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Millennials Plan To Rejuvenate Detroit Neighborhood With Cookie Dough

A small team of millennials hope to bring life into struggling NW Goldberg neighborhood in Detroit by opening a unique business. The team consists of Chief Marketing Officer Daniel Washington,.

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Detroit initiative is helping the underbanked, launches Pawn Friday

Thirty million people across America do not have a bank account. With no access to mainstream financial services, checking or savings account, the underbanked population has started to be viewed.

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Making Detroit the centre of transport innovation through startups

Startup Angels, a Washington D.C based company working to empower angel investors, is teaming up with Techstars Mobility, a Detroit based firm that invests in mobility based startups.

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Tech for good is starting to get serious investment and Detroit is its home

Tech for good hasn’t undergone the rise we thought it might but Detroit-based investment fund Macomb Innovation Fund is now stepping in to provide some proper cash.

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The Detroit company that’s turning old buildings into guitars

As the classic saying goes “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. While the idea of sifting through piles of junk to find some hidden gems might seem like a.

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Over $1M in prizes await startups in Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition

Detroit will host the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in November, which will see hundreds of startups compete for more than $1 million in prizes.

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Detroit is busy slowly building an emerging startup scene

When outsiders think of Detroit, it is difficult for them to imagine it as a prosperous and profitable city like it once was, and seeing the city as an emerging startup.

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Investing in America’s Startups: Steve Case Addresses Chicago Entrepreneurs

  Former America Online CEO Steve Case prepared startups for America’s entrepreneurial future on Monday in Chicago, the most American of cities, as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has said. Almost.

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Knight Foundation and Fisher Family fund Nonprofit Startup, Benevolent

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Fisher Family provided $285,000 in grant money to Benevolent, a crowdfunding site for low-income individuals, allowing it to move into three.

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Detroit-Based Backstitch Is Instapaper For Your Entire Web Experience

Flipping from tab to tab can get annoying. Sure, RSS solved that issue when it came to content. But our lives on the web are becoming increasingly saturated with more dynamic web experiences. Enter Backstitch, a Detroit-based startup that wants to beautify your personal web.

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