in Detroit”
Bizdom Relaunches with New Office in the Madison, New Logo, No ‘U’
The nonprofit Detroit-based accelerator Bizdom (no more U) has relaunched with new digs in the Madison Building downtown, a spiffy new logo and website, and a few tweaks to its business model. With the new branding, Bizdom is playing up its connection to Quicken Loans’ Dan Gilbert, who created the program in 2007 and remains … Continue reading “Bizdom Relaunches with New Office in the Madison, New Logo, No ‘U’”