Millennials Plan To Rejuvenate Detroit Neighborhood With Cookie Dough

By Sam Brake Guia November 16, 2017

A small team of millennials hope to bring life into struggling NW Goldberg neighborhood in Detroit...

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Detroit initiative is helping the underbanked, launches Pawn Friday

By Jess Rapp October 26, 2017

Thirty million people across America do not have a bank account. With no access to mainstream...

Making Detroit the centre of transport innovation through startups

Making Detroit the centre of transport innovation through startups

By Sam Brake Guia August 25, 2017

Startup Angels, a Washington D.C based company working to empower angel investors, is teaming up...

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

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

By Ben Allen August 15, 2017

Tech for good hasn’t undergone the rise we thought it might but Detroit-based investment fund...

Detroit Company That's Turning Old Buildings Into Guitars

The Detroit company that’s turning old buildings into guitars

By Sam Brake Guia August 14, 2017

As the classic saying goes “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”. While the idea of...

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

By Sam Brake Guia August 7, 2017

Detroit will host the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in November, which will see...

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Detroit is busy slowly building an emerging startup scene

By Sam Brake Guia August 7, 2017

When outsiders think of Detroit, it is difficult for them to imagine it as a prosperous and...

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

By Sonali Basak September 24, 2013

[caption id="attachment_46476" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center...

Knight Foundation and Fisher Family fund Nonprofit Startup, Benevolent

By Sonali Basak May 6, 2013

[gallery] The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Fisher Family provided $285,000 in...

Detroit-Based Backstitch Is Instapaper For Your Entire Web Experience

By Techli Team September 13, 2012

Before everyone and their mom owned an iPad, people used to start their mornings off with a big mug...

New Investment Opportunity Lures Startups To Detroit

By Techli Team September 12, 2012

When most startups relocate for investments, they traditionally head west to Silicon Valley. Thanks...

CEO Sundays: How To Land A ‘Startup 180’

By Guest Post August 19, 2012

Many “want-to-be” entrepreneurs find themselves riding down a confined vertical. They push...

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Ubooly: iPhone Sock Puppet Plays Games With Kids

By Jon Christian July 28, 2012

A Boulder-based startup will soon ship a cuddly stuffed animal built to hold an iPhone or iPod,...

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HealPay: Making Debt Collection A Little Less Miserable

By Jon Christian July 26, 2012

Debt collection is an ugly subject. Detroit-based startup HealPay hopes to make it a little less so...

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Marxent Labs Wants To See Augmented Reality Everywhere

By Jon Christian July 24, 2012

Developing an app that interacts visually with the real world — by inserting informational...