Dan also cofounded Detroit Venture Partners to invest in local tech companies. Josh Linkner and Jake Cohen from Detroit Venture Partners were among the people Bernie and I met with who became early supporters and partners. It was the first time I’d been in Detroit; previously I’d just seen magazine montages and the like. I found it fascinating and invigorating. In some Detroit neighborhoods there’s a visible line between new businesses on the one hand and abandonment on the other. The entrepreneurs, developers, businesses, and residents in Detroit are literally engaged in a block-by-block,
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