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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

"Right now we're adding 1,000 restaurants per month," says Travis O Johnson, co-founder & CEO of foodjunky. "A year from now we hope to be in 20,000 restaurants."

Questions with Automation equals gazelle growth for Detroit's foodjunky

"We were six employees and then 20," says Jesse Cory, CEO of 1xRUN. "We needed to figure out how to make that work and create different departments."

Questions with 1xRUN team building turns startup into second-stage star

"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

Brian Bosche is the founder of TernPro, a full-service video production company based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Brian Bosche

Steve Balistreri is the founder & CEO of DIYAutoFTW, a wiki-like website about automobile minutia. It is based in Detroit.

Questions with Steve Balistreri

Ted Green is the CEO of Greenview Data, a software firm based in Ann Arbor that specializes in email security and encryption services.

Questions with Ted Green

Zach Steindler is a co-founder of Olark, a software startup that specializes in messaging technology.

Questions with Zach Steindler

Reid Tatoris is a co-founder of Are You a Human, a software startup based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Reid Tatoris

Tatiana Grant is one of the co-founders of Flash Delivery, a food-delivery service based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Tatiana Grant

Glenn Oliver is the CEO of H2bid, a Detroit-based startup that helps municipalities bid out water, sewer and infrastructure projects online.

Questions with Glenn Oliver

Andrew Landau is the co-founder of Chalkfly, a Detroit-based startup that specializes in online sales of school supplies.

Questions with Andrew Landau

Chris Blauvelt is the founder & CEO of Patronicity and LaunchGood, two crowd funding platforms based out of the Green Garage in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood.

Questions with Chris Blauvelt

Anthony Majewski is the founder of MomsTwoMoms, an Internet start-up based in Grosse Pointe.

Questions with Anthony Majewski

Greg Schwartz is the co-founder of UpTo, a social media start-up based in downtown Detroit.

Questions with Greg Schwartz