David Bloom
What educational, entrepreneurial or business development programs, if any, have you taken advantage of?
We have participated in the
Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition (Medical Device winner, 2010),
Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest (1st Place Emerging Company, 2009),
Ann Arbor SPARK Business Accelerator/Incubator graduate
Where did you find your first employee?
Through a
Ann Arbor SPARK Mingle & Match event.
Where have you turned to find capital to grow your company and which institutions have provided it?
We have received funding from Michigan Life Ventures,
Oakwood Medical Investors and angel investors.
What is one thing Michigan does better or has going for it that other more successful regional economies don't?
Our workforce.
It's often said that Metro Detroit and Michigan need to reinvent their economies to be competitive. Are we making those changes, and if so are we making enough of them or doing it fast enough?
Invention is hard. Reinvention is harder.