growdetroit

Hi K, I remember your name from previous threads on this topic. Would love to meet you in Ann Arbor for coffee and learn more about what ya'll are working on.

We hosted Scott Case (Founding CTO of Priceline.com) at an event in Grand Rapids last week, covering the implications that the JOBS act will have on the Entrepreneurial and Investment communities alike.

It was...to date, the strongest representation of Michigan VCs I've ever seen gathered together at the same time. Absolutely overwhelmed by this group and the interest they had in health tech in the region.

At the same time, had the privilege of meeting a young Entrepreneur who went from founding Avomeen, to creating a very young startup called Labdoor. He's out of Ann Arbor. I'd bet on this kid in a second...he'll do massive things.

Totally agree with your perspective on enterprise software, and inroads to the auto/suppliers/etc being a tremendous opportunity.

I initially thought the same about lack of funding, but it is not true. There are numerous funds as well as angel investors across the state of Michigan that are poorly connected, and historically as a region we've done a poor job of highlighting accomplishments of up-and-comers. We're trying to improve this dynamic.

There are a few opportunities for student outreach from what I've heard. Contact us and we'll see if we can connect you to someone that can help.

I've heard both sides of the argument.

This is just not correct -- plenty of white collar jobs in Royal Oak. There are an abundance of creative/web design shops within downtown Royal Oak area itself.

From my understanding (which may be a big outdated now), Birmingham's primary function was to service ad sales to the Detroit Autos.

Would love to have you build on this...do you live in the area?

Reconsidered.

Upvoted :) You nailed it, couldn't agree more.