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Dwight Carlson knows what it's like to be on top of the world one day and have the weight of the world crushing you the next. Now he and his startup, Coherix, are back on top as they make the most of a crisis.

Questions with Coherix goes from surviving to thriving after Great Recession

Jen Baird doesn't count on miracles to survive in the business world, but she doesn't turn them down either.

Questions with Jen Baird on finding a way to fund breakthrough technology

There is a glut of startup accelerators out there, but the guys behind the property management startup Castle got into the most prestigious one around, Y Combinator. The Detroit-based startup's team tells how it shot the moon and got in.

Questions with Castle explains how it got into Y Combinator

"We can't hire on experience because we have a limited budget," says Jason Raznick, CEO of Benzinga. "We're trying to create something from nothing."

Questions with Hiring helps propel Benzinga from startup to financial media staple

"We haven't spent most of the cash we have taken from investors," says Dug Song, CEO of Duo Security.

Questions with Duo Security accumulates millions in investor cash in quest for constant improvement

"It started off with a clunky, iPod-like prototype," Olson says. "Then we realized we can fit all of that technology into a card."

Questions with Technology breakthrough sets stage for growth at Stratos

The fifth-year anniversary is a big one for InfoReady. It's the year the Ann Arbor-based software startup crossed 1,000 percent growth on the strength of word-of-mouth marketing from its customers. That win is why InfoReady is one of the Gazelle 100, a year-long exploration of the fastest-growing startups in Metro Detroit as part of SEMichiganStartup's Year of the Gazelle series.

Questions with Word of mouth sends InfoReady to 1,000 percent growth over five years

DeNovo Sciences has come a long way in its first five years, but the Plymouth-based startup can point to one critical juncture in its rapid growth: winning the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition in 2011. That win is why DeNovo Sciences is one of the Gazelle 100, a year-long exploration of the fastest-growing startups in Metro Detroit as part of SEMichiganStartup's Year of the Gazelle series.

Questions with Accelerate Michigan win sets stage for DeNovo Sciences future success

Adrian Fortino knows a thing or two about investing in local tech startups, and the new partner with the Mercury Fund knows why Michigan-based VCs don't necessarily have the inside track on the best deals.

Questions with Adrian Fortino on outside VCs investing in Michigan startups

Sandy Kronenberg is a tech entrepreneur who already has a few exits under his belt, and it's a big reason why he is eschewing angel investment for his new startup, Locqus.

Questions with Sandy Kronenberg on growing a startup alone

Gregg Hammerman is the co-founder of Larky, a mobile app startup based in Ann Arbor that recent raised $1.76 million in seed capital.

Questions with Gregg Hammerman

Bob Marsh is the CEO of LevelEleven, a mobile app startup based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Bob Marsh

Mike Beauregard is a senior partner at Huron Capital Partners, a private-equity firm based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Mike Beauregard

Greg McPartlin is the co-founder & managing partner of Parjana, a clean-tech startup based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Greg McPartlin

Sonali Vijayavargiya is the founder and managing director of Augment Ventures, a early stage venture capital firm based in Ann Arbor.

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