2017 Impact Report
TechTown celebrates failure in 2017 because if you haven’t failed, you haven’t tried. The entrepreneurs and small business owners in this report took risks and failed along their path to…
DetailsBoots-On-The-Ground Research: DTX Launch Grad Chris Lum
Chris Lum is a DTX Launch Detroit 2016 graduate. During his time in the program, Chris gained firsthand insight on what it takes to launch a successful tech- based…
DetailsPassion and Drive: DTX Launch Detroit Grad Iyinoluwa Omishope
Iyinoluwa Omishope is a DTX Launch Detroit standout, named 2016’s Most Valuable Player. But in many ways, she is also a very typical DTX Launch student. She came to an…
DetailsArt In Motion
Art in Motion is a ceramic studio and gallery located on Detroit’s famous Avenue of Fashion. After participating in Detroit Economic Growth Corporation’s REVOLVE Detroit program, which matched businesses with…
DetailsLearning to Pivot: DTX Launch Grads EnBiologics
EnBiologics is the perfect example of a pivot. The three Wayne State University biomedical engineering graduate students who make up the team– Gregory Apers, Sean Carrol and Ramy Habib–began exploring their idea for a medical hydrogel for human burn treatment last summer in the DTX Launch Detroit student accelerator.
DetailsGary Wozniak: RecoveryPark Farms
Gary Wozniak founded RecoveryPark Farms (RPF) in 2013 to grow specialty produce on vacant Detroit land. Gary was raised in a farming community, and during his early 20s he struggled…
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