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TechTown launches new Blocks Retail Boot Camp
Yesterday TechTown launched its first Blocks Retail Boot Camp. The highly customized program will prepare 12 serious entrepreneurs with strong, independent retail concepts for the successful launch of their Detroit business.
TechTown is forever grateful to the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan for providing funding to support the program.
We’d also like to thank the following people for offering amazing insight:
- Maria LaLonde, Bizdom
- Pat Harris, The Bottom Line Coffee House
- Daniel J. DeRyckere, Citizens Banking
- Jeff Aronoff, D:hive
- Ray Waters, Detroit Development Fund
- Michael Forsyth, Spencer Olinek and Mimi Pledl, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
- Ben Newman, Detroit Institute of Bagels
- Bonnie Fahomme, Digerati
- Heather Kazmierczak, Downtown Detroit Partnership
- Juliana M. Perry, Fifth Third Bank
- Jess Daniel, Foodlab
- Vittoria Katanski, Hatch Detroit
- Derek Edwards and Ryan Kroge, Huntington Bank
- Jamie Grimaldi, Mary King and Jeanet Kulcsar, Invest Detroit
- Rachel Lutz, The Peacock Room and Emerald
- Mike Mraz, Rockford Construction and MoDiv
- Jim Bieri, Stokas Bieri Real Estate
- Dave Mancini, Supino Pizzeria
Grab your hard hat: First-floor construction has officially begun!
The building definitely didn’t look like this when we walked in this morning! First-floor construction has officially begun!
Here’s the official scoop:
TechTown is undergoing a complete renovation of its first floor – modernizing and reconfiguring the space with a nod to its innovative roots as the former Chevrolet Creative Services building.
We love when our clients get coverage!
Five Questions with Pamela and Jack McGrath of Zerebral
Pamela McGrath, CIO, and Jack McGrath, CEO, Zerebral.
What’s your business?
Zerebral is an academic incentive and rewards platform for K-12 schools, aimed at decreasing the student achievement gap by utilizing external motivators to foster an intrinsic desire to learn within students. We accomplish this through rewarding the positive behaviors that drive academic success.
Why are you proud of it?
Our education system has previously focused on a one-size-fits-all repeatable formula to drive results. The assumption is that the same methods of instruction can be used for every student’s learning style and reinforced by the same motivators for each student to obtain the same result. We’ll use some basic math to demonstrate this point.
Sustainability: Rethinking the most frustrating topic in nonprofit management
I’m a for-profit girl in a nonprofit world. At first, that sounds daunting, but really it’s not scary at all. The basics of good for-profit management apply perfectly to the challenges of leading a nonprofit. Know your customer. Serve them well. Seat an extraordinary team. Think big. Take risks. Manage costs. Generate revenue. Have more revenue than costs. Measure everything. Tell your story. Partner with purpose. Act with integrity.
Pretty simple, right?
The power of hope, imagination and technology come together here. We couldn’t be more excited. Big shout out to our friends at Sasaki Associates, Midtown Detroit and U3 Ventures.
TechTown named one of the coolest businesses in Detroit
Last week, Business Insider named us one of the 23 coolest businesses in Detroit. How pumped are we??!!
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That’s a good looking Venture Accelerator class right there! Roll call, Zerebral- here! Savvy Languages- present! Joshi Biochemicals- in the house!
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Congrats to us and Michelle! We’re having a boy!
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Are you a small business supporter who loves great food? Of course you are. Well, folks, here’s your chance to support a really amazing restaurant in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood. Slabee’s just launched it’s Kiva Detroit campaign and the fellas need your help! https://zip.kiva.org/loans/1130 — with Brightmoor Alliance
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