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Kiva Chooses Detroit as First City for Crowdfunded Microfinance Program
Sarah Schmid When Delphia Simmons’ boss at COTS Detroit, an organization founded in 1982 to address the city’s growing homeless crisis, came back from a trip to Philadelphia with an armload of...
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Kiva Detroit, MEDC Partner to Grow and Replicate Microlending Model
Sarah Schmid Kiva Detroit, Kiva’s first domestic microlending initiative—and the country’s first community-led microlending program—spent its first year focused on growing the social network of...
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New Kiva Zip Program Lets Detroiters Lend Directly to Entrepreneurs
Sarah Schmid At the end of September, the microfinance initiative Kiva Detroit announced it was launching Kiva Zip to allow Detroiters to lend directly to small-business entrepreneurs using digital...
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Jaitly Leaving Knight Foundation to Lead Twitter’s Efforts In India
Sarah Schmid Xconomist Rishi Jaitly, who has led the Knight Foundation‘s efforts in Detroit for nearly the past two years, announced yesterday in an email to local grantees that he’s leaving Knight to...
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MI Social Entrepreneurship Competition Offers $50K in Prizes
Sarah Schmid Detroit’s reputation as a one-of-a-kind proving ground for innovative approaches to solving social problems got a boost today with the announcement of the Pure Michigan Social...
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More Cash, Prizes Added to Pure MI Social Entrepreneurship Challenge
Sarah Schmid The Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, a statewide competition to advance innovative solutions to social challenges, has added $40,000 in new prizes, for a competition total...
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Kiva’s Domestic Microlending Initiative Expands to Flint
Sarah Schmid Kiva Detroit, Kiva’s first domestic microlending initiative—and the country’s first community-led microlending program—spent its first year focused on expanding the social network of...
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Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge Awards $93K to 10 Startups
Sarah Schmid On Monday, the winners of the Pure Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge were announced at the Entrepreneur Connect event in Lansing, MI. The statewide contest was hosted by Michigan...
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Saturday Event is Culmination of Niantic Labs’ Fascination with Detroit
Sarah Schmid John Hanke used to run Keyhole, the company whose 3D map browser became Google Earth, and then he led Google’s Geo team, refining location-based products for the tech giant. Then, a few...
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MI Social Entrepreneurship Challenge Offers Prizes, Pitch Opportunities
Sarah Schmid Michigan Corps, a non-profit organization supporting social innovation, and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation yesterday kicked off the 2014 Michigan Social Entrepreneurship...
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Social Entrepreneurship Challenge Awards $60K to Michigan Startups
Sarah Schmid On Friday, the Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge, a statewide competition months in the making, concluded with a showcase celebrating the 11 startups that are this year’s...
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